Documentary about poverty in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and the accompanying problems of homelessness, gang violence and sexual exploitation.
Duration: 35:15.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 4, April 2008, p. 18
Description
Looks at the success of the Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City program and the recognition it has received.
Article located by scrolling to page 18.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 15
Description
Describes the success of graduates of Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies Construction Careers, Women in Trades program.
Article located by scrolling to page 15.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 3, March/April 2015, pp. 147-153
Description
Looks at awareness and use of the Good Food Junction located in Station 20 West. Sample consisted of 365 residents of King George, Pleasant Hill, Riversdale and Westmount neighbourhoods.
Education Matters, vol. 3, no. 1, Special Themed Issue: Indigenizing Education, 2015, pp. 1-17
Description
Describes the challenges and tensions experienced by two newly appointed faculty members at the University of Saskatchewan while introducing teacher candidates to Indigenous knowledge and its incorporation into science education.
Central Urban Métis Federation Incorporated Quietly Became a Force in the Community
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 5, May 2008, p. 14
Description
Looks at the many worthwhile services and programs offered by the Central Urban Métis Federation Incorporated including providing safe affordable housing.
Article located by scrolling to page 14.
Developing a Culturally Responsive School Division: An Aboriginal Education Research Network Grant
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatoon Public Schools
Description
Outlines background and purpose of the study, and reports on establishing an advisory committee and the principles developed in consultation with it, knowledge gathered through international, national and local site visits, and practices in place at Princess Alexandra Community School and Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 6, June 2008, p. 16
Description
Comments on two Saskatoon educators who were given a First Nations spirit name to honour the positive changes they have made for Aboriginal people within the school system.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Description of community-based research project which took place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and combined methods such as photovoice, talking circle interviews, and Indigenous methodologies. Goal was to identify challenges and indicators for healthy youth in an urban environment.
Looks at the arguments put forth by Constable Harwig, Constable Senger and the Saskatoon Police Association to contest the Commissioner's findings and recommendations.
The campus is an adult education facility for students wishing to take upgrading classes or complete grade 12. Research consisted of eight interviews and a focus group discussion about what factors had helped or hindered educational success.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 11, November 2008, p. 3
Description
Looks at the history, the services provided, and the programs offered at the Friendship Centre as it celebrates a milestone anniversary.
Article located by scrolling to page 3.
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol. 24, no. 2, 2015, pp. 158-175
Description
Evaluates two city-wide planning initiatives in terms of collaboration: Saskatoon Speaks: Shape Our Future and the city's Cultural Plan. Information gathered through semi-structured interviews with 11 key contributors to municipal and Indigenous governance and programs.
Study surveyed 16 tenured faculty members with 25 years or more of experience. Discusses what has been accomplished, summarizes current situation, and makes suggestions for future development.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 7, Winter, 2015, pp. 27-[40]
Description
Study included 20 individual and two Indigenous sharing circle interviews, six participant observation sessions, short survey and thematic analysis. Participants resided in either Prince Albert or Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Discusses how social movements like Idle No More provided context for jurisdictional discourse and how educational leaders can learn from the discourse to provide appropriate, respectful and balanced learning opportunities for all Canadian citizens.
Argues that this grassroots phenomena is a combination of three elements: community development, community economic development, and social enterprise.
Interview with artistic director of Saskatchewan Native Theater Company. Program teaches students culture, life skills, career management and preforming arts.
Duration: 13:17.
From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Andrea J. Williams
Description
Describes the findings of the Sisters in Spirit initiative and work with grieving families.
Chapter from From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools edited by Marlene Brant Castellano.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 9, September 2008, p. 20
Description
Introduces a service that will take health care to core areas, with a mobile health unit, and give primary care to patients who otherwise may not receive it, including those without health cards.
Article found by scrolling to page 20.
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, vol. 14, no. 5, June 2008, pp. 497-504
Description
Evaluates the commonalities of 47 people who were given a 10% or less chance of survival beyond five years and sought out traditional healers for help with cancer.
Neighborhood Effects and Concentration Levels of Aboriginal People in Large Canadian Cities
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 08-010
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Evelyn J. Peters
Oksana Starchenko
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Study looked at four main outcomes that could be either positive or negative: emergence or maintenance of distinct cultures, changes in access to employment and quality of services, and attitudes toward an area.
Includes both research highlight and full report.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 9, September 2008, p. 9
Description
Discusses the many programs available for students of St. Mary's school including access to health care, bussing, after-school care and much more.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 1, Fall, 2008, pp. 44-60
Description
Examines how information and communication technology has made outsourcing certain functions to remote locations possible and whether this is a viable source of employment for Aboriginal communities. Specifically looks at call centres.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 31
Description
Comments on the first ever soccer team for Oskayak High School and the enthusiasm the players have for the game.
Article located by scrolling to page 31.
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol. 17, no. 1, Summer, 2008, pp. 78-106
Description
Examines the changing spatial structure of food retailing between 1984 and 2004 in relation to neighbourhoods containing high concentrations of poverty.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 2, February 2008, p. 1, 7
Description
Looks at a group of diabetics who meet once a week to snowshoe together in an effort to improve their health.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 7.
Statistics for provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia as well as regional reports for La Ronge, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina and rural First Nations communities located in Northern Saskatchewan.