Video on the Aboriginal Youth Video Project, which involved teaching 12 young people from Richmond, B.C. how to create a video story of their experiences of growing up in their community.
Tensions in the Design of a National Inquiry on Murders and Disappearances of Indigenous Women and Girls
[Special Lectures, 2015-2016]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shelagh Day
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the Canadian Feminist Alliance on International Action regarding what an inquiry would look like and the issue of tensions in the design of a national inquiry.
Duration: 1:15:52.
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 135-137
Description
Book reviews of:
Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula by Jacilee Wray.
The Sea is My Country by Joshua L. Reid.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 135.
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 67-87
Description
Looks at organization lobbying for sovereignty and how Indigenous peoples perspectives of sovereignty use specific tribal understanding of self-government and territoriality.
Discusses the interpretation of the residential school experience of the Stó:lõ people who attended St. Mary’s Indian Residential School and played in its band between 1962 and 1984.
Ethnohistory Field School, 2009.
Northern Review, no. 43, Nursing Education in the Circumpolar North, December 2016, pp. 51-66
Description
Comments on the long distance nursing education provided by the University of Northern British Columbia based out of Prince George and its baccalaureate nursing degree offered at three campuses, Prince George, Quesnel and Terrace.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 57-65
Description
Looks at a personal narrative about a community-based project that explores perceptions, beliefs and experiences regarding mental health and healing from an Indigenous perspective.
Focuses on desired outcomes rather than current practices in the areas of intention, behaviour, community and systems fit in each of six post-secondary staff groups: front line staff / student services / advisors; leaders / administrators; curriculum / educational developers; educators / teachers / instructors; and researchers.
Report makes recommendations to: the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, to the RCMP, to local governments in Northeast British Columbia, and to private industry.
Statistics for overdose events from January 31, 2015 - November 30, 2016 and for overdose deaths from January 31, 2015 - July 31, 2016.
Sources: BC Coroners Service, Drug and Poison Information Centre, BC Emergency Health Services/Ambulance Service and emergency department visits at hospitals; supplemented by information from Centre for Disease Control.
Uses a story to illustrate that every action counts. Speaker at the 2nd International Conference on Restorative Practices: Widening Our Lens, Connecting Our Practice, May 31st-June 5th, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Duration: 20:53.
Research Report (Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business) ; Spring, 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB)
OMX
Description
Reports information about specific barriers gathered at two half-day workshops and through in-depth interviews with approximately 50 industry-related individuals from government, corporate Canada, and Aboriginal businesses.
Developed as primer for mentoring in the workplace for employers, employees, Elders and volunteers working in Aboriginal non-profit service organizations.
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
Annual Aboriginal Land and Resource Management Conference ; 11th, 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John W. Gailus
Tim Thielmann
Description
Discusses three examples of opportunities First Nations have taken to enhance participation in the forest sector: the Gitxsan, the Klahoose First Nation, and the case of three First Nations with a collective forest licence.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 09-011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study involving eight First Nations communities selected on the basis of innovative approaches to promoting home ownership and developing support programs. A minimum of six interviews was conducted at each site with community leaders, housing professionals and home owners.
Presents high-quality, up-to-date information with a separate table of contents highlighting content most relevant to Indigenous youth, families and communities.
Process undertaken to gather input as to whether a designated Aboriginal K-12 school was desirable, how it should function, and what elements should be included in its curriculum.
"This preliminary scoping study suggests that while different First Nations' specific needs are highly individualized, there is a broadly shared need for guidance, information-sharing, and a synthesis of existing options in a way that is accessible to many First Nations."
"Supplement for the NEARBC co-sponsored workshop: Project Planning and Management, October 19 and 20, 2009, Fort St. John, BC".
Workshop aims to provide a foundation of skills to create increased capacity in project planning.
Developed as part of the Aboriginal Nonprofit (ANP) BC Strategy to assist service organizations in developing human resource capacity and creating workforce supports.