Social Science and Medicine, vol. 147, December 2015, pp. 30-37
Description
At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) project was a mental health and homeless program which ran from 2009 to 2013. Four themes emerged from Interviews conducted with 14 participants: security, mobility, socio-cultural perceptions of home, and separation from ceremony. Suggests that Western model of "home" does not necessarily mesh with that of Aboriginals.
Short documentary focuses on the organization Drag the Red which searches the Red River for clues relating to missing members of the Indigenous community in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Duration: 19:00.
Discusses project where the North End Community Renewal Corporation (NECRC) through the North End Food Security Network (NEFSN) and Indian and Metis Friendship Centre(IMFC) partnered to develop a series of traditional food preparation, cultivation and procurement workshops.
Manitoba Indian Brotherhood Centennial Commemorations Historical Pageant
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Indian Brotherhood
Description
Publication relating to pre-contact, colonization, treaties and modern-day eras of Aboriginal life in Manitoba. Includes detailed descriptions of the treaty signings of 1871.
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Adam Muller
Description
Discusses the meaning of genocide and whether or not genocide occurred based on two underlying issues.
Chapter 3 from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.
Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand
RAL-e ; no.3, 2008
Research in Anthropology & Linguistics-e ; no. 3, 2008
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Agapi Mavridis
Description
Discusses links between attempted eradication of TB with the social conditions that allow the disease to thrive.
Chapter 4 from : Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer.
Scroll down to page 43 to read chapter.
Two historians discuss their new book, which is a case study of the death of Brian Sinclair in a hospital emergency room while awaiting care: Structures of Indifference.
Episode 64: part of Pledge-o-Rama 2018.
Duration: 49:04
Looks at the reports Tubal Ligation in the Saskatoon Health Region: The Lived Experience of Aboriginal Women and Out of Sight: A Summary of the Events Leading Up to Brian Sinclair's Death and the Inquest That Examined It and the Interim Recommendations of the Brian Sinclair working Group.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 42-57
Description
The experiences of three different participants in an intergenerational, multi-week research workshop which explored how the concept of wellness is understood are portrayed through the lenses of a girl, a mother, and a grandmother.
Looks at women's experiences in Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal. Research involved literature review and interviews with forty-six Inuit women, twenty-two service providers, and, when possible, focus groups. Four objectives of study were to identify motivations for migration/relocation to urban centres, examine challenges faced, discuss primary effects on roles and responsibilities, and to identify supports needed.
[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.
Outlines current conditions, identifies barriers to policy development and discusses three areas for improvement: clarification of jurisdictional responsibilities, renewed focus on reconciliation, and development of a city accord. Uses Winnipeg and Edmonton initiatives as examples.
Looks at the housing traits of rate of home ownership, proportion of dwellings requiring major repairs, average value of dwelling units, and proportion of constructed before 1946 and data for population from census tracts within the defined city boundaries of Edmonton, Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon.
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
J. D. Crookshanks
Description
Analyzes two programs, the Wichitowin in Edmonton and Aboriginal Visioning in Winnipeg, in terms of their ability to determine and carry out community goals.
Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
Reports results of interviews with 40 frontline workers about: characteristics of trafficking, victims' protection and prevention needs, agencies' responses to trafficking, and gaps and barriers in providing services. Aboriginals were one of the target populations in the study.
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 34, no. 2, 2015, pp. 37-51
Description
Compares socio-demographic status, mental health, physical health and traumatic experiences between homeless individuals who do and do not utilize volatile substances.