Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 239-288
Description
Interviews with 24 residents indicates they feel disconnected from their neighborhood; authors' recommendations include founding of an Aboriginal Association with a loose affiliation with the mainstream Association.
Looks at how funding changes affect expenditures, financial accountability, cost and quality of services provided for children in care, services being offered to help facilitate early family reunification, and issues arising from global funding.
Examines selected issues in health and social service fields and proposes a restructuring of service delivery to meet the needs of First Nations communities.
Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Benita Cohen
Description
Discusses the community's experience with controlling health care delivery beginning with administration of its health centre in 1980 and during the three-year period after signing a health transfer agreement with the federal government.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, 1994, pp. 40-58
Description
Identifies and examines two main discrepancies in the federal government's Indian band governance policy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy, January-February 2005, pp. S55-S59
Description
Argues that conditions imposed on personal care homes (PCH) by the Federal government jeopardize culturally appropriate care for a vulnerable segment of the Aboriginal population.
Expands on issues effecting policy formation aimed to increase participation of urban Aboriginal people in initiatives and processes of sustainable community development.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 395-416
Description
Finds addressing the problem based on need perpetuates an old model of charity, failing to recognize there the larger issue of socio-economic disparity and need to incorporate self-determination and self-government into programming.
Politics and Program: A Case Study of a First Nations Child and Family Service Agency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce B. Timpson
Pete Hudson
Description
Examines internal and intergovernmental relationships through review of documents produced by the agency, its governing body and non-First Nations governments, and key informant interviews.