Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 11-001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Research and Policy Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Households that fail to meet one or more standards for adequacy, suitability or affordability and whose income is insufficient to afford rental housing that meets standards are considered to be in need.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 1-2
Description
Comments on the North American Indigenous Games, residential school survivors, Dr. Marie Battiste, the death of RCMP officer Robin Cameron, and more.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 2.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 2, f, 2011, pp. 8-12
Description
Looks at award winners: Chippewa Industrial Development Ltd., winner of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation Community Economic Developer of the Year; Tribal Wi-Chi-Way-Win Capital Corporation winner of the Aboriginal Private Sector Business Award and Rodney W. Hester, winner of the Individual Economic Developer of the Year Award.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 35, no. 4, September 2011, pp. 328-333
Description
Looks at a study of Cree First Nations children, aged 5 to 12, to determine predisposition to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes coupled with level of physical activity.
Survey delivered in two parts: part A provides community perceptions, demographics, experiences, recommendations and understandings, part B determines community strengths in listening, reading, writing English, problem solving, and numeracy.
Document written as a result of a summit held in Toronto, 2007 with the aim of furthering the cause of the Aboriginal performing arts sector in Canada.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, [Indian Country: Art, Politics and Resistance], January/February 2007, pp. 24-34
Description
Focuses on six contemporary artists: Riel Benn, Helen Madelaine, Leah Fontaine, Kale Bonham, KC Adams and Colleen Cutschall, the challenges Aboriginal artists face and the legacy of the Woodland School Arts Movement
Looks at issues surrounding diabetes and eye refraction errors and developing relationships within the community to improve visual and ocular health by promoting prevention.