Focuses on addressing the needs of students making the transition from small, often isolated reserves, to schools in Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, and other towns and cities.
Documentary about children being forced to leave their reserves in order to attend high school. Follows a student from Kingfisher Lake First Nation to Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Between 2000 and 2011 seven students from remote First Nations have been found dead in Thunder Bay.
Duration: 33:11.
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.
Joint Steering Committee Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Description
Study undertaken to provide information for development of strategic resource allocation, understanding of current policy approaches and legislative frameworks, and on-going issues faced by the population in the cities of Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Barrie/Midland/Orillia, Sudbury and Kenora.
Study focused on: demographics and mobility patterns, service delivery, culture and identity, issues specific to youth and women, racism, and health.
Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 425.
Jury recommendations resulting from inquest into the deaths of seven youths from remote communities attending school in Thunder Bay.
Verdict Explanation.
Video records one class's experience with incorporating Aboriginal art and culture into the curriculum by utilizing community mentors and Elders.
Duration: 17:00.