Social Science & Medicine, vol. 105, March 2014, p. 59–66
Description
Examines the experiences of drug user patients in hospital settings and the social, structural, and environmental factors that contribute to self discharge.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series; 04-019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study which conducted survey of service providers and facilities in select Canadian cities, and five individuals with the disease. Found that existing facilities were under-utilized and more culturally relevant options were needed.
Originally published in 2004, revised in 2010.
Family members, entertainers and organizer of the Walk 4 Justice discuss the issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.
Duration: 54:35.
Detailed chronology and analysis of police actions in case involving disappearance and murder of numerous women by serial killer Robert Pickton from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Vancouver Police Department report gives chronology of events and analysis of factors of that contributed to failure to recognize that serial killer Robert Pickton was operating in the area.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 110, June 2014, p. 41–48
Description
Qualitative research study on how young street-entrenched drug users characterize their understandings and experiences of using crystal methamphetamine.
Looks at the priorities of the National Film Board with the examination of a series of short films for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics which used Aboriginal people as a marketing tool.
McGill Law Journal, vol. 60, no. 1, June 6, 2014, pp. 1-42
Description
Looks at the criminal prosecution of Robert Pickton in terms of judicial representation of victims, implications of jury's decision, and impact of trial on families of the murdered women.
Frank Paul Inquiry: William H. Davies, Q.C. Commissioner Appointed under the Public Inquiry Act, S.B.C., 2007, c.9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
A. Cameron Ward
Neil Chantler
Description
Inquiry looked into circumstances surrounding the death of a Mi'kmaq man who was removed from Vancouver Police Department lock-up, left in an nearby alley and subsequently died of exposure and hypothermia.
[A National Conversation among Aboriginal Canadians Living in the Cities]
[Canadian Public Opinion and the Policy Agenda]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Indian Communication Arts (INCA)
First Nations University]
Paul Francis James
Geoffrey Prantau
Tina Pisuktie
Kenneth Chakasim
Collin Graham ... [et al.]
Description
In interviews, thirty-three individuals from across Canada discuss living in urban centres, identity, and contemporary issues they consider to be important.
Each interview is approximately 30 min. long.