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Anishinaabe & Climate Justice: An Indigenous Food Sovereignty Approach
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES) -- York University, 2019.
Application of the United Nations Human Development Index to Registered Indians in Canada, 2006-2016
Compares Registered Indians to Canada's general population in three components: life expectancy, education and income.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer 2021 Report
Total sample for two polls was 2,106 non-Indigenous and 1,1112 Indigenous respondents. Questions were asked about 13 indicators: good understanding of past and present; acknowledgement of government, residential school and ongoing harm, engagement, mutually respectful and nation-to-nation relationships; personal and systemic equality; Indigenous thriving; Indigenous languages; respect for natural world; and apologies.
Castor Resartus: The Beaver Hat in History
Compilation of primary sources, mainly newspaper articles.
Choosing Border Work
A personal reflection of a non-Indigenous researcher conducting research in within Indigenous communities.
Closing the Circle: Discussing Indigenous Homelessness in Canada: What We Heard at the National Indigenous Gathering in Winnipeg
A Critical Reflection: Exposing Whiteness in Child Welfare Practice
Using their own personal experiences as a social worker the author examines how to best provide support for Indigenous clients.
An Exploration of the Colonial Impacts of the Indian Act on Indigenous Women in Canada
Legal Studies Thesis (M.A) -- Carleton University. 2019.
An Exploratory Study on How Structural Racism Influences Chronic Disease and Health and Wellness of First Nations in Canada
Health Sciences Thesis (PhD) -- Simon Fraser University, 2022.
A First Look at Shelter Costs for Households Living on Reserve Using New Data from the 2021 Census
First Nations Youth Suicide Prevention Curriculum
Focus on Youth
Giving Voice to Our Ancestors
An edited transcript of Verna Kirkness' speech, at the Mokakit Education Research Conference in 1992, about the teachings of Indigenous ancestors.
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies (40S): A Course for Independent Study
"Field Validation Version."
Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves: The Contrapuntal Rantings of a Halfbreed Girl
Native Studies Thesis (PhD) -- University of Manitoba, 2019.
“I'll struggle, and I'll fall…I'll have my days, but it's okay”: Indigenous Women Surviving the Sixties Scoop
Looks at Indigenous women reconnecting with their own culture.
The Impact of Learning about Historical And Current Injustices, Individual Racism, and Systemic Racism on Anti-Indigenous Prejudice
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.
Indigenous Doulas: A Literature Review Exploring Their Role and Practice in Western Maternity Care
Indigenous Homelessness
Focus is on use of shelters. Uses data from the National Homelessness Database and the 2016 Census.
Related Material: Report Summary published in 2023
Indigenous Insights: Building Relationships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Indigenous Strength: Braiding Culture, Ceremony and Community as a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Examines the changes to the delivery of Indigenous land based services to urban Indigenous communities during the COVID pandemic.
Indigenous Women's Voices: 20 Years on from Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s Decolonizing Methodologiesk
Initiative for Knowledge Co-creation in Collaboration with Indigenous Communities: Basic Approach: Ethics of Research
International Perspectives on the Role of Indigenous Fathers in Caring for Their Infants: A Scoping Study
A literature review on Indigenous fathers and their impact on the health of Indigenous children.
isihcikêwinihk kâkî nâtawihon: Healing through Ceremony
An audio-visual learning tool about the use of Indigenous knowledge and customs by social workers as a means of healing for Indigenous populations.
Link included to the accompanying video on Youtube. (23:32)
Land-based Healing Through Adventure: Wise Practices from Indigenous Peoples
Examines the combining of adventure, culture and, land as tools for healing Indigenous trauma across the world.
Meeting Survivors’ Needs: Gender-Based Violence Against Inuit Women and the Criminal Justice Response: Phase II: Final Report
Related Material: Report in Brief; Online Survey Results; Environmental Scan.
Meeting the Needs of Victims and Offenders
Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North
Misconduct, Missing, and Murdered: The Experiences of Anti-Indigenous Racism in Reproductive Healthcare among Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender Diverse People, and the MMIWG2S+ Genocide
Five cases studies involving sexual health, pregnancy and after-birth care to illustrate the connections between MMIWG2S+ and systemic racism in the healthcare system.
“My ancestors would be proud of us”: Métis Women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People’s Housing Histories, Experiences, Struggles, and Perspectives
Sources of information include survey, conversational interviews, document analysis and literature reviews.
Not Enough: All Words and No Action on MMIWG: Interim Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
Discusses the Government of Canada's record on implementing of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' Calls to Action.
Off-Reserve Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 0-17 in Canada in 2019
On-Reserve Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 0-17 in Canada in 2019
Paquin / Pocha: The Origins of a Family in the Canadian Fur Trade, 1634-1896
Police-Community Communication and Liaison
Re-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Act
Political Science Thesis (MA) -- University of Calgary, 2022.
Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples: A Holistic Approach: Toolkit for Inclusive Municipalities in Canada and Beyond
Remembering the Children Educator's Guide 2022
Topics include: teacher reflections, preparing for difficult conversations, the role of media coverage, daily life in residential schools, reconciliation through revitalization, and making reconciliation real.
For use with Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Magazine-style publication features short articles about residential schools in general, as well as specific schools and highlights examples of reconciliation in action in the education system.
Related Material: Educator's Guide.
Resilience: Teaching Guide
Developed to accompany the exhibition Resilience which featured Indigenous women artists' works displayed on billboards in inner cities and on highways.
Related material: Project Templates; curatorial essay The Resilient Body by Lee-Ann Martin and her curator's talk.
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: 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."
"Sophie Robert"1: Remembrances of Secwepemc Life - A Collaboration
A reflection on the author's collaboration with Secwepemc Elder Sophie Robert and how it impacted her academic career.
Teaching Treaty Relationships: A Timeline Activity for Students
Uses date and relationship cards to educate students about First Nations and Newcomer interactions leading up to the signing of Treaty 1 in 1871.
"To Christianize and Civilize": Settler Motives and Residential Schools
Compilation of primary sources which represent the settler's perspectives on the schools.
Trauma in Transition
Examines the social and academic failures of Indigenous students moving from Indigenous controlled schools, where they were successful, to non-Indigenous run high schools.