Applying Lessons from the U.S. Indian Child Welfare Act to Recently Passed Federal Child Protection Legislation in Canada
Looks at the passing of Canada's Bill C-92 and what it could learn from the United States' Indian Child Welfare Act in regards to the well-being and care of Indigenous children.
Breaking Barriers: A Decade of Indigenous Women's Entrepreneurship in Canada
Uses data from the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business' surveys conducted in 2010, 2015, and 2019.
Choosing Border Work
A personal reflection of a non-Indigenous researcher conducting research in within Indigenous communities.
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Informing Policy Decision-Making for a Vulnerable Population
Examines the vulnerability of Indigenous communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this data can help guide policies to protect Indigenous populations.
A Culturally Safe and Trauma-Informed Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infection (STBBI) Intervention Designed by and for Incarcerated Indigenous Women and Gender-Diverse People
Looks at cultural relevant programs, such as the RED Path project, to address Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infection (STBBI) prevention.
Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education in Canada
Development of an UNDRIP Compliance Assessment Tool: How a Performance Framework Could Improve State Compliance
Looks at how the the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) tool reflects the status of Indigenous rights by its compliance.
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.
"Healing on Both Sides": Strengthening the Effectiveness of Prison–Indigenous Community Partnerships Through Reciprocity and Investment
Examines the participation of inmates in the Work 2 Give program, were the inmates made items for Indigenous communities, and how participation in the program helped with the inmates healing process.
Indigenous Food Systems: Concepts, Cases, and Conversations
Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship
A Journey of Doing Research “In a Good Way”: Partnership, Ceremony, and Reflections Contributing to the Care and Wellbeing of Indigenous Women Living with HIV in Canada
Looks at the importance of building relationships when conducting research with Indigenous women living with HIV.
"The Legacy Will Be the Change": Reconciling How We Live with and Relate to Water
Looks at the Indigenous approach towards water knowledge and how this approach can be used in collaboration with Western knowledge systems for water policy making and research.
Meeting the Needs of Victims and Offenders
[Métis Community & Kinship]
Designed for Grades 4-9.
Planning Through Land Acknowledgments
Environmental Studies Major Project Report (MES) -- York University, 2020.
Police-Community Communication and Liaison
A Principled Approach to Research Conducted with Inuit, Métis, and First Nations People: Promoting Engagement Inspired by the CIHR Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal People (2007-2010)
Examines the use of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research guidelines to guide the collaboration between researchers and Indigenous communities.
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.
Spirit Bear and Children Make History: Based on a True Story
Young children's about the long fight for equal funding for First Nations' education before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Tobacco Smoking Among First Nations Youth Living on Reserve and in Northern Communities: A Mixed Methods Study
Looks at the various contributing factors for the increased smoking rates of Indigenous youth in Indigenous communities.
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.
The Untold Story of the Hudson's Bay Company
Discusses the company's history from its origins to the present day and its historical relationship with Indigenous peoples.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Urban Land-Based Healing: A Northern Intervention Strategy
Looks at the use of land as a healing tool to improve the conditions of Indigenous substance abuse and homelessness.
What Do the Stories of Indigenous Youth Reveal About Their Educational Experiences?
Education Thesis (PhD) -- Walden University, 2020.
Why the 90s Were so Sexy: Locating Sexuality, Pleasure and Desire in Work Produced by Indigenous Women Identified Artists During the 1990s and Early 2000s in Canada
Art History Major Research Paper (M.A) -- Ontario College of Art & Design University, 2020.