Building Dams, Constructing Stories: The Press, The Sekani and The Peace River Dam, 1957-1969
Theses
Author/Creator
Holly Nathan
Description
History Thesis, (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2009.
Building Longhouses and Constructing Identities: A Brief History of the Coqualeetza Longhouse and Shxwt’a:selhawtxw
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Clapperton
University of the Fraser Valley: Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers from the the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School , Spring, 2009, pp. 95-118
Description
Argues that the two teaching longhouses are examples of Aboriginal people influencing and controlling the cultural education process.
Building Strong First Nations: NRT Strategic Plan 2010-2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
New Relationship Trust
Description
Discusses the strategic plan that includes enhancing capacity within First Nation governance, encourages access to education, assists British Columbia First Nations to protect and revive their languages and cultures, supports initiatives that engage youth and elders, and advances economic development opportunities.
Burden of HIV Infection among Aboriginal Injection Drug Users in Vancouver, British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evan Wood
Julio S. G. Montaner
Kathy Li
Ruth Zhang
Lucy Barney
et al.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 98, no. 3, March 2008, pp. 515-519
Description
Discusses differential rates of HIV incidence among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal injection drug users, and the need for a culturally sensitive and evidence-based response to the epidemic.
Can Arts-Researchers Go Where Artists Go? Questions of Interpretation and Practice as Played Out In, and Through the Work of the Canadian Artist, Rebecca Belmore
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donal O'Donoghue
Working Papers in Art and Design, vol. 5, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the performance piece entitled Vigil, which was a commentary on the murdered and missing women from Vancouver's downtown Eastside.
Canada, British Columbia, and the Development of Indian Reserve No. 2, at Chuchuwayha
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Preuss
BC Studies, no. 163, Autumn, 2009, pp. 87-121
Description
Discusses support from the Department of Indian Affairs regarding Native interests using the community of Chuchuwayha settlement as an example.
Canada’s North: What’s the Plan?
Alternate Title
The 2010 CIBC Scholar-in-Residence Lecture
[Conference Board of Canada Publication]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Berger
Steven A. Kennett
Hayden King
Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2009-2010 Catalogue
E-Books
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of BC
Description
Catalogue of useful school library resources organized first by grade level, then alphabetically by title. Subject and curriculum areas included.
Captain Death Strikes Again: Tuberculosis and the Stó:lõ 1871-1907
Theses
Author/Creator
MacKinley Darlington
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Univerity of Saskatchewan, 2010.
Case Comment: R. v. Kapp: A Case of Unfulfilled Potential
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dominique Nouvet
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 81-94
Description
Discusses ramifications of the courts' ruling on a case which alleged discrimination on the part of the federal government's Pilot Sales Program, a program which allowed Aboriginals preferential treatment not only for sustenance salmon fishing, but for commercial purposes as well.
Case Studies of Four First Nations Who Have Levered Funding from Financial Institutions for Infrastructure and Other Economically-Related Projects
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
GBC Group
Description
Looks at Membertou First Nation, Millbrook First Nation, Shuswap Indian Band (British Columbia), and Ojiways of the Pic River (Ontario).
Cathedral Grove
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Karen Wonders
Description
Website contains information on the destruction of Aboriginal heritage trees by industrial logging and it impact on First Nations identity and culture. Includes links to resources on totem poles and European trees,and related stories, digital media, and galleries.
The Cedar Project: A Comparison of HIV-related Vulnerabilities Amongst Young Aboriginal Women Surviving Drug Use and Sex Work in Two Canadian Cities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Azar Mehrabadi
Kevin J. P. Craib
Katharina Patterson
Warner Adam
Akm Moniruzzaman
Barbara Ward-Burkitt
Martin T. Schechter
Patricia M. Spittal
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 19, no. 2, Special Issue: Women and Harm Reduction, April 2008, pp. 159-168
Description
Study uses socio-demographics, drug use patterns, injections practices, sexual experiences, and HIV and HCV prevalence to compare women using drugs and in the sex trade with women who are not.
The Cedar Project: A Comparison of the Sexual Vulnerabilities of Young Aboriginal People Surviving Drug Use and Sex Work in Prince George and Vancouver, B.C.
Theses
Author/Creator
Negar Chavoshi
Description
Health Care and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.
The Cedar Project: Acknowledging the Pain of Our Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne M. Christian
Patricia M. Spittal
Lancet, vol. 372, no. 9644, September 27, 2008, pp. 1132-1133
Description
Brief comment on a study which revealed links between intergenerational trauma and the rates of HIV and Hepatitis C in young Aboriginal people in British Columbia.
The Cedar Project: Correlates of Attempted Suicide Among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Injection and Non-Injection Drugs in Two Canadian Cities
Alternate Title
The Cedar Project: Correlates of Attempted Suicide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Akm Moniruzzaman
Margo E. Pearce
Sheetal H. Patel
Negar Chavoshi
et al.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 68, no. 3, June 2009, pp. 261-273
Description
Concludes that suicide prevention and intervention programs must address historical and lifetime trauma among young people with substance dependence.
The Cedar Project: Exploring the Health Related Correlates of Child Welfare and Incarceration Among Young Aboriginal People in Two Canadian Cities
Theses
Author/Creator
Adam Clarkson
Description
Health Care and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.
The Cedar Project: Historical Trauma, Sexual Abuse and HIV Risk Among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Injection and Non-injection Drugs in Two Canadian Cities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
For the Cedar Project Partnership
Margo E. Pearce
Wayne M. Christian
Katharina Patterson
Kat Norris
et al.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 66, no. 11, June 2008, pp. 2185-2194
Description
Examines the link between sexual abuse and negative health outcomes such as mental, sexual and drug-related vulnerabilities.
The Cedar Project: Surviving the Streets Without Shelter, Trauma and HIV Vulnerability Among Aboriginal Young People Who Use Drugs in Two Canadian Cities
Theses
Author/Creator
Brittany L. Bingham
Description
Public Health Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2009.
The Cedar Project: Vulnerability to Recidivism Among Aboriginal Young People Who Use Drugs
Theses
Author/Creator
Allison Dunnet
Description
Public Policy Thesis (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2008.
"Centre from Which Underground Passages Radiate": Understanding Metaphysical Tunnels in a Stó:lõ Spiritual Geography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Robbins
Description
Project created to understand the Stó:lõ people by mapping and documenting the tunnel stories to produce a holistic view of their connection to sacred and physical geography. Project for Ethnohistory Field School 2009.
The Changing Legal Landscape for Aboriginal Land Use Planning in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Krehbiel
Plan Canada, Summer, 2008, pp. 1-4
Description
Brief article examines the evolving statutory and common law basis for Aboriginal conduct of, and participation in, land use planning on First Nations reserves, treaty settlement lands and crown lands.
Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada: Building Effective Institutions for Aboriginal Engagement in Sustainable Forest Management
Alternate Title
Occasional Paper Series (CCI Press) ; no. 60
Research and Insights from the Aboriginal Research Program of the Sustainable Forest Management Network ; vol. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marc G. Stevenson
David C. Natcher
R. Michael O'Flaherty
Iain J. Davidson-Hunt
Andrew M. Miller
Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada: Building Effective Institutions for Aboriginal Engagement in Sustainable Forest Management
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ryan Bowie
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 157-159
Description
Book review of: Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada: Building Effective Institutions for Aboriginal Engagement in Sustainable Forest Management edited by Marc Stevenson and David Natcher.
"Circle of Caring": A First Nations Worldview of Child Rearing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison Gerlach
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 75, no. 1, February 2008, pp. 18-25
Description
Interviews families of the Lil'wat Nation in British Columbia who have children with developmental disabilities in order to gain a better understanding of child rearing beliefs and practices.
Close Encounters of the Canadian Kind: Emily Carr’s Impressions of Nuu-chah-nulth Culture
Alternate Title
Canadian Studies in Europe ; v. 8
Dynamics of Canada: Studying Canada's Past and Current Realities
European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies ; 16th
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rose Álamo
Description
Focuses on the story Ucluelet and the painting Indian Church.
Excerpt from Dynamics of Canada: Studying Canada's Past and Current Realities edited by Keith Battarbee and Mélanie Buchart.
Entire volume on one pdf. To access this paper scroll to p. 139.
Co-operation Incorporated: Responding to Resource Privatization Through an Indigenous Regional Development Corporation in British Columbia, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J. J. Silver
Description
Examines the First Nations development of independently operated, economically profitable shellfish aquaculture tenures through co-operation and mentoring between bands and other businesses.
Coast Salish Textiles: From ‘Stilled Fingers’ to Spinning an Identity
Alternate Title
Textile Society of America 12th Biennial Symposium, 2010
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings; paper 59
Textiles and Settlement: From the Plains Space to Cyber Space
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eileen Wheeler
Description
Discusses the weaving revival which has taken place among Musqueam and Stó:lo women.
Coast Salish Weaving: Preserving Traditional Knowledge with New Technology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie Tepper
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2008, pp. 188-196
Description
Describes the process involved in producing a CD, which was the result of the Weaving Teachers Resources Project undertaken by the Canadian Museum of Civilization and practicing artists.
Colonial Proximities: Crossracial Encounters and Juridical Truths in British Columbia, 1871-1921
Alternate Title
Law and Society Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Renisa Mawani
Law and Society Series
Colonial Roots, Contemporary Risk Factors: A Cautionary Exploration of the Domestic Trafficking of Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia, Canada
Alternate Title
Narrating Native Histories
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sarah Hunt
Alliance News, no. 33, Beyond Anti-Trafficking Frameworks, July 2010, pp. 27-31
Description
Comments on the disproportionate number of sexually exploited Aboriginal female youth in British Columbia.
Colonizing Minds: Public Education, The Textbook Indian, and the Struggle for Settler Hegemony in British Columbia, 1920-1970
Theses
Author/Creator
Sean Foster Patrick Carleton
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2008.
Coming Full Circle?: Aboriginal Archives in British Columbia in Canadian and International Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Rita-Sophia Mogyorosi
Description
History (Archival Studies) Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba/University of Winnipeg, 2008.
"Coming to Know": Weaving Aboriginal and Western Science Knowledge, Language, and Literacy Into the Science Classroom
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gloria J. Snively
Lorna B. Williams
L1 - Educational Studies in Language and Literature, vol. 8, no. 1, 2008, pp. 109-133
Description
Discusses the importance of incorporating both approaches to science when teaching students.
Common Table Report: Based upon Discussions among Canada, British Columbia and the First Nations Participating at the Common Table
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
British Columbia (BC) Treaty Commission
Description
Discusses the following identified topics: recognition/certainty, constitutional status of lands, governance, co-management throughout traditional territories, fiscal relations, and fisheries.
Community-Based Research in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan C. Boyd
Resources for Feminist Research, vol. 33, no. 1/2, 2008, pp. 19-45
Description
Highlights collaborations and tensions between faculty, research assistants, and community-based researchers.
Community Futures British Columbia: Aboriginal Engagement Toolkit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Strategic Committee
Description
Offers Aboriginal business etiquette guidelines.
Community Perspectives on Bioeconomic Development: Eco-Cultural Tourism in Hartley Bay, British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine L. Turner
Description
Natural Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 2010.
Community Stories: Aboriginal Successes in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Community Team Approaches to Mental Health Services and Wellness Promotion: A Report Prepared for Health Canada, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Alternate Title
Culture and Mental Health Research Unit Working Paper ; 15
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirkmayer
Rob Whitley
Virginia Fauras
Description
Review of literature and international best practices, with focus on Canada.
Companion Document of Selected Papers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Health Services
Vancouver Coastal Health
Description
Purpose of brief compilation is to provide historical and current context for Aboriginal health status. Lists significant legislation and events chronologically, as well as discusses benefits, social determinants of health, gaps in services, etc.
A Comparison of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Missing Persons in British Columbia Where Foul Play Has Not Been Ruled Out
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Irwin M. Cohen
Darryl Plecas
Amanda V. McCormick
Description
Descriptive analysis provides several important findings centered on risky life style factors, work in sex trade, addictions, homelessness, and elapsed time before disappearance was reported.
"Connecting Our Roots" - Holistic Health Research with Boston Bar First Nation Revitalizing Traditional Plant Knowledge and Building Education Capacity using an Integrated Community-based Participatory Action Research Approach
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Antonia Martz
Description
Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.
Connecting to the Art Market From Home: An Exploration of First Nations Artists in Alert Bay, British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret R. M. Neufeld
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 2009, pp. 89-117
Description
Examines why artists in Alert Bay choose to market their work from home despite profitable opportunities that exist outside their local community.
Connecting Traditions: Explore Secwepemc Pre-contact Life
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
This website provides information about the Secwepemc nation including modules on language, origin story, village life, and archaeology.
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Contested Spaces, Shared Places: The Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Aboriginal Peoples, and Postcolonial Criticism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Alex Clapperton
BC Studies, no. 165, Summer, 2010, pp. 7-30
Description
Discusses the relationship between Stó:lō Nations and Museum of Anthropology.
A Court Between: Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in the British Columbia Court of Appeal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas C. Harris
BC Studies, no. 162, The British Columbia Court of Appeal, 1910-2010, Summer, 2009, pp. 137-164
Description
Reviews decisions made by the British Columbia Court of Appeal.
Creating a Legal Identity: Aboriginal People and the Assimilation Census
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Douglas
John Chesterman
Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 375-391
Description
Relates the story of the census used to determine who was regarded as a 'ward' in Australian's Northern Territory.
Creating Community Wealth: The Development Wheel Project
Alternate Title
DW Models Project: Final Report
Innovation at Work: Adapting a First Nations Community Enterprise Tool to Advance Social Enterprise in British Columbia and Francophone Ontario -- Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Lewis
Michelle Colussi
Éthel Côté
Description
Discusses how the Development Wheel can be used to advance social enterprise in First Nations communities by engaging in enterprise development and community economic development planning.