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
Focus is on use of shelters. Uses data from the National Homelessness Database and the 2016 Census.
Related Material: Report Summary published in 2023
Search strategy involved academic databases, search engine queries, targeted website review, and reference tracking. Forty-four sources were located. Definitions of land-based healing, Indigenous and Western frameworks, wise practices, and characteristics of specific programs are discussed.
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.
Colouring storybook features a grandparent and grandchildren engaging in conversations about traditional teachings, when to begin and end harvesting, the equipment used, and processing and use of maple sugar. Text in English with some Ojibwe words interspersed.
Primary reading level storybook.
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
Examines the effects Mnidoo Mnising Anishinaabek Kinoomaage Gamig (MMAK) kindergarten program on child development.
Written for primary students.
Related Material: Story without text.
Designed for Grades 3-8. Information from the article Fur Trade Times in the special issue of Kayak magazine How Furs Built Canada. Students play a class game of "I Have ... Who Has?"
Education Thesis (MEd) -- Queen's University, 2017.
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
Primary reading level storybook.
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.
Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.
Lists approximately 150 works.
Curatorial essay which accompanied exhibition of the same name.
Looks at the mental and emotional toll of trauma-based research for Indigenous researchers and provides a pathway for copying.
Compilation, edited and annotated, mainly consisting of newspaper articles published between 1920 and 1921. Text in bold, footnotes and words in square brackets are the editor's.
Art History Thesis (M.A) -- Concordia University, 2019
Primary reading level storybook.
Using the experiences of Indigenous university students to discuss the importance of using Indigenous ways of knowing within contemporary school pedagogy.
Discusses the long history of Indigenous agriculture, how plants from the New World spread to the Old. and the need to return to traditional practices and regain food sovereignty. Educators share their experiences and lesson plans which use the story of the Three Sisters to teach a variety of subjects. Created to accompany the video.
Music and Culture Thesis (M.A) - Carleton University, 2019.
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of California San Diego, 2019.
Social Work Mémoire (MSW) -- University of Ottawa, 2019.
General information on treaties in Canada.
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.
Based on the Iroquois story as told by John A. Gibson in the 1890s. Done in a glossary format.