Explains the need for the Saskatchewan child welfare system to provide better support, financial and other, for Aboriginal Grandmothers who are caring for their grandchildren.
Sharing of Wisdom Keepers: Translating the Aboriginal Health Transition Fund (AHTF) Experience
Web Sites » Governmental
Description
Website links to presentations from Sharing of Wisdom Keepers: Translating the Aboriginal Health Transition Fund (AHTF) Experience conference held in Saskatoon on June 9th and 10th, 2010.
Aboriginal Housing Assessment: Community Design Needs & Preferences and Application of Local Materials
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa Hardess
Rodney C. McDonald
Darren Thomas
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Includes survey questions, community profiles and research findings from each of the 14 First Nations involved in study, and results of visits to three sites where local materials were being used in construction.
Full research report.
Community Report.
Aboriginal Housing: Local Materials and Design Preferences
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Lisa Hardess
Rodney C. McDonald
Darren Thomas
Description
Discusses results of research conducted in three locations where local materials were used in construction and survey of 14 First Nations as to their requirements for appropriate housing.
Includes both summary and main report.
Community Report.
Appendices.
Researcher examined data on file with the agency and conducted interviews in order to produce a profile those who use the program. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Final Report from the Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform
Legacy of Hope: An Agenda for Change ; vol. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Warren Weir
Description
Report designed to support the mandate of the Commission by presenting evidence to negotiate visions for the criminal justice system and redefine justice for all.
Excerpt from Legacy of Hope: An Agenda for Change, vol. 1.
This survey provides information on children’s Aboriginal language knowledge, and their ability to express their needs in an Aboriginal language or to understand an Aboriginal language when someone speaks it to them.
Does Money Matter: Millennium Research Series ; no. 8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R.A. Malatest & Associates
Description
Focuses on strategies that promote recruitment and retention such as financial support, transition programs, community delivery, Aboriginal control, and partnerships between mainstream institutions and Aboriginal communities.
Findings of a study undertaken to determine the needs of this sector of the population. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, vol. 21, no. 2, 2010, pp. 19-34
Description
Examines historical, legal and socio-economic factors related to achievement gaps between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal education and discusses ways to improve experience & outcomes for Aboriginal students attending provincial and First Nations managed schools.
Examines program and research conducted to determine the impact participants perceive the program had on health and well-being. Outcome indicators for the program are suggested.
Includes two annotated bibliographies which review emerging literature and identify any gaps or areas for further study, steps to organize a memorial march and a list of women's organizations in Saskatchewan.
Research into solutions which would close gap between price of housing and financial status. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 9, September 1977, p. 5
Description
Indian Affairs Minister informs the Medicine Wheel Ranch Company band members that they must wait for the settlement of their land claim of the Harold Lees ranch until the legitimacy of the surrender of that land by the Ocean Man and Pheasant Rump reserves in 1902 is decided in court.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 9, September 2010, p. 19
Description
Profiles the accomplishments of Deborah Chatsis, a member of Ahtahkakoop First Nation, and her appointment as Canada's ambassador to Vietnam.
Article found by scrolling to page 19.
Study examines disparities in quality of life between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples and how this relates to the housing sector. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Outlines structure of the program and makes recommendations to increase participation of First Nations and Métis in residential construction industry. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004
Description
Interview with Adelard Blackman, special emissary for Chief Elmer Campbell and the people of Buffalo River Dene Nations, regarding the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
Averting Disaster: The Hudson's Bay Company and Smallpox in Western Canada During the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Hackett
Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 78, no. 3, 2004, pp. 575-609
Description
Argues that Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) served as a de facto public health agency and by the late 1830s provided an effective vaccination campaign covering most of western Canada.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 8, August 2010, p. 11
Description
Brief look at Back to Batoche, which is held during the third week of July to celebrate Métis history and vibrant culture.
Article found by scrolling to page 11.