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The Centrality of Education for Indigenous Income Mobility in Canada
Examines the impact of education and identity in predicting the socioeconomic mobility of Indigenous populations.
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Infants in Canada in 2019
Climbing the Mountain: Reconciliation in Workplaces: Participant Guidebook
Created to accompany workshop facilitated by Dr. Niigaan Sinclair.
Energy Foundations: The Value Proposition for Financing Energy Efficient Homes in Indigenous Communities Canada-Wide
Discusses cost projections for homes, and direct, indirect, and induced economic impacts, and proposes a national collaborative process.
The Gehl Report: Indigenous Women and Girls with Disabilities and Gender-Based Violence
Intersectional analysis of key literature and research projects.
Housing Needs and Challenges for Rural and Urban (Off-Reserve) Indigenous Peoples
Utilizes data from the Census of Population, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) and the Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
"Is Water a Human Right?": Priming Water as a Human Right Increases Support for Government Action
An investigation into whether framing water as a human right could increase support to provide cleaner water for the Indigenous communities.
Literature Review for the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples: Off-Reserve Indigenous Housing Needs and Challenges in Canada
Review conducted to "identify the relationships, correlations, and possible causations between housing and four socio-economic outcomes: education, health, the labour market, and Indigenous languages."
Meeting Survivors’ Needs: Gender-Based Violence against Inuit Women and the Criminal Justice System Response: Online Survey Results
Related Material: Environmental Scan; Final Report.
Meeting the Needs of Victims and Offenders
Navigating Two Worlds: Paths to Indigenous Career Success
Brief literature review focuses on challenges faced by students, Indigenous strengths and supporting success.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Linda Chipesia
Presentation relating to land claims and self-government. The presenter believes that "(T)he difficulty of self-government and land claims is that although it is aimed at reviving the culture and identity of Indian people, it is only accessible to those who are educated and trained in the political, legal and economic intricacies of a non-Indian system."
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Pam Fraser
Individual presentation recommends exchange visits and field trips between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth in elementary and high schools across Canada. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Villebrun, Canadian Mental Health Association
Villebrun discusses discrimination and low self-esteem issues; alcohol and drug abuse; the need to make Aboriginal history mandatory and a priority in Canadian schools; the intergenerational effects of cultural deprivation; and the need to better equip youth for "living in two cultures."
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation for Athabasca University by Dr. Isaac Mabindisa
Presentation by Coordinator of Native Studies, Athabasca University preceding the Round Table discussion on education.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation for the Indigenous Womens Collective by Mary Staniscia
Presentation made at a round table discussion for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Staniscia briefly discusses the reasons for the organization's existence and touches on the topic of self-government and issues concerning the women of Aboriginal, Metis and Inuit communities.