Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Theresa Kishkan
BC Studies, no. 154, 2007, pp. 149-151
Description
Book review of: The Women in the Trees by Gerry William.
To access this review, scroll to page 149.
Women of the Métis Nation: Education Policy Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Women of the Métis Nation
Description
Discusses recommendations to improve the educational attainment of Métis women.
Women on the Run by Janet Campbell Hale
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Norma C. Wilson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 113-116
Description
Book review of: Women on the Run by Janet Campbell Hale.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Women's Experiences and Representations of Diversity Management and Organizational Restructuring in a Multinational Forest Company
Theses
Author/Creator
Suzanne Elizabeth Mills
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.
Women's Health and Preventive Sexual Behaviour among Men and Women
Alternate Title
Qanuippitaa? How are We?
[Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2004]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sylvie Dodin
Claudine Blanchet
Louis Rochette
Women's Position in the Sámi Reindeer Husbandry
Alternate Title
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Solveig Joks
Description
Discusses some of the problems caused by the focus on meat production and on reindeer husbandry as a one-man job.
Chapter 20 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson.
Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 246 or select chapter 20 on side bar.
Women's Right to Food in the City: Indigenous Single Mothers Confronting Unjust Foodscapes, Poverty, and Racism in Winnipeg
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Veronica Sobie
Description
Environment and Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Women, Society and the Media in North-Eastern Siberia (Russia)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ludmila Levina
Northern Review, no. 22, Winter, 2000, pp. 68-69
Description
Comments on women's newspaper which promotes the issues, challenges, and activity concerning women's lives.
Women Who Drink: A Critical Consideration of Press Coverage, 1978-1998
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Ford
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--Carleton University, 2000.
A Woodland Creation Story: A Concise Version
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Phyllis E. Wms. Bardeau
Description
Based on the Iroquois story as told by John A. Gibson in the 1890s. Done in a glossary format.
Words and Silences: Aboriginal Women, Politics and Land
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Sharpe
Aboriginal History, vol. 24, 2000, pp. 296-301
Description
Book review of: Words and Silences edited by Peggy Brock.
Review located by scrolling to page 296.
Working Bibliography: Inuit Student Persistence and Success: Prepared for "Foundations for Student Persistence and Success in Inuit Nunangat" Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelly Tulloch
Description
Sources include: books, chapters, articles, research reports, annotated bibliographies, opinion and discussion papers, organizational reports, legislation, and policies.
Working in the Midst of Ideological and Cultural Differences: Critically Reflecting on Youth Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer White
Canadian Journal of Counselling, vol. 41, no. 4, October 2007, pp. 213-227
Description
Discusses evidence-based practice (EBP) and community capacity-building as approaches to suicide prevention. Concludes with recommendations.
Working Together for a Common Purpose: Report of the Inquiry into Missing or Murdered Nunavimmiut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pascale Laneuville
Description
Project involved organizing gathering of families in order to hear their stories and opinions, and interviewing front line workers and police officers working in Nunavik.
Working Together: The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network - Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Project on Legal Issues, Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stefan Matiation
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, HIV/AIDS: Issues within Aboriginal Populations, September 2000, pp. 217-231
Description
Description of the The CHALN/CAAN Project including their history and goals, issues & conclusions, and recommendations for best practices in projects related to Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS undertaken by non-Aboriginal or Aboriginal organizations or Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal partnerships.
Working Together to End Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls: National Scan of RCMP Initiatives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Working Towards Policy Creation for Cruise Ship Tourism in Parks and Protected Areas of Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet R. Marquez
Paul F. J. Eagles
Tourism in Marine Environments, vol. 4, no. 2, 2007, pp. 1-12
Description
Looks at policies and guidelines, the need for unity across the Arctic cruise ship tourism industry, and more government awareness and funding.
Working with Aboriginal Women: Applying Feminist Therapy in a Multicultural Counselling Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judi L. Malone
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 34, no. 1, Counselling First Nations People in Canada, January 2000, pp. 33-42
Description
Explores cultural and gender issues pertaining to Aboriginal women and factors for integrating counsellor education to enhance healing.
Working With an Aboriginal Community to Understand Drinking Water Perceptions and Acceptance in Rural New South Wales
Alternate Title
Article 4
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fidelis G. Jaravani
Peter D. Massey
Jenni Judd
Kylie A. Taylor
Jason Allan ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, July 2017, pp. 1-29
Description
Study looks at the Walhallow Aboriginal community's water supply and their decision to drink rainwater.
Workshops Raise Awareness of SIS Campaign
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Suthers
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 8, November 2007, p. 11
Description
Discusses the Sisters in Spirit initiative which organizes workshops and special events to raise awareness about violence against Aboriginal women in Canada.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
Wounds and Words: Nadia Myre's Want Ads and Other Scars
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stacey Abramson
ConunDrumOnline, vol. 4, June 2007, p. [?]
Description
Looks at an exhibition which includes graffiti slogans, scar paintings and wall sculpture.
“Woven Alike with Meaning” : Sovereignty and Form in Native North American Poetry, 1800-1910
Theses
Author/Creator
Lauren Marie Grewe
Description
[English] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2017.
Refers to the works of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Simon Pokagan, E. Pauline Johnson, and Alex Posey.
Wrapped in Wool and Copper: Encountering Musqueam Art at Vancouver's Granville at 70th Development Project
Theses
Author/Creator
Alison Ariss
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Writing Activism: Indigenous Newsprint Media in the Era of Red Power
Theses
Author/Creator
C. Elizabeth Best
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2017.
Examines three newspapers: Native Youth Movement, The Native Voice and The Native People
Writing Deeper Maps: Mapmaking, Local Indigenous Knowledges, and Literary Nationalism in Native Women's Writing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelli Lyon Johnson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 4, Winter 2007, pp. 103-120
Description
Argues that there is a turning away from Western theories that have often been used to determine the social, psychological or cultural meanings of Indigenous literature from the outside.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 103.
The Writing on the Wall: The Work of Joane Cardinal-Schubert
Alternate Title
Art in Profile ; no. 14
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mike Schubert
Monique Westra
David Garneau
Alistair Mc Rae
Tanya Harnett ... [et al.]
Writing: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Writing
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Terri Janke
Robynne Quiggin]
Description
2nd edition.
Writing Red: Vine Deloria, Jr. and Contemporary American Indian Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Holly Rae Boomer
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska, 2000.
Writing the Heroes Learned from the Foremothers: Oral Tradition and Mythology in Maria Campbell's Half-Breed, Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior & Eavan Boland's Object Lessons
Theses
Author/Creator
Jeanie Wills
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.
Wrongful Convictions and Section 690 of the Criminal Code: An Analysis of Canada's Last-Resort Remedy
Theses
Author/Creator
Patricia Lynn Braiden
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.
The Yellowknife Food Charter: Driving Collaborative Action for Food Security
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carla Johnston
Tracey Williams
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 27-32
Description
Comments on food insecurity in the Northwest Territories and what a food charter is doing address the problem..
Yellowknives Dene Leader Gets Respect From All Sectors
Alternate Title
Yellowknives Dene Leader Gets Respect From All Sectors [Yellowknives Dene First Nation Leader Darrell Beaulieu Receives an Economic Developer Recognition Award]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Taillon
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 7, November 2000, p. 37
Description
Brief profile of Yellowknives Dene leader Darrell Beaulieu, chief executive officer of Deton'Cho Corporation, who received the 2000 Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO) award.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.37.
Yohahí:yo Yakothahol:^u = She Has Found a Good Path: A Discussion of Commitment to Onyota'a:ka Language Revitalization
Theses
Author/Creator
Adriana Poulette
Description
Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2007.
Yoik Experiences and Possible Positive Health Outcomes: An Explorative Pilot Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Soile Hämäläinen
Freak Musial
Ola Graff
Torquer A. Olsen
Anita Salamonsen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1271590
Description
Looks at the effect traditional music has on health and well-being.
"You Are Here Because the Land Called You": Searching for Vivir Bien/Living Well
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roxanne Gould
Priscilla A. Day
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 105-113
Description
Discusses educational seminar titled "When Indigenous People Lead" held to examine the decolonization strategies used by the Morales government in Bolivia and what their implications might be for other Indigenous peoples.
You Can't Get an Elder in an App: Elder Engagement for Mi'kmaw and Wolastoqey Post-Secondary Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gillian Austin
Description
Reports results of two main research activities: national scan of engagement at universities and consultations with 14 Mi’kmaw and allied educators, as well as youth focus group. Topics include potential engagement, supportive strategies, Indigenous knowledge systems, promising practices, creating systemic change, and recommendations.
"You Can't Say You're Sovereign If You Can't Feed Yourself": Defining and Enacting Food Sovereignty in American Indian Community Gardening
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Hoover
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 31-70
Description
Discusses how farmers and gardeners define food sovereignty and how the concept has been put into practice to attain the goals of promoting health and traditional culture.
You Do the Crime, You Do the Time: Best Practice Model of Holistic Health Service Delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Inmates of the ACT Prison
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nerelle Poroch
You Don't Have to Fall Into the Christmas Trap
Alternate Title
Sandee Sez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Ahenakew
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 12, December 2007, p. 9
Description
Discusses enjoying a simpler, non-commercialized Christmas.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
You Just Blink and It Could Happen: A Study of Women's Homelessness North of 60: Pan Territorial Report
Alternate Title
A Little Kindness Would Go a Long Way: A Study of Women's Homelessness in the Yukon: Territorial Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Four Worlds Centre for Development Learning
Description
You Know You're Old When...
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 11, March 2000, p. 13
Description
Comments on aging and the problems of getting old.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.
You Should Know That I Trust You ... : Cultural Planning, Aboriginal Children and Adoption: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeannine Carrière
Description
Shows how the Cultural Planning Policy has impacted adoption of Aboriginal children into non-native families.
You Still Know Nothin' 'Bout Me: Toward Cross-Cultural Theorizing of Aboriginal Rights
Alternate Title
You Still Know Nothing About Me: Toward Cross-Cultural Theorizing of Aboriginal Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
McGill Law Journal, vol. 52, no. 4, 2007, pp. [725]-756
Description
Looks at the impact of culture and methodology on creating a cross-cultural moral theory.
You’ve Got to Paddle Your Own Canoe: The Effects of Federal Legislation on Participation in, and Exercising of, Traditional Governance while Living Off-Reserve
Theses
Author/Creator
Tsaskiy (Ron George)
Description
Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Victoria, 2017.
["Your Fyre Shall Burn No More": Iroquois Policy Toward New France and Its Native Allies to 1701]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
Native Studies Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 2000, pp. 130-133
Description
Book review of: Your Fyre Shall Burn No More" by José António Brandāo.
Youth and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daxton Rhead
Erin Samant
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 5-6
Description
Transcript of speeches given by students at demonstration on Parliament Hill over the treatment of Indigenous people.
Youth Conference Short on Aboriginal Participants
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blue Pelletier
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 1
Description
Reports on the more than 400 participants who attended the conference studying Saskatchewan youths future in the province.
Youth Correctional Services, Admission to Provincial and Territorial Programs, by Province and Territory (Canada): [Summary Table]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Data from fiscal year (April 1 through March 31), 2011-2015.
Youth Gather For Historic Summit
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Blue Pelletier
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 1
Description
Looks at a conference, with over 400 youth in attendance, held to discuss the future of the province of Saskatchewan and the future of youth in the province.
Article located on page 1.
Youth Sexuality Explored
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 5, May 2007, p. 9
Description
Looks at an interactive play, Are We There Yet?, that allows youth to understand choices regarding sexuality before they have to make real decisions.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.