General overview of the importance of literacy and discussion of statistics on level of literacy in the Aboriginal community, investment necessary to improve skills and returns accrued through education.
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Total duration: 54:26.
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 51-89
Description
Study of Tsilhqot’in Nation v. B.C. in terms of anthropological testimony and its interpretation by the courts. Case involved forestry practices and resource extraction.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 6, no. 1, Traditional Medicine, January 2010, pp. 49-57
Description
Describes an outline of appropriate engagement used in a study conducted in Takla Landing, British Columbia and looks at how it can be used to work with other Aboriginal communities to improve and promote health.
Teacher's guide to accompany documentary by Jeff Bear and Marianne Jones about the decision by Haida Elders to occupy the front lines in a logging blockade which took place in the winter of 1985-1986. Highlights the Haida's relationship with the land, and respect for Elders and their roles in Indigenous society.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 171-181
Description
Discusses the legacy of the Indian Act and the challenges and opportunities for reconciliation with compensation & redress, relationship-building, and governance.
Looks at the relationship between the City of Powell River and Sliammon First Nation with the signing of a protocol agreement on culture, heritage and economic development.
Overview of cultural and ecological background of study, description of process of harvesting and constructing baskets, and discussion of the role of gender in archaeology.
Developed to assist communities and educators in providing a holistic curriculum for appropriate lifestyle, nutrition, and physical activity to support children's well-being and development in the community and classroom environment.
Comments on the Maternal, Child and Family Health Strategic Approach which has been developed to support and complement the existing maternal, child and family oriented work that is happening in British Columbia.
British Columbia First Nations to Run Own Health System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 183, no. 17, November 22, 2011, pp. E1227-E1228
Description
Looks at an agreement that transfers the authority from governmental to First Nations with the goal being to close gaps in the health care of Aboriginal peoples.
The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard University
Description
Discusses the environmental damage that mining, including exploration, has caused the Takla Lake First Nation. The paper includes an overview of international and domestic Aboriginal rights law; analyzes the problems mining raises for First Nations; and concludes that structural, procedural, and substantive legal reforms are needed.
BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, vol. 10, no. 3
Description
Looks at the parallels that exist between structures of traditional Indigenous resource management systems and those based in western science to develop forest practice standards in the coastal temperate rainforest in Clayoquot Sound.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 185, no. 14, October 1, 2013, pp. e1201-e1202
Description
Discusses how malnourished Aboriginals in Canada served as unwitting and unprotected subjects in government-sponsored experiments in the 1940s and 1950s.
Minister of Healthy Living and Sport (British Columbia)
Description
Follow-up to the Transformative Change Accord: First Nations Health Plan (TCA: FNHP). Outlines basic commitments and processes needed to develop an administrative structure which would enable First Nations to exercise greater control over the delivery of services.
Outlines the progresses made to advance all aspects of the new First Nations health governance structure and the actions needed to improve health services in BC.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 35, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 136-143
Description
Identifies information important for a non-Aboriginal professional to know before working with Aboriginal peoples.
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.
TESL Canada Journal, vol. 28, Special Issue 5, Summer, 2011, pp. 53-71
Description
Explores three interrelated ethical issues: current spoken dialect and ancestral language, implications for classroom, and issues for researchers working in Aboriginal fields.
Handbook to assist First Nations school boards as they define their school's purpose, effectively direct school staff, plan for and monitor school growth, and ensure that their schools are places where First Nations learners can thrive.
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.
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.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal , vol. 183, no. 10, July 12, 2011, pp. 1147-1154
Description
Discusses various factors associated with injection drug use and the transition to injection drug use to inform the development of prevention programs and policies.