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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.
Aboriginal Women's Living Conditions as Affected by Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence: Observations, Conclusions and Recommendations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Committee on Citizen Relations
Assemblée Nationale Québec
Addressing Food Insecurity in Nunavut: Policies to Support the Local Harvesting and Commercialization of Food
Theses
Author/Creator
Will Fox
Description
Public Policy Research Project (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2018
Addressing Inuit Women’s Economic Security and Prosperity in the Resource Extraction Industry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Reports results of literature search and qualitative and quantitative survey data from 29 women living in Arviat, Salluit, Inuvik, and Baker Lake. Study's focus was sexual violence and harassment in the workplace, and identifying gaps, opportunities and recommendations to ensure women's safety and economic security.
Related material: Literature Review.
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.
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
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.
"Being Alive Well": Health and the Politics of Cree Well-being
E-Books
Author/Creator
Naomi Adelson
Les besoins en logement des Premières Nations au Québec et au Labrador (2000, 2006, 2012 et 2018) = The Housing Needs of the First Nations in Quebec and Labrador (2000, 2006, 2012 and 2018)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador]
Description
Statistics for population, housing stocks, new dwelling, house transformation, renovation and infrastructure needs, and decontamination for mold and vermiculite.
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.
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.
Charting Continuation: Understanding Post-Traditional Six Nations Militarism, 1814-1930
Theses
Author/Creator
Evan Joseph Habkirk
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.
The Cost Living in Nunavik in 2016: Research Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jean Robitaille
Enrico Guénard
Sébastien Lévesque
Gérard Duhaime
Description
Revised and expanded version.
Courting the First Nations Vote: Ontario’s Grand River Reserve and the Electoral Franchise Act of 1885
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J.I. Little
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.
COVID-19 – Price Trends in Nunavik During the Public Health Crisis in the Spring of 2020
Alternate Title
Nunivaat Analytics ; 2021 (1)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sébastien Lévesque
Gérard Duhaime
Description
Statistics on price index for all products and prices indices for major product categories, selected non-perishable and selected food products, fruit and vegetables, baby products, and butter.
Decolonizing Childbirth: Inuit Midwifery and the Return of Delivery to the Canadian North
Theses
Author/Creator
Katharina Gref
Description
International Development Studies Theses (M.A)--Dalhousie University, 2018.
Definition of an Inuit Cultural Model and Social Determinants of Health for Nunavik Community Component: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
The IQI Model of Health and Well-being
E-Books
Author/Creator
Christopher Fletcher
Mylene Riva
Marie-Claude Lyonnais
Ida Saunders
Aani Baron … [et al.]
Description
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.
Document Regarding Bill 96
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQ)
Description
Argues for exemptions and amendments to The Bill, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec, which requires that French be used exclusively in the healthcare and education systems, public services, workforce and economic development.
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.
Education, Francisation, and Shifting Colonial Priorities at the Ursuline Convent in Seventeenth-Century Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mairi Cowan
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.
Education, Francisation, and Shifting Colonial Priorities at the Ursuline Convent in Seventeenth-Century Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mairi Cowan
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.
Employment in Nunavik: Profile and Trends
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sébastien Lévesque
Description
Aggregate statistics, as well as for each community in the region.
Highlights Nunavik Employment Profile and Trends at a Glance.
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.
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
Evaluation of the Health and Social Services System in Nunavik: The User’s Perspective
E-Books
Author/Creator
Annie Baron
Amélie Breton
Sébastien Dubé
Description
Related Material: Executive Summary.
First Nations Homeownership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Maracle
Description
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.
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.
FirstVoices: Language Legacies Celebrating Indigenous Cultures
Alternate Title
First Voices
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First People's Cultural Foundation
Description
Mainly focusing on British Columbia languages, site supports language archiving, teaching and revitalization.
Within each language there are links to alphabets, text and audio of words, phrases, and songs, stories with English translations, and games.
Over 30 languages represented.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Focus On: Curatorial Collaboration
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kate McCarthy
Robert McGhee
Gerald McMaster
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 18-26
Description
Looks at the strategies of two curators involved in planning the First Peoples Hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
Framework for the Protection of Information Held by a Quebec First Nation Community or Organization
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michel Deschênes
Yvon Gauthier
Nancy Gros-Louis McHugh
Elisabeth Patterson
Marjolaine Sioui
From Breath to Beadwork: Lessons Learned From a Trauma- Informed Yoga Series With Indigenous Adolescent Girls Under Youth Protection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica W. G. Barudin
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 21-37
Description
Examines the use of culture with yoga and meditation as means to help at-risk Indigenous youth.
Gambling, Internet and Media Use: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard E. Bélanger
Gina Muckle
Yohann Courtemanche
Natalia Poliakova
Christopher Fletcher
Marie-Claude Lyonnais
Description
Glacial Lake Levels and Eastern Great Lakes Palaeo-Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence J. Jackson
Christopher Ellis
Alan V. Morgan
John H. McAndrews
Geoarchaeology: An International Journal, vol. 15, no. 5, 2000, pp. 415-440
Description
Investigates new water level information on sites that have been inundated by rising water levels.
Hand in Hand for First Nations Little Ones: Activities Booklet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
Harvest of Souls: The Jesuit Missions and Colonialism in North America, 1632-1650
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 22
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carole Blackburn
The Health of Cree, Inuit and Southern Quebec Women: Similarities and Differences
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudette Lavallée
Chantal Bourgault
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 91, no. 3, May/June 2000, pp. 212-217
Description
Research review findings include, higher proportion of young women in north; Aboriginal women had more responsibilities than other women; higher smoking rates among Inuit women; lower cholesterol, higher blood glucose among Cree women.
High Rates of Infant Macrosomia: A Comparison of a Canadian Native and a Non-Native Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shaila Rodrigues
Elizabeth J. Robinson
Michael S. Kramer
Katherine Gray-Donald
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 130, no. 4, April 2000, pp. 806-812
Description
Discussion of the high rate of "big baby syndrome" among the Cree of James Bay.
Homelessness in First Nations Communities: New Insights to Guide Intervention
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Grantham
Housing Needs and Preferences of Indigenous People Using Community Resources in Montreal: Abridged Version
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eric Latimer
François Bordeleau
Christian Méthot
Description
Reports on results of questionnaire which received 134 responses. Majority were Inuit or First Nations.
How Did Adoption Become a Dirty Word? Indigenous Citizenship Orders as Irreconcilable Spaces of Aboriginality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kahente Horn-Miller
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.
Humour is Good Medicine: the Algonquin Perspective on Humour in Their Culture and of Outsider Constructions of Aboriginal Humour
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle A. Poirier
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2000.
Impact Assessment in the Arctic: Emerging Practices of Indigenous-Led Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ginger Gibson
Dawn Hoogeveen
Alistair MacDonald
Firelight Group
Description
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).
Impact of Conducting Research with A First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wes G. Darou
Jacques Kurtness
Andrew Hum
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 34, no. 1, Counselling First Nations People in Canada, 2000, pp. 43-53
Description
Looks at relations between researchers and James Bay Cree from northern Quebec based on an experiment conducted to uncover sources of negative reactions towards past psychological studies.
Improving Health Research among Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Hyett
Stacey Marjerrison
Chelsea Gabel
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.