Alternate Title
Indigenous Rights Risk Report for the Extractive Industry
Documents & Presentations
Description
Financial analysis of the risks to investors and shareholders when companies fail to honour Indigenous rights.
Fisheries and First Nations: Report From Research Stay in Canada: March-July 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Camilla Brattland
Description
Looks at Mi'kmaq fisheries in Atlantic Canada and salmon farming in British Columbia.
Flooding Hope and Livelihoods: Lake St. Martin First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myrle Ballard
Shirley Thompson
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 43-65
Description
Examines the consequences of community displacement on sustainable livelihoods, homes, health and socio-cultural integrity.
Food and Water Security Issues in Russia I: Food Security in the General Population of the Russian Arctic, Siberia and the Far East, 2000-2011
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexey A. Dudarev
Pavel R. Alloyarov
Valery S. Chupakhin
Eugenia V. Dushkina
Yuliya N. Sladkova
Vitaliy
M. Dorofeyev
Tatijana
A. Kolesnikova
Kirill B. Fridman
Lena Maria Nilsson
Birgitta Evengard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 21848
Description
Report stresses the priority in improving the supply, accessibility, and contaminant removal within food supplies.
Food and Water Security Issues in Russia II: Water Security in General Population of Russian Arctic, Siberia and Far East, 2000-2011
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexey A. Dudarev
Eugenia V. Dushkina
Yuliya N. Sladkova
Pavel R. Alloyarov
Valery S. Chupakhin
Vitaliy M Dorofeyev
Tatjana A. Kolesnikova
Kirill B. Fridman
Birgitta Evengard
Lena M. Nilsson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 22646
Description
Findings showed that in selected regions water sources were highly polluted, indicating a urgent need for enforceable standards for water quality.
Food and Water Security Issues in Russia III: Food and Waterborne Diseases in the Russian Arctic, Siberia and the Far East, 2000-2011
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexey A. Dudarev
Vitaliy M. Dorafeyev
Eugenia V. Dushkina
Pavel R. Alloyarov
Valery S. Chupakhin
Yuliya N. Sladkova
Tatjana A. Kolesnikova
Kirill B. Fridman
Lena Maria Nilsson
Birgitta Evengard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 21856
Description
Findings showed that water sources in select regions were highly polluted and affecting people's health, indicating a urgent need for enforceable standards for water quality
Food Insecurity among Inuit Women Exacerbated by Socio-economic Stresses and Climate Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maude C. Beaumier
James D. Ford
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 3, May/June 2010, pp. 196-201
Description
Looks at a community-based study in Igloolik, Nunavut on food insecurity, and how it is influenced by social, economic, political and environmental conditions.
[Food Price Survey Report August 2013 (3 Tables)]
Alternate Title
Pilot Nunavut Food Price Survey [Territory Only] April 2013
Pilot Nunavut Food Price Survey: Comparable to Canada April 2013
Pilot Nunavut Food Price Survey: Sample Food Basket April 2013
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Used basket comprised of 34 items. Statistical table.
Sources: Pilot Nunavut Food Survey and Statistics Canada CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) table #326-0012.
FOOD RELATED: An Online Platform to Invigorate the Social and Cultural Experience of Food in the Arctic
Alternate Title
Inuit People and the Aboriginal World
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rosanne Van Klaveren
Description
Looks at virtual platform which collects experiences and practices related to food in the North.
Forced to Abandon Our Fields: The 1914 Clay Southworth Gila River Pima Interviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter L. Steere
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 3, 2013, pp. 146-148
Description
Book review of: Forced to Abandon Our Fields by David H. DeJong.
Review located by scrolling to page 146.
Forest Carbon Offset Projects in Coastal British Columbia: Aboriginal Criteria, Awareness and Preferences
Theses
Author/Creator
Lori Sparrow
Description
Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia, 2013.
Framework for Aboriginal Capacity-Building in the Forest Sector
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harry M. Bombay
Description
Looks at the Aboriginal capacity in natural resources management involving issues that encompass governance, institutional arrangements with other levels of government, and human resource development and that promote forest sustainability, contribute to social and cultural well-being, and respond to major environmental matters such as climate change mitigation.
Framing the Circle: An Interior Exploration in Indigenous Restorative Justice and Ceremony
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie Yuzicapi
Description
Interior Design Thesis (M.I.D)--University of Manitoba, 2013
[French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Émilie Pigeon
Histoire Sociale / Social History, vol. 46, no. 92, November 2013, pp. 545-547
Description
Book review of: French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815 edited by Robert Englebert and Guillaume Teasdale.
The Frequency of HLA Alleles in a Population of Inuit Women of Northern Quebec
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Metcalfe
Michel Roger
Marie-Claude Faucher
François Coutlée
Eduardo L. Franco
Paul Brassard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21350
Description
Study findings revealed that HLA Alleles distribution in Nunavik, Quebec is not duplicated elsewhere in Canada or around the world.
From Homeland to Oil Sands: The Impact of Oil and Gas Development on the Lubicon Cree of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Reports on the consequences of oil development to the Lubicon livelihood and society.
From Pictures to Numbers: Vision Mapping and Sustainability Collaboration Between Native American Community Members and Mainstream Scientists
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Thomas Murry
Keith James
Damon Drown
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, 2013, pp. 1-24
Description
Comments on cooperative development of pictorial visions as a method of a collaborative interaction on sustainability.
From Reserves to Cities (And Back): The Significance of Reserves in Registered Indian Women's Migration
Theses
Author/Creator
Pamela Rose Irvine
Description
Geography and Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.
From River Trails to Adaptive Co-Management: Learning and Relating With Inuit Inhabitants of the Thelon River, Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bryan S. R. Grimwood
Nancy C. Doubleday
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Exploring the Governance Landscape of Indigenous Peoples and Water in Canada, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-18
Description
Looks at Inuit uses and relationships with the river.
[From the Rivers Edge: Elizabeth Cook-Lynn]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with the author of fictional work based on a real environmental catastrophe, the destruction of the Missouri River.
Duration: 29:06.
Future Human Health Research Directions for the Canadian Northern Contaminants Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawn G. Donaldson
Meredith S. Curren
Bryan Adlard
Jonathan Provost
Tara Leech
Constantine Tikhonov
Mark Feeley
Scott Tomlinson
Russel Shearer
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 23049
Description
Short discussion of future health priorities and research options regarding the impacts of environmental contamination.
Gaining Insights About Water: The Value of Surveys in First Nations Communities to Inform Water Governance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julia Baird
Blair Carter
Kate Cave
Diane Dupont
Paul General ... [et al.]
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Exploring the Governance Landscape of Indigenous Peoples and Water in Canada, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-18
Description
Looks at the importance of surveys as a tool for information regarding water governance, water quality and community connections to water.
Gastrointestinal Illness in Canada's North: Implications of Climate Change on Current and Future Inuit Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Sherilee L. Harper
Description
Population Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Guelph, 2013.
Gathering Places: Aboriginal and Fur Trade Histories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Scott P. Stephen
BC Studies, no. 180, Winter, 2013/14, pp. 174-175
Description
Book review of Gathering Places edited by Carolyn Podruchny and Laura Peers.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 174.
Gender and Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Woman
Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Ingenious Issues
Description
Briefing notes present key issues/challenges and implications of a gender perspective.
Gender in Research on Northern Resource Development (Draft)
Alternate Title
ReSDA Gap Analysis Report ; no.14
Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA) Gap Analysis Report ; no.14
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Mills
Martha Dowsley
Emilie Cameron
Description
Looks at the role of women in resource development and community governance from an economic, socio-cultural and political point of view.
Genetic Polymorphisms in CYP1A1, CYP1B1 and COMT genes in Greenlandic Inuit and Europeans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mandana Ghisari
Manhai Long
Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 21113
Description
Study findings supplied new gene data that may point to the need to study further vulnerability to environmental contaminants.
Geographies of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples in a Contemporary Grade-Nine Applied-Level Ontario Geography Textbook
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly Brand
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.
Geopiracy: The Case Against Geoengineering
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
ETC Group [Action Group on Erosion
Technology and Concentration]
Description
Discusses the ramifications of attempting, through the use of technology, to repair damage to the earth's systems already caused by technology.
Geoweb: Indigenous Mapping of Intergenerational Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Gwilym Lucas Eades
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2010.
Getting to 'Yes': Aboriginal Canadians and the Next Wave of Nation-Building in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jim Prentice
Description
Address given at the 34th Annual Assembly of First Nations, Whitehorse, Yukon, Tuesday July 16, 2013.
Giving Voice to Food Insecurity in a Remote Indigenous Community in Subarctic Ontario, Canada: Traditional Ways, Ways to Cope, Ways Forward
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Skinner
Rhona M. Hanning
Ellen Desjardins
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
BMC Public Health, vol. 13, 2013, p. article no. 427
Description
Looks at ways that Aboriginal people are coping with food insecurity and notes that public health policies to improve food security are urgently needed.
Global Indigeneities Views From Near and Far
Alternate Title
Global Encounters Initiative
Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linc Kesler
Larry Grant
Coll Thrush
Neil Safier
Shaunee Casavant
Nika Collison
Tirso Gonzaez
Sheryl Lightfoot
Description
Webcast of Global Encounters Initiative Symposium called Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame held at the University of British Columbia, March 4-6, 2010. Panel discussion begins at 36:41.
Duration: 2:24:18.
The Global Indigenous Peoples' Dialogue With the FCPF: A Summary
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mara Stankovich
Tebtebba, vol. 14, 2013, pp. 17-21
Description
Comments on meetings held to address Indigenous concerns about the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and global initiatives for the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 17.
Global Transitions: Implications for a Regional Social Work Agenda
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mason Durie
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 2, December 2010, pp. 1-9
Description
Discusses the challenges facing the social work profession.
Good Practices Guide: Success in Building and Keeping an Aboriginal Mapping Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Profiles various mapping practices that lead to success when implementing geomatics programs in Canada.
A Green Economy for the Red Man
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dustin Twin
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, pp. 12-13
Description
Discusses how green economic development can preserve cultural and traditional values of First Nations people.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Guardian of the Earth: A Portrait of the Environmentalist as a Young Man
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erin McArdle
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Earth Guardians, the organization devoted to youth environmental activism, and their current work advocating for a statewide ban on fracking in Colorado. Highlights activist, Xiuihtezcatl Martinez.
A Guide for Integrating Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit into Decision-making for Marine Shipping Development in Nunavut, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrea Flynn
Description
Marine Management Thesis (M.M.M.)--Dalhousie University, 2013.
A Guide to Involving Aboriginal Peoples in Contaminated Sites Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Guyana's REDD+ Model and Amerindian Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Nkasi Adams
Description
Law Thesis (LLM)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013.
Haida Marine Planning: First Nations as a Partner in Marine Conservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russ Jones
Catherine Rigg
Lynn Lee
Ecology and Society, vol. 15, no. 1, Privilege to Fish, 2010, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) initiative which may result in improved protection of Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) waters for future generations, greater Haida participation in management decisions, and increasing emphasis on sustainability of both local fisheries and communities.
Haisla Nuuyum: Cultural Conservation and Regulation Methods Within Traditional Fishing and Hunting
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacquie Green
Ray Green
Mary Green
Decolonization, vol. 2, no. 2, 2013, pp. 57-82
Description
Discusses the cultural practices and regulation laws that are contributing to the conservation of fisheries and wildlife resources.
Hammond Reef Gold Project: Aboriginal Interests Technical Support Document: Version 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alexandra Drapack
Cathryn Moffett
Description
Overview of project, environmental study and Aboriginal treaty rights, and concerns voiced by the communities of Lac Des Mille Lacs, Lac La Croix, Seine River, Wabigoon and Nigigoosiminikaaning.
Hand-in-Hand: Report on Aboriginal Traditional Medicine
E-Books
Author/Creator
Francesca Panzironi
Harvesters Push the Boundaries of Provincial Law
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 9
Description
Looks at a court case dealing with the rights of Métis to hunt and harvest across provincial borders.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Healing of the Canoe Curriculum Training Manual
Alternate Title
HOC Curriculum Training Manual
Healing of the Canoe: A Life Skills Curriculum Training for Native Youth
Culturally Grounded Life Skills for Youth Curriculum
Three-site Healing of the Canoe Survey Results, 2018-2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suquamish Tribe
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington
Description
Developed to address problems of youth suicide and substance abuse through a sense of cultural belonging and revitalization.
The Health and Well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Parental Report From the National Survey of Children's Health, 2007
Alternate Title
The National Survey of Children's Health 2007: American Indians/Alaska Natives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Description
Looks at data for parental perceptions of health from unique communities and environments in seven states and presents indicators in the family environment that may support or threaten families and children.
Health Centre Challenges in an eHealth Context: Report on Health Directors / Senior Health Leads Feedback
Alternate Title
Health Centre Challenges in an eHealth Context: Feedback Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC First Nations Health Directors Association
First Nations Health Council
Description
Based on information gathered from 58 respondents, the majority of whom were Health Directors. Six challenges were presented: accountability-reporting; access to services; fragmented health records; service referrals; connectivity and Infrastructure; and interoperability.
Healthy Foods for Navajo Schools: Discoveries From the First Year of a Navajo Farm to School Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shawn Newell
Description
Discusses program linking a farm with a Navajo community-based charter elementary school and looks at general issues which should be considered when forming such a partnership.