States that First Nations are increasingly developing plans for commercial and industrial development projects, and that the FNCIDA will fill the regulatory gap and provide benefits.
Statistics on communicable diseases, infant mortality, morality rates due to cancer, heart attack and stroke, and potential years of life lost to suicide and unintentional injury.
Examines selected issues in health and social service fields and proposes a restructuring of service delivery to meet the needs of First Nations communities.
Covers topics such as research ethics, development of First Nations institutions, establishment of regional centres, Regional Longitudinal Health Survey, technology applications, and training/capacity development.
Comments on the health status of First Nations in Alberta including causes of death across all age groups, injuries, impact of diabetes, communicable disease control and environmental health.
Plan includes both short and long-term recommendations to alleviate problems with quantity and quality of housing and community infrastructure. Six elements: sustainable funding, institutional development, information and research capacity, financing, land management, and human resources.
Contends that language immersion or bilingual education can lead to improved educational outcomes, but ideally there should be a minimum of 6 to 7 years of instruction.
Website includes links to bibliographies on languages and language families, Chinook jargon, classified list, ethnobiology, and index of variant language names.
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Final report for the “Aboriginal Human Rights Project” explains how the Tsleil-Waututh Community and Elders came up with ways to address human rights complaints within the community by incorporating legal traditions and customary law.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Study found market-driven initiatives were required, but no evidence of need for fund dedicated to credit enhancement, or that fund had increased home ownership and reduced reliance on federal assistance for social housing.
Uses four examples to illustrate how European-style and Aboriginal-run museums are dealing with issues surrounding the presentation of identity.
Paper presented at Hybrid Entities: Intersections 2005 conference hosted by the Joint York University/ Ryerson College Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture.
Website provides student resource for First Nation and Inuit communities at time of first contact across North America. Includes maps and is organized by language.
Examines social development policies, human resources, client assessment practices, services and programs, data management resources and research opportunities on reserves.