Project gathered information on health, well-being and access to health services that would inform policy planning, delivery of programs, and measurement of outcomes.
Overview of project designed to address the gap in supporting and advancing learning opportunities for Indigenous students, and learners pursuing Indigenous Studies.
Journal of Agromedicine, vol. 14, no. 2, Sixth International Symposium: Public Health and the Agricultural-Rural Ecosystem, 2009, pp. 90-96
Description
Looks at the challenges of planning and delivering culturally appropriate health care without knowing accurately health status and health service needs.
Discusses barriers to Indigenous students' participation in post-secondary institutions and makes recommendations in the areas of outreach and recognition of Indigenous knowledges, student financial assistance, funding for support services, decolonization of institutions, and developing experiential learning opportunities.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 09-011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study involving eight First Nations communities selected on the basis of innovative approaches to promoting home ownership and developing support programs. A minimum of six interviews was conducted at each site with community leaders, housing professionals and home owners.
Overview of the Aboriginal women's support centre, Minwaashin Lodge, a holistic treatment facility for victims of family violence and the residential school system.
Examines how the structure of native institutions and property rights provided a relatively high standard of living in the mid eighteenth century and for part of the nineteenth, then was unable to experience modern rates of economic growth and provide avenues for further development.
Education for Health, vol. 22, no. 2, 2009, pp. 1-9
Description
Interviews First Nations paraprofessional health workers in two northern Ontario communities and looks at proposed national competency-based standards for education, certification, and regulation.
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, October 26, 1981 regarding certain archaeological and anthropological pre-European contact artifacts from the Saskatoon area that were given to depositories in Winnipeg, and some that reside at the University of Saskatchewan. Reference is made to an associated document further discussing these matters.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 1, [Special Issue: Aboriginal Redress], March 2009, pp. 161-190
Description
Explores the response of the predominantly non-Native community at Caledonia, in the context of the discourses now circulating around redress, reconciliation and political conflict.
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Discusses areas needing attention in order to provide services tailored to the care of Indigenous seniors in the urban context. Looks at relevant social determinants of health outcomes such as racism and discrimination, poverty, housing food security, transportation, urban and off-reserve migration, and the residential school experience.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 2, Aboriginal Womens Health, December 2009, pp. 6-13
Description
Viewpoints of the women, Elders' and Anishinabek Knowledge Holders as to how the contamination of the English-Wabigoon River system continues to impact the community.
Examines existing programs operating in Canada, evidence of impact on service utilization, health, and overall quality of life, and the need for Indigenous components in addictions treatment.
Documentary about the role clan mothers played in the conflict that took place near Caledonia, Ontario over a proposed housing development on Six Nation traditional territory.
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Developed to accompany the National Film Board documentary Six Miles Deep which deals with the conflict that took place over land development near Caledonia, Ontario.
Case comment on Brown v Canada (Attorney General), the class action suit in Ontario involving the removal of children from their families on reserve, and placing them with non-Indian adoptive families, and foster and group homes. At issue was whether the Federal government had breached fiduciary or common law duties to prevent loss of identity in post-placement period.
General discussion of the establishment and operations of schools and student life, followed by in-depth look at St. Anne's and 41 pages of photographs of students.
Discusses a research project which aimed to determine factors affecting food security of young Aboriginal mothers and offers social policy recommendations, strategies and ideas for research in order to improve their lives.
'Messages From the Heart': A Showcase on Aboriginal Childrearing – Caring for Our Children and Families
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Author/Creator
Kathryn Irvine
Description
Discusses the crisis facing Aboriginal parents in Canada and the need to create more culturally appropriate and relevant programs, resources and services.
Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 22, no. 3, 2017, pp. 143-147
Description
Study looked at 49 cases of FASD diagnosed at Anishnawbe Health Toronto (AHT) between 2002 and 2012. Multidisciplinary team assessed neurodevelopmental abnormalities, facial features and growth abnormalities, and inquired about maternal alcohol consumption, current custody and involvement with the criminal justice system.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 47-59
Description
"The purpose of this article is to explore how Indigenous people and community stakeholders in Canada understand terms such as self-determination and health and draw conclusions about collaborative efforts between the government and Indigenous communities to support community-controlled health care".