"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record .
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
Commission came about due to numerous allegations of police misconduct towards Indigenous women in Val d'Or, Quebec. Its mandate is to investigate causes of systemic discrimination in the provision of police, correctional, justice, health and social services.
Interviews with Cree and Inuit Elders from the communities of Kuujjuarapik and Whapmagootsui about the 1770's war in Northern Quebec and how it still affects them.
Duration: 46:34.
Contends that a long-term vision and standardization of the methodologies, determinants and indicators of food security are required to improve access and availability to food that is of acceptable quality.
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.
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.
Argues that several bylaws should be removed because they represent social and racial profiling, and are overly and wrongfully used, affecting the well-being of a venerable population..
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, 25th Anniversary Issue, Spring, 2011, pp. 57-60
Description
Review of exhibition mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery from Oct. 16, 2010 to April 3, 2011.
Entire issues on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 57.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 2, 2011, pp. 166-177
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Study's goal was to provide overviews of anthropometric data and the relationship between the data and risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Highlights several successful initiatives across Canada which help individuals fund the purchase, or building, of a home. Many have set up a system of band-controlled revolving funds to deal with the restrictions of the Indian Act.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
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Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Review of Constitutional Studies, vol. 16, no. 1, 2011, pp. 1-29
Description
Examines how the Meech Lake Accord resulted in increased activism and the implications for national politics and Aboriginal policy. Also explores how the momentum of that period has been lost and what could be done to renew it.