Aboriginal Housing Assessment: Community Design Needs & Preferences and Application of Local Materials
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa Hardess
Rodney C. McDonald
Darren Thomas
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Includes survey questions, community profiles and research findings from each of the 14 First Nations involved in study, and results of visits to three sites where local materials were being used in construction.
Full research report.
Community Report.
Aboriginal Housing: Local Materials and Design Preferences
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Lisa Hardess
Rodney C. McDonald
Darren Thomas
Description
Discusses results of research conducted in three locations where local materials were used in construction and survey of 14 First Nations as to their requirements for appropriate housing.
Includes both summary and main report.
Community Report.
Appendices.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-017
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Ausra Burns
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Project's goal was to identify barriers, opportunities, and economic and social development derived from adoption of prefabricated houses.
Includes research highlight and full report.
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.
2004 Conference Report (Indigenous Bar Association)
Indigenous Bar Association Annual Fall Conference ; 16th, 2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Bar Association
Description
Outlines the need for human rights, Aboriginal rights, and economic rights to protect Indigenous peoples during the development of Indigenous economies.
Looks at an urban Aboriginal reserve, within the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia which uses a business approach to government, management and socio-economic development.
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.
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Description
Data sources: 2011 to 2016 First Nations and Inuit Health Branch program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database. Data from the First Nations Information Governance Centre, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency are also included.
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals
Includes links to documents, audio recordings of sessions, and programming.
Pt. 1:
Indigenous Voices? Challenges in Community Radio featuring Francella Fiallos, Maureen Googoo, Aggie Baby.
Review of gatherings in Manitoba, Nunavut, Alberta, and British Columbia.
Pt. 2:
Decolonization? Hand the Media Back! A View from Pjilasi Mi'kma'ki featuring Annie Claire.
Pt. 3:
Preserving Indigenous Language: Challenges and Solutions featuring Morris Prokop.
e-Centres: Community-Based Production/Broadcast Facilities featuring Brian Beaton.
Pt.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research; Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Looks at data from health researchers, research ethics board representatives, financial services administrators and Mi'kmaw community health directors.
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.
Reconciliation: Growing Canada's Economy by $27.7 Billion, pt. II
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fiscal Realities Economists
Description
Statistics on Indigenous representation in the labour force, and comparison of equalized participation rates and type of employment in each of the provinces and territories.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, September-October 2004, pp. 382-386
Description
Data indicated the Eskasoni Mi'kmaq study group was at a greater risk for diseases and the need for long-term care is increasing. Results have implications for the health care system and health prevention measures that should be targeted for this group.
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.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, September/October 2004, pp. 369-374
Description
Data gathered from Eskansoni, a large Mi'kmaq community located on Cape Breton, suggests that health promotion should target respiratory ailments, circulatory disease and diabetic management.
The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 318, no. 1-3, January 5, 2004, pp. 89-100
Description
Inconclusive findings make a specific diagnosis difficult, but providing Co-containing salt licks is suggested as a means of counteracting moose diet deficiencies.
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.
Reviews ten sentencing decisions to better understand how s. 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code and R. vs. Gladue 1999 are interpreted by sentencing judges.
Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2017.
The Paq'tnkek M'ikmaq and Kat (American Eel) A Case Study of Cultural Relations, Meanings, and Prospects
The Paq'tnkek Micmac and Ka't (American Eel): A Case Study of Cultural Relations, Meanings, and Prospects
The Paq'tnkek Mik'maq and Ka't (American Eel): A Case Study of Cultural Relations, Meanings, and Prospects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Davis
John Wagner
Kerry Prosper
Mary Jane Paulette
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 357-388
Description
Provides a review of the culturally important relationship the Mi'kmaq share with the American eel, including for food, ceremonial practices, medicinal purposes, and traditional relations of reciprocity.
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Micmac 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mikmaw 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Miqmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William T. Hipwell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 253-281
Description
Discusses the ecological degradation of the central Bras d'Or Lakes watershed region and the active stance the Mi'kmaq people have taken to implement an integrated management approach to the issue.
Members of the Eskasoni Mi'Kmaw Nation talk about their community's experience with harm reduction and addictions treatment and recovery.
Duration: 36:38.
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.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 38, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 204-218
Description
Discusses findings and implications arising from Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding fishing for and selling eels by Donald Marshall, who Treaty argued it was a Treaty right.
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.