"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.
An investigation into whether framing water as a human right could increase support to provide cleaner water for the Indigenous communities.
Discusses educational and training approaches being employed to address racism experienced by Indigenous people seeking health care.
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
Colouring book teaches words in Northern and Heritage Michif and English.
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."
Looks at examples of community-led and community-based and state-sponsored community-run broadcasting systems from around the world.
English Thesis (PhD) -- University of London, 2014.
List of resources grouped by Grades K-4, 5-8, 9-12. Some are specific to Michigan, but most are general.
Education Capstone Project (MEd) -- University of Alberta, 2021.
Interactive game in which students travel back in time to become members of the Anishinaabe Nation in Manitoba before the European contact and engage in activities in which they learn about the environment, traditional worldviews, and a scared site called Manito Ahbee, and gain knowledge from Knowledge Keepers. Game is free, but students must register to play.
Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.
Related Material: Environmental Scan; Final Report.
An overview of 14 studies analyzing anxiety, depression and attempted suicide amongst the Indigenous Canadian populations and the use of culture as a treatment method.
Created for Grades 10-12.
Linguistics Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 2014.
"An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem." Intended for use with ages 3 to 7.
Law Thesis (PhD) -- University of Victoria, 2019.
Brief literature review focuses on challenges faced by students, Indigenous strengths and supporting success.
Examines the levels of inclusion and exclusion of Indigenous voices in regards to energy issues in Canada.
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2021.
Looks at the creation of a traditional Coyote story as a strategy to address Polypharmacy, "when multiple medications are being taken and the benefits no longer outweigh the risks", for Indigenous patients.
Guidance on creating a welcoming environment and considerations before, during and after an event.
Evaluates the use of more traditional holistic culturally sensitive approaches to address harm reduction for Indigenous people and communities.
Education Thesis (PhD) -- Lakehead University, 2021.
Reports results of series of questions asked of 1,539 respondents regarding residential schools.
Educational animated short (8:26 min.).
Restoring Our Roots is research project that creates an inclusive sense of community using traditional land-based teachings to improve mental health by encourage Indigenous youth to reconnect with their own culture.
An overview of the research on Indigenous children's overrepresentation within the welfare system.
Looks at a project that interweaves Indigenous and Western point-of-views to improve emergency care for northern communities.
Examines an anti-racism educational program to address racism in Canada.
Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Thesis (PhD) -- Charles University, 2021.
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
Contains chapters on the Red River Rebellion and the Red River Expedition.
Book teaches children how to count from 1 to 10 in Cree. Recommended for Grades K-3.
Website contains links to a series of 12 podcasts which explore the impact of words such as reconciliation, indian time, school, reserve, and savage. Host Kaniehti:io Horn engages in conversations with more than 70 people from 15 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.
Reports results of online survey conducted on September 29, 2014 with a sample of 1508 randomly selected Canadian adults who were Angus Reid Forum panelists.
Education Thesis (M.A) -- McGill University, 2014.
Looks at the impact of decolonization within the mental health community amongst Canadian Indigenous populations.
Examines the role of ethnobotany in decolonization.
English Thesis (MA) -- St. Thomas University, 2014.