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Author/Creator
Paul Joffe
Description
Provides advice on: perceptions of the Québec government in passing the 1985 Resolution, perceptions of the objectives of the First Nations, discussion outlining procedural and any other difficulties encountered, and a discussion on why Manitoba should consider a recognition statement and what lessons may be taken from the Québec experience.
2006 Aboriginal Population Profile for La Tuque [Quebec]
Alternate Title
2006 Aboriginal Population Profiles for Selected Cities and Communities ; no. 2
2006 Aboriginal Population Profiles for Selected Cities and Communities: Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces
Article (Statistics Canada)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division Analysts
Statistics Canada
2006 Census Housing Series: Issue 9—Inuit Households in Canada
Alternate Title
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 10-019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Includes general profile and information on housing characteristics and level of core housing need.
Academic Achievement in First Nations Adolescents: The Role of Parental and Peer Attachment in Promoting Successful Outcomes
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexandra D’Arrisso
Description
Educational Psychology (Specialization in School/Applied Child Psychology) Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2010.
Analytical Chemistry of Hydroxylated Metabolites of PCBs and Other Halogenated Phenolic Compounds in Blood and Their Relationship to Thyroid Hormone and Retinol Homeostasis in Humans and Polar Bears
Theses
Author/Creator
Courtney Douglas Sandau
Description
[Interdisciplinary] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2000.
Anemia in James Bay Cree Infants of Northern Québec
Alternate Title
Anaemia in James Bay Cree Infants of Northern Québec
Theses
Author/Creator
Noreen Dianne Willows
Description
Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2000.
Annotated Bibliography: Bilingual Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Katherine Graham
Description
Current as of 2010.
Related document: Literature Review: The Literature on Bilingual Education
Antidiabetic Activity of Vaccinium Vitis-idaea, A Medicincal Plant From The Traditional Pharmocopeia Of The James Bay Cree
Theses
Author/Creator
Hoda Mohamed Mahmoud Eid
Description
Pharmacology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montreal, 2010.
Antifungal Activity of Extracts From Medical Plants Used By First Nations People of Eastern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
N. P. Jones
J. T. Arnason
M. Abou-Zaid
K. Akpagana
P. Sanchez-Vindas
M. L. Smith
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, vol. 73, no. 1-2, November 2000, pp. 191-198
Description
Tests conducted on 18 eastern Canadian and 8 tropical plants demonstrated that medicinal knowledge of First Nations peoples is based on measurable efficacy.
Arctic and Inuit Photography. Part Three: Contemporary Inuit Photography
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amy Adams
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Winter, 2000, pp. 4-11
Are Snacking Patterns Associated With Risk of Overweight Among Kahnawake Schoolchildren?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Genevieve Mercille
Olivier Receveur
Ann C. Macaulay
Public Health Nutrition, vol. 13, no. 2, February 2010, pp. 163-171
Description
Studied how the quality, quantity and frequency of snack food consumption differed between three Body Mass Index (BMI) categories.
"Being Alive Well": Health and the Politics of Cree Well-being
E-Books
Author/Creator
Naomi Adelson
Birth Outcomes in the Inuit-Inhabited Areas of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zhong-Cheng Luo
Sacha Senécal
Fabienne Simonet
Éric Guimond
Christopher Penney
Russell Wilkins
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 3, February 23, 2010, pp. 235-242
Description
Discusses the high rates of preterm birth, stillbirth and infant death in Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada compared with the rest of the country and the interventions necessary to improve maternal and infant health.
Breast-Feeding and Anemia: Let's Be Careful
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John C. Godel
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 3, February 8, 2000, pp. 343-344
Description
Discusses anemia and iron deficiency in nine month old James Bay Cree infants.
Building on Success: Strategies for Promoting Economic Development in the North: Written Submission for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Alternate Title
http://www.naedb-cndea.com/reports/anaedb-submission-to-the-standing-committee-on-aboriginal-affairs-and-northern-development.pdf
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
Description
Discussion on the development of the Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development; recent Federal measures including the Northern Strategy; a series of agreements between government and Aboriginal communities, including self-government and Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements; and examines how they can play a central role in strengthening the northern economy.
Canadian Inuit Art and Coops: Father Steinman of Povungnituk
Alternate Title
Canadian Inuit Art and Co-ops
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nelson Graburn
Museum Anthropology, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring/Summer, 2000, pp. 14-25
Description
Discusses the missionary's influence on the arts and his role in the creation of the Povungnituk Sculptures Society and La Fèdèration des Coopèratives du Nouveau Quèbec.
Celebrating Inuit Art, 1948-1970
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dorothy Speak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, 2000, pp. 42-43
Description
Book review of: Celebrating Inuit Art edited by Maria von Finckenstein.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 42.
César's Bark Canoe
Alternate Title
César et son Canot d'écorce
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bernard Gosselin
Description
Film about César Newashish, Attikamek of the Communauté Atikamekw De Manawan, who builds a canoe in the traditional or old way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum.
Duration: 96:00
Climate Change Policy Response for Canada's Inuit Population: The Importance of and Opportunities for Adaptation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Tristan Pearce
Frank Duerden
Chris Furgal
Barry Smit
Global Environmental Change, vol. 20, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 177-191
Description
Argues that policy intervention should focus on: transmission of environmental knowledge, emergency management capability, flexibility of resource management regimes, economic support to facilitate adaptation, increase research effort to identify risk factors and response options, protection of infrastructure, and promote awareness of climate change impacts
Community Remoteness, Perinatal Outcomes and Infant Mortality Among First Nations in Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Spogmai Wassimi
Nancy G. L. Mchugh
Russell Wilkins
Maureen Heaman
Patricia Martens
et al.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, January 2010, pp. 32-38
Description
Determines there is a need for more effective perinatal and infant care programs in remote First Nations communities to reduce mortality rates.
Complementary Research on Traditional and Customary Child Care Practices/Adoption within Aboriginal Communities in Quebec: Presented to Working Group on Customary Adoption in Aboriginal Communities, Justice Québec
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Québec Native Women Inc.
Description
Results of qualitative survey conducted in response to amendments to the Youth Protection Act which gives courts the power to issue permanent placement orders outside of the immediate family.
Conflicting Perceptions of Exchange in Indian-Missionary Contact
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Hyman
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A,)--McGill University, 1971.
Considering Inuit Early Childhood Education - Draft
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Caroline Rowan
Description
Presents updates from Early Childhood Development Working Group by region and looks at items from the National Inuit Early Childhood Education Gathering.
Le Contrôle des Chiens dans Trois Communautés du Nunavik au Milieu du 20e Siècle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 149-166
Description
Examines the controversy surrounding the shooting of Inuit sled dogs in the communities of Kuujjuaraapik, Puvirnituq, and Kangirsujuaq in the 1950s and 1960s.
Costs and Benefits Study of Residential Thickening for the Quebec First Nations Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gaston St-Pierre and Associates
Description
Topics include definition of different housing types, theoretical models of space organization, savings attributable to six stages of density, and results of community consultation.
Cree Agency and Environment: Rethinking Human Development in the Cree Nation of Wemindji
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Labrecque
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2010.
Cree Autonomy: A Re-Examination of Domestic Dependence
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stefan Johnson
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 21, no. 3, Fall, 2010
Description
Comments on the system of government and the interaction with the land the Cree of Northern Québec have.
Cree Diabetes Information System (CDIS): 2009 Annual Report
Alternate Title
Public Health Report Series 3 on Diabetes: Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elena Kuzmina
Pierre Lejeune
David Dannenbaum
Jill Elaine Torrie
Description
Annual report discusses the goals of CDIS, methodology of data sources, definitions of terms, prevalence of diabetes, incidence of diabetes, and duration of the illness.
Critical Success Factors in the First Nations Fishery of Atlantic Canada: Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Perceptions
Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Cooper
Terry Hickey
Leon Sock
Gerald Hare
Description
Purpose of study is to help guide First Nations communities in developing policies, procedures and controls that will ensure effective fisheries management.
Cultural Identity, Intelligence, and Self-Esteem: Towards Enriching the Understanding of Academic Outcomes in a Community of First Nations Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Marsha Vicaire
Description
Educational and Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2010.
"Dave, Come on": Indigenous Identities and Language Play in Yves Sioui Durand's Hamlet-le-Malécite
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michèle Lacombe
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [53]-75
Description
Comments on a play that focuses on the contemporary situation of youth in Montreal and the imaginary community of Kinogamish.
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.
Design and Implementation of a Dental Caries Prevention Trial in Remote Canadian Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosamund Harrison
Jacques Veronneau
Brian Leroux
Trials, vol. 11, 2010, p. article no. 54
Description
Looks at the importance of community collaboration in conducting random trials for dental caries in Aboriginal children.
The Development of Temporal Reference in Inuktitut Child Language
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Diane Swift
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000.
The Dialectics of Isolation: Presentational Encounters Between Mistassini Cree Indians and French-Canadian Middleman
Theses
Author/Creator
Judith Hoch Smith
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1971.
Diversifying Aboriginal Forestry: Broad Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harry Bombay
Description
Argues that First Nation communities must look beyond timber harvesting to develop strategies encompassing new and different approaches to forest-based development.
Doctor to the North: Thirty Years of Treating Heart Disease Among the Inuit
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lesley McBain
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 150-152
Description
Book review of: Doctor to the North by John H. Burgess.
Draining Energy From The Innu of Nitassinan
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Annette Lutterman
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Rethinking Childhood: Perspectives on Childrens Rights, Summer, 2000
Description
Discusses the impact hydroelectric developments have on the peoples and the ecosystems of remote regions in Québec and Labrador.
Encountering Each Other: Discussions with Elected Aboriginal Women in Québec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Conseil du statut de la femme
Entrepreneur Gets Hand Up From Dragons
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Ashawasegai
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, pp. 20-21
Description
Introduction to Quemeez, a handmade baby moccasin-making company, and the entrepreneurial story behind them.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.
Environmental Assessment on the Canadian Frontier: Resource Decision-Making at Great Whale, Quebec and Voisey's Bay, Labrador
Theses
Author/Creator
Neal Burnham
Description
Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2000.
The Esquimaux Seem to be Dying Off Very Fast: Étude Ethnohistorique des Maladies à Fort Chimo, district d'Ungava, 1866 à 1903
Theses
Author/Creator
Geneviéve Kroes
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Université Laval, 1998.
Exploring Food Choice as Social Practice: Appreciating the Context of Family Feeding in Kahnawake, Québec, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Treena Delormier
Description
Social and Preventative Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université de Montréal, 2010.
Fact Sheet: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in Quebec
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Based on five years of quantitative research drawn from Sisters In Spirit database; looks at situation in the province compared to the national context.
Final Report of the Honorable Jean-Jacques Croteau Retired Judge of the Superior Court Regarding the Allegations Concerning the Slaughter of Inuit Sled Dogs in Nunavik (1950-1970)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean-Jacques Crotueau
Description
Inquiry found that harmful consequences occurred due to the actions of individuals acting on behalf of both the Canadian and Quebec governments.
First Nation Capacity In Quebec To Practice Integrated Water Resource Management
Theses
Author/Creator
Hijab Zehra Rizvi
Description
Bioresource Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2010.
A First Nations Garden in France
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine McIntyre
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 22
Description
Describes Ohtehra Garden in France, the only First Nations garden outside of Canada, which features plants from Quebec's 11 First Nations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.
First Nations’ Involvement in Forest Governance in Québec:
The Place for Distinct Consultation Processes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Wyatt
Jean-François Fortier
Catherine Martineau-Delisle
Forestry Chronicle, vol. 86, no. 6, Nov/Dec 2010, pp. 730-741
Description
Looks at a case study of forestry participation in a community in Quebec, and discusses Aboriginal consultation and involvement with the process.
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.