Improving the Provision of Home Care for First Nations Living on Reserve in Nova Scotia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nova Scotia Aboriginal Home Care Steering Committee
Description
Looks at pilot program for handling First Nations clients living on reserve, themes arising from interviews about program, and gaps in services and challenges.
Talks about governance and not losing any of the privileges and rights from the Royal Proclamation to the Indian Act and getting out from its legacy. Answers questions about what will happen to Indian Affairs funding of initiatives already in place. (7 minutes).
Looks at the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi with an unemployment rate of zero percent and a language retention rate of 90 %. It describes how things could change in Eskasoni and looks at the process of economic development.
Duration: 9:00.
Identifies prevalent health priorities, requirements, and challenges of Mi'kmaq people by looking at three groups: First Nations community members, youth, and health system partners.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Bettina Schneider
Bob Kayseas
Description
Examines Roque Roldán Ortiga’s six criteria for judging the quality of a particular land and resources rights regime with regards to Indigenous governments; and looks at how those criteria can be used to measure the degree to which Aboriginal peoples in Canada have been successful with their struggle to have of their land, resource and other rights recognized.
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 2, no. 2, 2008, pp. 140-150
Description
Looks at the success of an Aboriginal community in the area of economic development and discusses some of the challenges and barriers faced by First Nations people pursuing opportunities as entrepreneurs.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 1, Fall, 2008, pp. 44-60
Description
Examines how information and communication technology has made outsourcing certain functions to remote locations possible and whether this is a viable source of employment for Aboriginal communities. Specifically looks at call centres.
Community Outreach Initiative Aboriginal Peoples 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Han Martin Associates
Description
Report is based on feedback from five meetings held to discuss adult learning needs in Atlantic Canada, with a primary focus on literacy, post-secondary education and employment.
Employment and Unemployment for Selected Population Groups, Nunavut, 2001 and 2006 Censuses
Employment and Unemployment for the Population Aged 15 and Over, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2001 and 2006 Censuses
Employment and Unemployment for the Population Aged 15 and Over, Nunavut and Communities, 2001 and 2006 Censuses
Population Aged 25 to 64 by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree and by Inuit Identity, Nunavut, 2006 Census
Proportion of Workers Aged 15 and Over who use a Non-official Language, English or French most often or Regularly at Work, by Selected Language Groups, Nunavut, 2001 and 2006 Censuses
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical data of employment and unemployment rates in Nunavut, Canada as a whole and each of the provinces and other territories. 5 tables.
Source: 2001 and 2006 Censuses of Population.
Summary of discussions, during May and June of 2005, between the Department of Canadian Heritage and Aboriginal people to develop practical strategies for working in areas where the mandate, expertise and experience of the Department coincide with Aboriginal aspirations.
Brief news story discusses history of residential schools, the apology by the Minister of Indian Affairs and some solutions to problems on the Indian Brook Reserve in Nova Scotia. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 5:13
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 46-62
Description
The author uses Out of the Depths, Isabel Knockwood’s autobiography about her time in Indian Residential School, to discuss English alphabet writing as a colonizing tool and as consider different ways that Indigenous peoples have appropriated English writing as a form of cultural survivance.