Patrick Stewart, Indigenous architect, of the Nisga'a First Nation in British Columbia looks at elements he considers when starting a project: architectural principles; traditions and culture; policy/local conventions and knowledge.
Duration: 53:06.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-030
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study which investigated interrelationship between health and housing. Lists challenges, traditional solution, potential present-day solution, and examples of how some communities have met the challenge.
Highlights from research report of same name.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 98-99
Description
Tribute to A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff, Dean of Native American Literary Studies, for her writing contributions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 98.
Reports on the progress on the Human Health Initiative, an Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group International Polar Year (IPY) project, marking the conclusion of the Norwegian Chairmanship in March 2009.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 35, no. 2, Special Section: Indigeneity in Dialogue: Indigenous Library Expression Across Linguistic Divides, 2010, pp. [13]-29
Description
Comments on the novel and the exclusionary and semi-colonial biases of processes to include Aboriginal literary works on academic reading lists.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 5, 2005, pp. 509-522
Description
Presents some of the health problems from UVB radiation including cataracts, photokeratitis, immunosuppression, genetic interaction, skin cancer, non-hodgkin's lymphoma etc..
Studied Toronto Star coverage of the Akwesanse/Mohawk and Oka land dispute to determine whether awareness of Aboriginal issues increased after the crisis.
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 31, no. 1, December 2010, pp. 22-26
Description
Discusses the need for program planning and identification of new priorities to aid in arthritis care in Aboriginal populations, due to high prevalence.
Multi-media artist speaks about the various series he has created. Presented as part of the It's Complicated: Art about Home exhibition. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:09:58.
Reports results of 397 telephone interviews with individuals drawn from the information enquiry database of the NWT Arctic Tourism records of people who had attended consumer shows and requested information from tourism booths.
Looks at impact on students and teachers of the Learning Through the Arts (LTTA) program regarding positive gains by students in cultural pride, capacity to focus, engagement and success in learning.
Film joins a hunting party made up of people from the Frobisher Bay Correctional Centre. Shows the hunting, killing and skinning of a seal and a caribou.
Duration: 13:20.
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 17, no. 1, 2010, pp. 25-48
Description
Outlines the results of a study, using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, which suggests physical activity greatly improves overall health.
Presents health care providers with culturally relevant training tools to improve communication with patients regarding the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and other STIs, and supports efforts to minimize STI impact, including HIV, on Native communities.
Presents health care providers with culturally relevant training tools to improve communication with patients regarding the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and other STIs, and supports efforts to minimize STI impact, including HIV, on Native communities.
Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission assessment of border town relations and summary of public hearing testimonies held in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Concludes with recommendations .
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lori Ann Roness
Description
Five components: literature review, surveys of Aboriginal service providers and employees/non-employees and non-Aboriginal employers, data review of strategies/programs, best practices, and evaluation and recommendations.
Tribal Colleges and Universities: Advancing Native Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne Marie Karlberg
Description
Guide to measuring learning outcomes and demonstrating accountability using three types of information: direct and indirect indicators, and institutional.
Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.