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.
Examines the high cancer rates in Inuit populations and highlights challenges to receiving care, from diagnosis through to survivorship or palliative care.
Raises awareness, with the intent of informing decision makers, advisors and nongovernment organizations, (NGOs) regarding Inuit’s unique cancer concerns and realities.
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.
Guide to accompany film, The Invisible Nation". Target audience students aged 15-20. Contains start and preparatory activities, reflective sharing, comparing two Algonquin communities, observation checklist and suggested questions.
Discusses a painting that appears to be a nineteenth-century Romantic landscape but is in fact a critique of that style of painting which deconstructs both colonial representations of Native Americans and colonialism’s westernization of Native gender and sexuality.
Describes the land- and culture-based healing program developed by the Cree Nation of Chisasibi which promotes personal, family and community wellness rooted in the Cree way of life. Participants spend two- to three-weeks at a bush camp located 500 km east the community.
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Eskasoni, Cape Breton.
Duration: 54:32
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Mashteuiatsh, Quebec.
Duration: 53:56
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..
Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thierry Rodon
Minnie Grey
Description
Chapter from book: Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North edited by Frances Abele, Thomas J. Courchene, F. Leslie Seidle and Frances St. Hilaire.
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 6-54
Description
Review of government structures and regional operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Education and Transmission of Inuit Knowledge in Canada, 2009, pp. 209-224
Description
Describes collaboration between l’Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue and the communities of Ivujivik and Puvirnituq in the area of teacher training. Also discusses the historical and current context of Inuit education.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 24918
Description
Study involved secondary analysis of 3 cross-sectional studies as part of the Multi-Community Environment and Health Longitudinal Study in Iyiyuu Aschii and focus groups from Cree Nation of Mistissini, Cree Nation of Eastmain, and Wemindji Cree First Nation.
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 1, 2009, pp. 53-65
Description
Looks at the historical events surrounding the implementation of the escalation clause in the Robinson Treaties which promised a minor rise in treaty annuity payments should provincial resource revenues warrant an increase.