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Cahier DIALOG ; no. 2007-04. Proceedings
Cahiers DIALOG
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marie France Labrecque
Carole Lévesque
Jeannette Corbière Lavell
Evelyn O'Bomsawin
Diana Soroka
Cheryl Knockwood ...
Merilda St.-Onge
Christine Sioui Wanwanoloath ...
Michèle Taïna Audette
Karente Horn-Miller ...
Linda Jean ...
Marceline Picard-Kanapé
Manon Tremblay
Janet Mark
Chantelle Richard
Kahá:wi Jacobs
Roberta Stout
Sheila Swasson
Evelyne St. Onge
Noat Einish
Dolorès André ... [et al.]
Barriers to Access to Health and Social Services for English-speaking First Nations Communities in Quebec
Alternate Title
[Appendix A: Portrait of the Situation for English-speaking First Nations: Accessing Health and Social Services in English in the Province of Quebec]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coalition of English-speaking First Nations in Quebec (CESFNCQ)
Description
Discusses broad issues and challenges as well as difficulties associated with residing in a predominantly francophone province and identifies key priority areas. Includes community profiles and results of survey of residents.
Beating the Odds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gloria Nelson
Joyce Bonspiel-Nelson
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 10, no. 9, Our Children and Youth are Sacred, November 2005, pp. 533-535
Description
Looks at two crises faced by the Kanesatake (Oka) community and the resulting implementation of programs and services to assist the community deal with lasting trauma.
Coocoochee: Mohawk Medicine Woman
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Hornbeck Tanner
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, 1979, pp. 23-41
Description
Biography.
Creating Choices: Rethinking Aboriginal Policy
Alternate Title
Policy Study (C.D. Howe Institute) ; 43
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
no. 43
Cultural Factors Related to the Maintenance of Health Behaviours in Algonquin Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. Gaudreau
C. Michaud
Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, vol. 32, no. 3, June 2012, pp. 140-148
Description
Data collected in two communities through interviews and detailed observations.
Cultural Safety Training for Health Professionals Working with Indigenous Populations in Montreal, Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Victor
Melissa Shouting
Chelsey DeGroot
Les Vonkeman
Mark Brave Rock
Roger Hunt
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 42-59
Description
Evaluates a Montreal based program focused on developing empathy and competency around the provision of culturally safe healthcare services. Identifies challenges related to the political will of healthcare practitioners to participate in decolonizing services.
Le Dépistage des Retards de Développement Chez les Jeunes Enfants d’une Communauté des Premières Nations
Alternate Title
[Detecting Developmental Delays in Young Children of a North American Indian Community]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carmen Dionne
Suzie McKinnon
Jane Squires
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 117-123
Description
Study used a sample of 12 teachers involved with 213 Mohawk children between the ages of 29-60 months who attended the Step by Step Child and Family Center of Kahnawake, Quebec. Goal was to assess the Ages and Stages questionnaire as a culturally appropriate tool to recognize young children at risk for social or emotional difficulties.
Article in French.
Discordant Voices, Conflicting Visions: Ojibwa and Euro-American Perspectives on the Midewiwin
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael R. Angel
Description
Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.
Documents: Introduction
Alternate Title
Document One: Department of Indian Affairs Canada, Ottawa, October 13th, 1926
Document Two: Department of Indian Affairs Canada, Office of the Deputy Superintendent General, Ottawa, Ottawa, October 13th, 1926
[Document One]: Health and Disease at the Norway House Indian Agency
[Document Two]:Report of Medical Services to Indians Located Along the Line of the Canadian National Railways from Cochrane, Ont. to La Tuque, Que., June to October, 1926
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 233--274
Description
Introduction and two archival items on social and economic conditions of Aboriginal people. The first report is on the socio-economic conditions that contributed to the spread of tuberculosis, and the economic measures needed to be taken to improve the lives of the Swampy Cree Indians. The second report is an account of the socio-economic conditions of Aboriginal people and recommendations for improving their health status.
Evaluation of the Effects of the Quebec First Nations and Inuit Faculties of Medicine Program (QFNIFMP): Final Report 2019-2020
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patricia Montambault
Exploring the Intersection of Education and Indigenous Status From a Social Determinants of Health Perspective: Parent and Family Engagement in Secondary School in Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Ives
Vandna Sinha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, Social Determinants of Indigenous Well-Being: Building a More Complete Understanding, October 2016, pp. 1-24
Description
Study looks at cultural relationships and educational engagement of Inuit parents, families, students, educators and community members in order to increase student retention.
First Follow-Up Report on the Viens Commission: Assessment of the Implementation of the 142 Call for Action of the Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
First Nations People and AIDS: A Study of Social Work Knowledge in Northern Quebec
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Francois Boudreau
Adje van de Sande
Marc Roulier
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, HIV/AIDS: Issues within Aboriginal Populations, September 2000, pp. 165-182
Description
Examines a study conducted on the level of knowledge by health and social service professionals, working with First Nations people on issues of HIV and AIDS, which suggests the need for AIDS prevention programs.
Free, Prior & Informed Consent and the Future of Inuit Self-Determination
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Natan Obed
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. 38-41
Description
Looks at the connection between the right to free, prior and informed consent and the work of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK).
Gene Boy Came Home
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Eugene Benedict
Description
Aboriginal veteran Eugene Benedict's account of his time in Vietnam, his rejection when he returned, and his journey back to his Odanak home. This film deals with scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 24:31.
Healing Through Art: Ritualized Space and Cree Identity
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 41
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nadia Ferrara
History of Manawan - Part Two
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Discusses the death of Aboriginal customs, independence and dignity.
Duration: 21:00.
History of Manawan Part 1.
Inuit Cancer Control in Canada Baseline Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Description
Examines the high cancer rates in Inuit populations and highlights challenges to receiving care, from diagnosis through to survivorship or palliative care.
Inuit Interpreters Engaged in End-of-Life Care in Nunavik, Northern Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawn Renee Hordyk
Mary Ellen Macdonald
Paul Brassard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1291868
Description
Studies the linguistic and cultural differences among medical institutions that challenge interpreters who know many of their clients at a personal level.
Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Mila Aung-Thwin
Daniel Cross
Bobby Echalook
Brett Gaylor
Sarah Idlout
Laura Iqaluk
Linus Kasudluak
Willia Ningeok
Caroline Ningiuk
Dora Ohaituk
Rita-Lucy Ohaituk
Daniel Cross
Brett Gaylor
Description
Film documents the changing culture of eight Inuit students from the Innalik School in their final year in the high school.
Duration: 57:40.
“It's Hard to Change Something When You Don't Know Where to Start”: Unpacking HIV Vulnerability with Aboriginal Youth in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Flicker
June Larkin
Christine Smilie-Adjarkwa
Jean-Paul Restoule
Kevin Barlow
Michelle Dagnino
Christina Ricci
Ruth Koleszar-Green
and Claudia Mitchell
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, 2008, pp. 175-200
Description
Discusses an approach to understanding issues related to HIV risk among Aboriginal youth and how best to address those issues.
Living Together - Acting Together: Government Brief Submitted to the Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones
Ministère de la
Justice
Justice
Ministère de la Sécurité publique
Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur
Secrétariat à la condition
Description
Discusses provincial government's past and present relationship with Aboriginal peoples, and interactions between the Aboriginal population and provincial ministries and agencies such as the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Public Security, Correctional Services, Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
Miyupimaatisiiun in Eeyou Istchee: Healing and Decolonization in Chisasibi
Theses
Author/Creator
Ioana Radu
Description
Humanities Thesis (Ph.D.)--Concordia University, 2015.
Mohawk English in the Medical Interview
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Woolfson
Virginia Hood
Roger Secker-Walker
Ann C. Macaulay
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, 1995, pp. 503-509
Description
Discusses how cultural differences may lead to misinterpretation of information by health care providers.
Northern Québec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"
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Northern Quebec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martine C. Lévesque
Susan Law
Jill Torrie
Robert Carlin
Lucy Trapper ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, October 21, 2019
Description
Discusses the revelations of studies conducted by the Quebec regional health and social services agency on community engagement in healthcare planning. Highlights the nuanced differences between Cree perspectives and non-Indigenous perspectives and the need for models based in the recognition and elevation of community knowledges and viewpoints.
Patterns of Illegitimacy on a Canadian Indian Reserve: 1860-1960
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip K. Bock
Journal of Marriage and the Family, vol. 26, no. 2, May 1964, pp. 142-148
Description
Attempts to explain why there is a persistent 20% "illegitimate" birth rate on a reserve in eastern Quebec and suggests causal factors relate to degree of social and cultural integration.
Public Health Politics in Nunvik Health Care: Shared Concepts, Divergent Meanings
Theses
Author/Creator
Josee G. Lavoie
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1993.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Re-Imagining Aboriginality: An Indigenous Peoples’ Response to Social Suffering
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naomi Adelson
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 11-34
Description
Explores "the pain of being Aboriginal", specifically Cree and from Whapmagoostui, Quebec.
Remembering Why We Sit at the Table
Theses
Author/Creator
Faith Decontie
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Discusses the Cree Nation of Chisasibi's Land Based Healing Program.
Roots of Resilience: Overcoming Inequities in Aboriginal Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Social Determinants of Health
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 103: National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues
Alternate Title
National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a portion of the transcript of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This volume contains presentations of four community social initiatives followed by questions, four community medical initiatives followed by questions, a keynote luncheon address, the presentations of four discussion papers followed by questions, a Round Table discussion and a closing plenary session with general discussions of Day 2.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 104: National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues
Alternate Title
National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains Volume 3 of the transcript of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This volume contains presentations of four discussion papers followed by questions, a Round Table discussion, a summary by Rapporteur of Day 3 and closing remarks that includes a presentation to Elders.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 111: Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 111 contains Volume 2 of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations groups concerned with education, law & justice as well as groups presenting regarding health issues. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 112: Kahnawake Territory, Kahnawake, Quebec
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 112 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Kahnawake, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to economic development, youth recreation, education and health care.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 113: Kahnawake Territory, Kahnawake, Quebec
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 113 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Kahnawake, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to economic development, women's issues, education and health care.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 32: Waswanipi, Quebec
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 32 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Waswanipi, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations on a variety of subjects such as education, health care, unemployment, child and family welfare, and the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Community Medical Initiatives
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a portion of the transcript of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This file contains presentations of four community medical initiatives followed by questions on Day 2.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Community Social Initiatives
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a portion of the transcript of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This file contains the opening proceedings and presentations of four community social initiatives followed by questions on Day 2.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by June Deslisle, Elder, Kanien'kehaka Mohawk Nation
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
June Deslisle
Description
This file contains an individual presentation by June Deslisle, a member of the Bear Clan who has been involved with Aboriginal health care in Quebec for 40 years. She discusses a number of topics, including the establishment of a school in an old pool hall in Kahnawake, her involvement as a volunteer with the Kateri Memorial Hospital since 1955 and ending in 1991, and self-government. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Algonquin College Aboriginal Students
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Aboriginal Students from Algonquin College. The students voice a variety of concerns related to education, race relations, grass roots politics, cultural revival, the justice system, history curricula, drug and alcohol abuse, health service facilities, and assimilation. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss the students concerns with them.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Andre Maltais, Associate General Secretary, Secretariat aux Affaires autochtones, Governement du Quebec
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by Andre Maltais that begins with a brief retrospective on the Quebec government's approach to the Aboriginal people of Quebec. The speaker lists a number of past measures that are making the lives of Quebec Aboriginal people better. They include the construction of a hospital in Kahnawake, a guaranteed income program of Cree hunters and trappers, construction of a number of airports in Inuit communities, and an Inuit teacher education program at the University of Quebec. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Catherine Cooper, Elders&&039; Council (Via Translator)
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Elder Catherine Cooper believing the Elder Council and the Youth Council should work together to ensure the youth learn about their culture and history. She briefly discusses health care problems and hunting and fishing rights.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Allan Happyjack and Jack Blacksmith, Waswanipi Nation Council
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Chief Allan Happyjack and Jack Blacksmith that first provides a brief history of Waswanipi. Their presentation covers a wide range of issues, including the justice system and policing, hunting and trapping, the environment and health care. The speakers believe that the Canadian and Quebec governments have either ignored, set aside or in breach of major sections of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Jean-Charles Pietacho and Sylvie Basile, Conseil des Montagnais de Mingan
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by Chief Jean-Charles Pietacho and Sylvie Basile titled "Learning to Sail in Troubled Waters." It touches on youth suicide, the forced relocation in the 1960s of the Montagnais community of Saint-Augustin (Pakuashipi) to the Lower North Shore, and the despair and hopelessness that Aboriginal people experience "with the marginalization that their cultures and lifestyles have suffered for decades." A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Dolores Andre, Debbie Dedam and Veronique Thusky, Les femmes autochtones en milieu urbain
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by Dolores Andre, Debbie Dedam and Veronique Thusky focusing on the view that "urban Aboriginal women should have inherent rights like all of the First Nations." Their group offers the following recommendations for urban Aboriginal women: Access to social, health and child care services equal to those of the communities; construction of a network of housing co-operatives be developed in Montreal, Quebec City and Hull, which would be accessible to all Aboriginal people; and that greater financial resources be allocated to the Pathway to Success program to provi
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Donald Horne, Director, Kahnawake Shakotil'takenhnhas Community Services
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donald Horne
Description
This file contains a presentation by Donald Horne relating to the multitude of services his organization provides to the citizens of the Kahnawake community, including alcohol and drug prevention; youth, elder and family social services; family violence awareness programs, community and environmental health programs and child welfare services. Horne states that Kahnawake has a good infrastructure in terms of dealing with social programs, but urges the Commission to help secure continuing funding for these vital programs.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Edith Gull, Chairperson, Secondary School Committee
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Edith Gull expressing deep frustration with the drop-out rate of students and the apathy of parents. A new school was built in 1989 but attendance is poor and Gull feels that drug and alcohol abuse, among other social issues, are common roadblocks for getting an education. Gull introduces the next speaker, John Kitchen, chairman of the Elementary School Committee.