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Promonting Improved Mental Health for Canada's Indigenous Peoples: A Curriculum for Psychiatry Residents and Psychiatrists
Sections for facilitators and learners and list of readings and resources. Aim is to promote understanding of pervasive and ongoing health disparities, and educate health care providers about social, political, linguistic, economic and spiritual realms occupied by patients.
Queering Collective Dreaming: Weaving Métis Futures of Belonging
Examines personal reflections of two 2SLGBTQ+ Métis people and their roles towards decolonization.
Re-matriating Territorial Acknowledgement: A Métis Women’s Perspective
A personal reflection on providing a Métis perspective to land acknowledgments.
Reclamation
A poem about Métis identity.
Reflections on Native-Newcomer Relations: Selected Essays
Report: Opinion on National Reconciliation Day: Survey of Canadians
Reports results of online survey conducted September 22-24, 2023 with 1652 Canadians 18 years or older randomly selected from Leger's online opinion panel. Responses were weighted according to age, gender, mother tongue, region, education and presence of children in the household.
Researching Métis Spirituality: Insights and the Work Ahead
Looks at the research on Métis spirituality and how it relates to their nationhood.
Restful Resistance: How I Use Rest to Dream Métis Futures
Examines the ideas of rest and art being used to combat the effects of colonization.
Searching for Métis Research Methodologies: natoonikew poor ayshitotamun michif
Examines the use of Métis women-specific methodology to improve research within Métis communities.
Serious Problems or Disputes Experienced by First Nations People Living Off Reserve, Métis, and Inuit Living in the Provinces
Special Supplement on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in British Columbia: Group Submission to the Human Rights Committee on the Occasion of the Consideration of the Sixth Periodic Report of Canada Submitted June 5th, 2015
Gives background to the issue, discusses the reports produced by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, Human Rights Watch, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and reports on the response of the federal and provincial governments.
Spirit Bear's Guide to Reconciliation 2024 Calendar
Each month children take part in an activity which fosters cross-cultural understanding.
Statistics Canada’s Education-Related Data Sources with Aboriginal Idenitifiers
Lists both active and inactive surveys, as well as those with limited education statistics.
Status First Nations in Canada: A Snapshot from the 2021 Census
Status First Nations People in Canada: A Snapshot from the 2021 Census
Steering through Métis Feminism
Discusses the need for Métis centered approached to feminism to create a new form of knowledge.
Still Here, Now
A poem about the connection between clothing and culture.
Study Guide for "The Whole Country Was ... 'One Robe'": The Little Shell Tribe's America: A Montana Tribal Histories Project Book
To accompany book of the same title. The book integrates Canadian and American history of the groups which lived in the "borderlands", specifically members of Little Shell who were considered "Landless Indians" until 2019 when the tribe finally gained federal recognition in the United States.
Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 9-12: Learn about Ways of Knowing through the Art of Iljuwas Bill Reid
Three thematic activities which explore knowledge transfer: learning through objects and tools, learning through making and learning through land and community.
They Promised to Leave Us Some of Our Land: Aboriginal Title in Canada’s Maritime Provinces
Law Thesis (LLM) -- York University, 2015.
Toolkit of Indigenous-Focused Approaches and Evaluation Indicators for Health Systems: A Series of Rapid Literature Reviews for Use by the Frontenac, Lennox, and Addigton Ontario Health Team (FLA OHT)
Literature reviews focused on overall wellbeing, health governance, patient intake, coordinated discharge, aging, and palliative care.
Touchstone: Narratives in Contemporary Canadian Inuit Art
Art Thesis (M.A) -- Dalhousie University, 2015.
Traditional Legends: Meanings on Many Levels
Discusses the Mi'kmaq traditional story of the Celestial Bear hunt (Ursa Major).
Treaty Ed Learning Experiences
Special focus on Mi'kmaw culture and history. Lesson plans for Grades 4-9.
Treaty Simulation
Involves an alien race arriving to inhabit earth and that the only hope for their continued existence is to sign a treaty. Students need to decide what aspects of their lifestyle they want to preserve and include them in the treaty terms. Leaders sign a document written in symbols they don't understand and subsequently legislation is enacted which makes the original inhabitants wards of the state.
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Truth and Reconciliation: Canadians See Value in Process, Skeptical about Government Action
Reports results of online survey conducted from June 9-12, 2015, with a sample of 1511 Canadian adults who were members of the Angus Reid Forum. Respondents were asked whether they agreed with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's key recommendations.
Related Material: Survey Questionnaire.
A Two-Way Street: Indigenous Knowledge and Science Take a Ride
Looks at integration of western science with Indigenous approaches and perspectives to better accommodate Indigenous youth struggling in the science classroom.
Unsettling Colonialism in the Canadian Criminal Justice System
An Update on the Socio-economic Gaps Between Indigenous Peoples and the non-Indigenous Population in Canada: Highlights from the 2021 Census
Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships : Nehiyawak Narratives
Walking with the Grandmothers and Aunties Wisdom
Examines the experiences of 13 Métis women and the passing down of their knowledge for future generations.
“We know where we are” the Role of Place in Indigenous Historiography by Haudenosaunee and Northwest Métis Historians
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of Victoria, 2023.
Weaving Promising Practices to Transform Indigenous Population Health and Wellness Reporting by Indigenizing Indicators in First Nations Health
Reports on health statistics for Indigenous populations and the need for the collection of statistics that acknowledge Indigenous worldviews and practices.
Your Guide to Help You Understand Cancer & Heal = Toon Liivr chi Nishitoohtamun li Kaansayr: For Métis Cancer Patients
Related Material: Journal and Planner for Métis Cancer Patients