Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Colin J. McMechan
Kristine Heaney
Elizabeth Araujo
Peter Sperling]
Description
Transcript of presentations for free online course (approx. 3 to 4 hours) designed to give general information on issues such as family law, going to court, access to children, and child support.
Past, Present and Future: Photographic Presence in New Mexico
Theses
Author/Creator
Devorah Romanek
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University College London, 2019.
Paternal Involvement in a First Nations Community in Canada: The Effects of Perceived Positive Father Relationships on Adolescent Adjustment
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexandra D'Arisso
Description
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- McGill University, 2019.
The Pathfinders: Women Leaders in the the Tribal College Movement
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carrie Billy
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 4, Tribal College Women, Summer, May 5, 2019, p. [?]
Description
Article profiles two women who were instrumental in the creation of tribal colleges and universities (TCUs): Ruth Roessel founder and president of Navajo Community College (now Diné College), and Carol Davis, a founding member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
West Coast LEAF
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elba Bendo
Sharnelle JenkinsThompson
Isabelle Busby
Emily Beier
Description
Focuses on seven topics: eight principles of Indigenous child welfare, understanding the overrepresentation of children in care, legal context, root causes, discrepancies in delivery of services, current approaches and recommendations in the area of family violence, current approaches and recommendations in the area of substance use, and improving financial supports for families.
Pathways into Homelessness: Indigenous Peoples, Youth, and Seniors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Davis
Jenna Hildebrand
Emilia Oscilowicz
Description
Brief literature review which examines system failures and structural, individual, and relational factors.
Pathways to the International Market for Indigenous Screen Content: Success Stories, Lessons Learned from Selected Jurisdictions and a Strategy for Growth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maria De Rosa
Marilyn Burgess
Description
Consists of results of literature search, survey of Indigenous festivals and distribution networks, case studies of popular productions (including box office receipts, audience reach, sales and awards when possible), and interviews with thirty-one stakeholders.
Paul Boyer on the New Information Age
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, The New Information Age, Spring-Summer, Aug 11, 2019
Description
Interview with the founding editor of Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education; Boyer reflects on the journal and on the new challenges that tribal communities face in the new information age.
Paved Trails: Crip Poetics as an Approach Towards Decolonizing Accessibility
Theses
Author/Creator
Aimee Louw
Description
Media Studies Thesis (MA) -- Concordia University, 2019
Photo Vignette – T’łisalagi’ lakw School, ‘Yalis (Alert Bay), BC, early days
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dara Culhane
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 45-47
Description
Describe the creation and early years of the independent school created by Kwakwaka’wakw parents on ‘Namgis First Nation territory; discusses inclusion of cultural and traditional teachings, and its evolution as one of the longest running independent schools in the province.
Photo Vignette – Whale Watching, Salish Style
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 27-29
Description
Author shares a personal story as a means of teaching about cross-cultural relationships.
Physician Burnout May Contribute to Racial Bias
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ, vol. 191, no. 34, August 26, 2019, p. E951
Description
Study interviews 3380 second-year residents for self-reported symptoms of burnout; also asks participants to rate their feelings towards black or white people, and measures unconscious bias. Findings suggest that burnout in doctors might be contributing to disparity in patient care.
Place-Based Readings Toward Disrupting Colonized Literacies: A Métissage
Alternate Title
Place-Based Readings Toward Disrupting Colonized Literacies: A Metissage
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrian Downey
Rachael Bell
Katelyn Copage
Pam Whitty
In Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 10th Anniversary Online Special Issue: Teaching in the 21st Century Intercultural/Multilingual/Multi, Autumn, 2019, pp. 39-58
Description
Authors discuss ways to teach land-based or place-based literacies and how doing so can expose settler-colonial narrative and disrupt them.
A Place Where It Feels Like Home: The Story of Tina Fontaine
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daphne Penrose
Description
Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth's report on the investigation into several service agencies' involvement with a troubled teen who was eventually found murdered.
Planning Around Reserves: Probing the Inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's Watershed Planning Framework
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warrick Baijius
Robert J. Patrick
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Results from a study which examines a dozen watershed plans indicates limited inclusion of First Nations in watershed plans created by the Saskatchewan Watershed authority.
Planning for the Next Generation: Capital Infrastructure at Colleges and Universities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily R. White Hat
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 2, Building Infrastructure, Winter, 2019
Description
Article describes three projects that have been initiated by the college fund to meet the evolving needs of tribal colleges and universities and address some of the shortcomings in the current infrastructure.
Playing for the Future: A Picture Book App for Cultural Reclamation and Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Meaningful Play Proceedings 2018
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mavis Reimer
Description
Describes two games developed as part of a project to convert the book Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw into an app. The story is inspired by the discovery of the burial site of a young Cree woman who lived in the mid-1600s, a time before contact with Europeans.
Paper from Meaningful Play Proceedings 2018 edited by Rabindra Ratan, Brian Winn, and Elizabeth LaPensee.
Playing Indian, between Idealization and Vilification: Seems You Have to Play Indian to be Indian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosy Simas
Sam Aros Mitchell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 133-140
Description
Two Indigenous dancers who discuss the ongoing trend on non-Indigenous people "playing Indian" and how this trend reinforces stereotypes and could lead to the erasure of Indigenous culture over time.
Police Stops and Searches of Indigenous People in Minneapolis: The Roles of Race, Place, and Gender
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marina M. Gorsuch
Deborah T. Rho
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Study examines the ratios of Indigenous people and Indigenous woman that are stopped, searched, and arrested in Minneapolis within the study period.
Portrait of Palliative Care Provided in First Nations Communities in Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Véronique Rankin
Linda Simon
Portrait of the Criminalization of the First Nations in Quebec: Providing Impetus for Change
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marie-Ève Sylvestre
Céline Bello
Élaine Lesage-Mann
Positive Self-Reported Health might be an Important Determinant of Student’s Experiences of High School in Northern Sweden
Alternate Title
Positive Self-Reported Health might be an Important Determinant of Students’s Experiences of High School in Northern Sweden
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hanna Forsberg
Heidi Carlerby
Annika Norstrand
Anitha Risberg
Catrine Kostenius
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study used data from the health dialogue questionnaire which surveyed 5035 students between 2013 and 2016; results were analyzed to determine associations between positive self-reported health and student experience. It was found that positive health is associated with positive experiences of school.
Postpartum Depression Prevalence and Risk Factors among Indigenous, Non-Indigenous and Immigrant women in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nihaya Daoud
Kristen O’Brien
Patricia O’Campo
Sarah Harney
Evelyn Harney ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health , vol. 110, no. 4, August 2019, pp. 440-452
Description
Uses data from the 2006 Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey (MES) to examine the risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD) among different demographic groups in Canada. Findings indicate differing factors for different groups; authors suggest tailored approaches to preventing PPD could better protect the mental health of mothers in Canada.
Power Shift in Remote Indigenous Communities: A Cross-Canada Scan of Diesel Reduction and Clean Energy Policies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dylan Heerema
Dave Lovekin
Description
Tracks progress in policies, programs and regulations that impact energy systems at the federal, provincial, territorial, regulatory and utility levels. Each section includes information on jurisdiction's total number of communities, and population and diesel consumption as a percentage of national total. Based on the most recent data available in the Remote Communities Energy database.
Powering Self-Determination: Indigenous Renewable Energy Developments in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Eryn Fitzgerald
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2018.
The Powwow Dance and My Dance with Powwows
Theses
Author/Creator
Xiao Zheng
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2019.
Prevention Education Harm Reduction Report
Alternate Title
Circle of Eagles Lodge Society & Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Harm Reduction Project: Dialogue and Gathering Report
[Circle of Eagles Lodge Society and Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Harm Reduction Dialogue Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sophia Vitalis
Sarah Wood
Kim van der Woerd
Amanda Card
Billie Joe Rogers]
Description
Divided into two parts: first section describes the Circle of Eagles Lodge Society's Circle of Care Harm Reduction for Indigenous Brothers and Sisters on Parole project aimed at addressing the opioid crisis among federal parolees; the second section describes the community dialogue and gathering report.
Primer on Practice Shifts Required with Canada's Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families Act
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
M. E. Turpel-Lafond
Description
The Act provides support for First Nations' authority over child and family services. Document discusses national legal principles, positive principles, standards and norms, restricting or constraining provisions, the interplay between elected Indian Act Band Councils and traditional governance structures, and the applicability of First Nations laws.
Principles, Approaches, and Methods for Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts: A Grey Literature Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kriti Chandna
Michelle M . Vine
Susan J . Snelling
Rachel Harris
Janet Smylie
Heather Manson
Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, vol. 34, no. 1, Spring, 2019, pp. [21]-47
Description
Review conducted to identify principles, approaches, methods, tools and frameworks reported from 2000-2015 in Canada, United States, New Zealand and Australia.
Production and Delivery of Gladue Pre-sentence Reports: A Review of Selected Canadian Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patricia Barkaskas
Vivienne Chin
Yvon Dandurand
Dallas Tooshkenig
Description
Based on the Supreme Court Of Canada's decision in the Gladue case, when sentencing, judges are required to take into consideration the unique circumstances of Indigenous peoples.
Production, Development, and Environmental Policies: Paradoxical Landscapes in Colonia Aborigen Chaco (Ex-Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpí, Argentina)
Alternate Title
Production, Development, and Environmental Policies: Paradoxical Landscapes in Colonia Aborigen Chaco (Ex-Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpi, Argentina)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carlos Salamanca
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Author discusses the results of an Indigenous development plan carried out between 2005 and 2010 in Colonia Aborigen Chaco, an Indigenous settlement originally established in 1911 as the Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpí, discusses the ongoing effects of colonial violence and programs of assimilation.
A Profile of Businesses in Indigenous Communities in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Haaris Jafri
Alessandro Alasia
Description
The primary data source used in this analysis is the Business Register (BR), January 2017 reference period.
Progress Audit: The Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sheila Dodds
Jessica Schafer
Emily Yearwood-Lee]
Description
Examines whether the Ministry of Education had implemented the recommendations for actions which would close the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students found in the earlier report An Audit of the Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System.
The Promise and Pitfalls of C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naiomi Walqwan Metallic
Hadley Friendland
Sarah Morales
Description
Act asserts Indigenous peoples' jurisdiction over child and family services and establishes national standards. Paper examines issues related to national standards, jurisdiction, funding, accountability and data collection.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
NISPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Firelight Research
Description
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat: NIPSPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Production
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on the community's efforts to deal with Hepatitis C through education, outreach, and healing.
Duration: 27:33.
Protocols for Using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terri Janke
Description
Includes: overview of important concepts including rights to cultural heritage and Australian and international legal and policy protections; ten guiding principles and their accompanying protocols; numerous case studies; and project checklist and templates.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Psychiatric Research in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jouko Miettunen
Marianne Haapea
Lassi Björnholm
Sanna Huhtaniska
Teija Juol ...[et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Systematic literature search of PubMed and Scopus reveals 94 articles on psychiatric research conducted on the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. Research includes information on early predictors of several psychiatric diagnoses, and novel findings related to brain imaging and cognition.
Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Qualitative Identification and Characterization of Self-reported Symptoms Arising in Humans during Experimental Exposure to Cold Air
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rita Sjöström
Lars Söderström
Carolina Klockmo
Alexander Patrician
Thomas Sandström ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study aims to describe and categorize symptoms experienced by people exposed to cold air. 50 distinct symptoms were reported by 34 participants, symptoms were grouped into ten sub-categories and two major categories; airway versus whole body symptoms.
A Qualitative Study on Stigma and Discrimination Experienced by Indigenous Peoples Living with HIV or Having TB at Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Secretariat of the International Indigenous HIV and AIDS Working Group
Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
Quebec First Nations' Health and Social Services Governance Process: Effective Governance for the Wellness of First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Georges A. Legault
Quebec First Nations Information Governance Framework
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Grantham
Racial Necrogeographies and the Making of White Space: The Life and Death of Nineteenth-Century Indigenous and Black Burial Places in Rural Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Felepchuk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, pp. 73-87
Description
Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.