Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) Canada
Description
Traces history of discrimination in the Act and gives timeline for the Bill. Proposed amendments came about as a result of the Quebec Superior Court's ruling in the Descheneault case.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, 2005, pp. 59-79
Description
Looks at the Messages for Health community-based research project which focuses on cervical cancer on the Apsáalooke Reservation. The objectives of the study include: decreasing screening barriers, increasing cervical cancer knowledge and increasing the proportion of young women who receive Pap tests.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 131-144
Description
Review essay of:
Red Bird, Red Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkala-Sa by Tadeusz Lewandowski.
A Warrior of the People: The Indomitable Courage of Susan la Flesche - America's First Indian Doctor by Joe Starita.
Medicine Woman directed by Christine Lesiak and Princella RedCorn.
American Indian Women by Patrick Deval and translated by Jan-Marie Todd.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 67-84
Description
Demonstrates how this Chickasaw writer uses ecofeminist heuristics to demonstrate the interconnectedness between tribal cultures and the natural landscape.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 67.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 87-88
Description
Comments on the ability of A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff to understand American Indian literatures despite being non-native.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 87.
The Journal of American History, vol. 92, no. 1, June 2005, pp. 19-46
Description
Discusses captured and enslaved Indian women used as currency by Mexican Spaniards, Frenchmen from south Illinois and Canada and Apaches, Comanches and Wichitas in north-central Texas.
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek
Description
Traces changes from the 16th century when women (both immigrant and First Nations) had significant power and autonomy, through fur trade relationships, to influx of British immigrants which brought with it a paternalistic and patriarchal model.
Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak.
Northern Review, no. 43, The North and the First World War, April 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Discusses the participation of the Yukon in the war including those who enlisted, those committed to efforts at home, women volunteers who fund raised and personal stories of participation by such folks as Joe Boyle, Robert Service, George Black, Martha Black and others.
Argues that the legal framework has not kept up with demographic shifts because it focuses on land-related rights and ignores off-reserve and non-status population. As such, it disproportionately affects women who have been displaced through discriminatory effects of the Indian Act.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2005, p. 3
Description
Introduces the special issue honouring A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff for her work in Native American literary studies.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 3.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
Description
Highlights Saskatoon Health Region's external review into allegations of Indigenous women being coerced into having tubal ligations, and the interim report on the death of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January/February 2005, pp. S22-S27
Description
Survey found that perceptions of health centred around physical issues, while well-being was a more holistic concept.
Northwest Territories Research Project Report for Territorial Stakeholders: Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Report for Territorial Stakeholders
Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pertice Moffitt
Heather Fikowski
Description
Study focused on identifying the needs of women, gaps and associated challenges in service provision, and strategies for developing non-violent communities. It took place over the course of five years and involved individual interviews and focus groups with RCMP, community health nurses, shelter and victim services workers, counsellors and social workers.
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 81, no. 4, Fall, 2005, pp. 807-822
Description
Exploration of whether Carol Gilligan's discussion of the role of gender in the legal field, In a Different Voice, also applies to Aboriginal women in relation to modern tribal courts.
Investigation into the disappearance and murdered women on highway 16 in northern British Columbia known to the locals as the highway of tears.
Duration 39:12.