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Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katherine A. H. Graham
Evelyn Peters
Description
Examines the relationship between Aboriginal people, between Aboriginal peoples to cities and city life, as well as the policy implications of that relationship.
Gives a short history of the policies of the Indian Act, residential schools, the integration period and jurisdictional dilemmas between the province and the Federal Government.
Looks at the historical, environmental, social, legal and political aspects of mining and the development of co-operative relationships between mining companies, governments and Aboriginal communities from the exploration stage onwards.
Contends that Aboriginal participation rates will lag behind the non-Aboriginal population until major reforms are executed in elementary and secondary school education and the curriculum used in Aboriginal schools.
Anglican Journal, vol. 128, no. 9, November 2002, p. 10
Description
Level of contribution and compensation for lost language and culture still points of contention between government and church in residential schools agreement.
A census based study on role and extent assimilationist policies played in mortality rates of Native American children. Originally presented at Conference on Vulnerable Populations in Paris, July, 2005.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 13, no. 1, 2002, pp. 47-53
Description
Explores the opportunities and challenges facing Native American health care delivery and examines nursing policy issues pertinent to the current state of the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Accounting, Organizations and Society, vol. 31, no. 1, January 2006, pp. 47-76
Description
Examines how the 1860 - 1900 Canadian government used accounting/funding mechanisms to put policies, regarding Indigenous peoples, into practice and discusses the historical consequences of such actions.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 137-142
Description
Book reviews of:
The Real World of Canadian Politics: Cases in Process and Policy edited by Robert M. Campbell, Leslie A. Pal, and Michael Hewlett.
Reinventing Canada: Politics of the 21st Century edited by Janine Brodie and Linda Trimble.
Canadian Politics edited by James Bikerton and Alain-G. Gagnon.
Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada: [Final Report]
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Final Report of the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Romanow Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Roy J. Romanow
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Description
Commission provides analysis of medicare issues, recommendations to improve quality, and sustainability of the system. Often referred to as the The Romanow Report.
Canada, USA and Australia describe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as "profoundly imperfect;" contrary to Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Aboriginal Affairs assessment and support of the document.
Indian Claims Commission (ICC) was to determine if moneys owed by Crown from the sale of surrendered land had been wrongfully appropriated by an officer of the Indian Dept. No inquiry was conducted as after several planning sessions, Canada accepted the claim for negotiation. Commissioners include: Phil Fontaine and Daniel J. Bellegarde. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]