Technical Report (Atlantic Institute of Criminology) ; TR1999-4e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Clairmont
Description
Report commissioned by the Department of Justice to provide a review of pertinent literature, which the author found lacking and therefore supplemented with knowledge of individuals who were contacted directly.
This volume focuses on academic and scholarly materials.
Report prepared for the Department of Justice Canada identifies needs of Aboriginal peoples, with an emphasis on short-term projects to deal with violence and victimization.
Aboriginal Psychosocial Interventions and Research Group
Description
Addresses background information, treatment intensity levels, supply of detoxification services, best practices, criteria for success factors, and the entirety of available programs and services.
Outlines purpose of research and methodology, summarizes results of literature review on evidence, and explores key informant interview findings with particular reference to systems, program and community related challenges. Concludes with recommendations based on analysis of study data.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. [20]-41
Description
Discusses feasibility and efficacy of Reducing Risk through Interpersonal Development, Empowerment, Resiliency, and SelfDetermination (RezRIDERS) program based on data collected during 2012-2015 pilot run in the Pueblo of Jemez.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, March/April 1991, pp. 7-8
Description
Expresses that the primary concern when researching Aboriginal health and alcohol are rights of the community to be involved and joint control over the program.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 168, no. 1, January 7, 2003, pp. 19-24
Description
Sample included 230 Aboriginal people who were seronegative at beginning of study. Findings showed Aboriginal drug users were twice as likely to be HIV positive as non-Aboriginal peoples.
Public Health Reports, vol. 125, Supplement 4, 2010, p. 43–50
Description
Study identified sociocultural factors that contribute to rapid advancement of the disease; discusses the need for traditional healing practices to be included in treatment regimens.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study examined medical records of 160 people who completed suicide in Greenland between 2012 and 2015. Findings were compared with a control group of 160 people who had not suicided in order to assess if risk factors could be identified through medical contact in the six months prior to suicide completion.
Ethnicity & Health, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1996, pp. 261-267
Description
Concludes that Native American adolescents have higher risk prevalence across indices of anitsocial behavior and substance abuse, with females presenting the highest.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, September 1988, pp. 3-5
Description
Looks the need for Aboriginal health workers to educate Aboriginals on the effects of smoking and exposure to smoking. Covers the risks during pregnancy and asthma in children.
Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 31, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 56-63
Description
Study indicated there is a scope for community pharmacists to undertake screening and brief intervention for risky drinking and that customers find this to be acceptable.
Video discusses harm reduction programs for drug users, nature of addiction, therapies for treatment, and the Niigan Mosewak youth initiative. Launched in conjunction with the Little Spirit Moon Conference
Duration: 33:08.
Psychiatric Services, vol. 63, no. 67, July 2012, pp. 686-692
Description
Discusses the importance of core foundational beliefs and values being integrated into programs including experience, world view, community, family, relationships, respect, atmosphere and open door policy.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 4, 2006, pp. 347-356
Description
Argues that federal institutions have created systemic sociocultural problems and there is a need for community-based intervention strategies to promote cultural healing.
File contains a discussion paper by Robin Bellamy. Bellamy gives his "opinion to the years of what I've seen in the inner city of Saskatoon" as a person who has worked for the Friendship Inn and other community service organizations. Bellamy raises issues such as prostitution, substance abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse, racism, and poverty. Following the presentation Commissioners Dussault and Robinson discuss some of the issues raised with Bellamy.
The file contains an opening prayer, drum ceremony, and opening comments by Moderator John Stiffarm for the Youth Circle sitting held by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Tuesday, May 25, 1993, at the Lethbridge Lodge, Ballroom A, Lethbridge, Alberta. Following a sweetgrass ceremony, opening prayer, and drum ceremony, Moderator John Stiffarm discusses the significance of the ceremony and the circle hearing, as well as its' format. Commissioner Georges Erasmus also makes some brief remarks on the sitting's format.
RCAP 138 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This portion includes presentations of individuals made at Round Tables concerned with addictions, racism, women's and elders' issues, urban affairs, business and economic development, Bill C-31 and Metis rights.
RCAP 138 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This portion includes presentations of individuals made at Round Tables concerned with addictions, education, business and economic development and employment. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
The file contains an open forum presentation by Ron-Wayne Hoekstiza. Hoekstiza, an Ojibwa man who was removed as a youth from his family by social services and raised by a Dutch couple in Europe, discusses his personal struggles to reclaim his identity, his views on the Royal Commission, and his views on Aboriginal peoples. Following the presentation Commissioner Sillett thanks Hoekstiza for his comments and discusses the situation in northern Labrador and Davis Inlet which he referenced, and where she is originally from.