Shows locations and gives contact information.
Sources: Ministère des Affaires autochtones et du développement du Nord canadien,Registre des Indiens, 31 décembre 2010.Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec,
Registres des bénéficiaires cris, inuits et naskapis de la Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord québécois et de la Convention du Nord-Est québécois, 1er avril 2011.
[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.
Statistics for population, housing stocks, new dwelling, house transformation, renovation and infrastructure needs, and decontamination for mold and vermiculite.
National Atlas Data Base Map Series ; map no. NADM-3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geographical Services Division
Surveys and Mapping Branch
Energy
Mines and Resources Canada
Description
Shows inhabited and uninhabited Indian Reserves, other Indian lands, settlements situated on Crown lands, and other communities (distinct centres of population) by size.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 538-569
Description
Discusses the enfranchisement of eastern First Nations by Macdonald’s Electoral Franchise Act in 1885, the participation of Indigenous voters in the Brant South and Haldimand ridings in elections between 1886 and 1897, and their disenfranchisement when the Electoral Franchise Act was repealed by Laurier’s government. Also considers conflicting perspectives on enfranchisement within the First Nations community.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 99, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 1-29
Description
Article suggests that the goals of the Ursuline nuns in Québéc—conversion and assimilation of Indigenous girls in New France—is complicated by various factors including correspondence from the French crown, the convent’s relationship with Jesuit orders, and Indigenous resistance to assimilation.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 99, no. 1, Spring, March 2018, pp. 1-29
Description
Looks at the nuns' additive and combinative approach to trying to "Frenchify" Indigenous girls, and how it fell out of favour when the government decided that Indigenous people would have to be completely assimilated.
Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; February 2011
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-201]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Palladini
Description
This report calculates and compares the gross domestic product output in Canada’s Northern regions, including the three territories and the Northern parts of seven provinces, between 1999 and 2009.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propriété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 245-263
Description
Study found that Inuit youths' sense of identity combined traditional values with elements of global culture. Based on interviews with 27 individuals between the ages of 15 and 25, and 15 adults.
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
Description
Includes description and analysis of current services, discussion of best practices, results of structured interviews with key stakeholders in First Nations communities, and an examination of the practicality of outpatient detoxification services.
Brief discussion of existing government programs, various initiatives such as Revolving Loan Funds, First Nations Market Housing Fund, and Habitat for Humanity Canada's Indigenous Housing Partnership, and the experiences of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory (TMT), Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, and Kahnawake.
Proceedings from the second Virtual Roundtable on First Nation Citizenship held June 20, 2011. Roundtable featured discussion on First Nation citizenship, identity, and Nationhood.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 132-160
Description
Discusses the gendered nature of gangs and risk factors that contribute to Aboriginal gang involvement, and examines quality prevention approaches needed to help young women, in particular, to leave the gang lifestyle.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 354-364
Description
Examines the complexity of identity and community belonging in the context of the Indian Act, colonial influence, Indigenous kinship systems, contemporary spaces, and the 2016 revision of Kahnawà:ke Law on Membership regarding adoption.
Outlines factors contributing success of Indigenous-led assessments. Includes three case studies: review by Tłı̨chǫ of Fortune Mineral's proposed NICO Mine Project (co-managed with the Crown), review by Glencore and Inuit of the Sivumut Project (co-development model with proponent), and review by Squamish Nation of Woodfibre LNG Project (independent).
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 20, May 22, 2018, pp. E616-E321
Description
Article reviews the history of Indigenous health research conducted in Canadian Residential Schools; advocates decolonizing health research and implementing a collaborative approach which prioritizes the goals, knowledge and strengths of Indigenous partners. Cites a 2016 Inuit community-based HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program as an example of a successful partnership.
Film about the Québec Provincial Police (QPP) raid on the Restigouche Reserve in June 1981 due to disputes over the salmon-fishing rights of the Micmac people. This film deal with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 45:57.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, pp. [21]-33
Description
Argues that increased access to communications technology and narrowing the digital divide would have positive effects in the lives of Aboriginal peoples in Quebec and discusses how, when implemented in accordance with cultural values, it can be used to improve education and health outcomes.