Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, December 1988, pp. 41-42
Description
Study shows a sizable gap between health status of Aboriginal people in Australia and non-Aboriginals and inappropriate treatment especially regarding mental health.
Discusses case studies of successful Aboriginal engagement in environmental monitoring and management in northern Canada to develop best practices and find new approaches for Aboriginal participation.
Includes brief definitions for terms such as Indian, Métis, Inuit, First Nation, band, and reserve, general guidelines and map of cultural groups at time of contact.
Based on results of case study in Moose Deer Point, looks at research to further the relationship between Canadian First Peoples and the philanthropic community.
Aims to describe motivations and challenges faced by Aboriginal owned tourist business.
Towards Bachelor of Environmental Tourism Management from Southern Cross University, 2012.
Report designed to inform Ontario's Best Start Child and Family Centre model for delivering child and family services. Includes results of literature review, case study conducted at Regent Park and Scarborough sites which involved stakeholder interviews with 95 respondents and focus groups, and discussion of how the general model can be adapted to meet Indigenous early childhood and family services needs.
Portal "brings together inter-disciplinary sources and information relating to Indigenous Studies and Native-newcomer relations at the University of Saskatchewan".
Contains links to library & archive holdings, other collections, scholarly output, etc.
Looks at a two and half year study on meaningful connections with Aboriginal students and their families.
Educational Studies Paper ([M.Ed.])--University of British Columbia, 2012.
Teacher resource suitable for Grades 6, 7, 8 and 10. Primarily uses 55 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill and Native Soldiers, Foreign Battlefields by Janice Summerby.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2012, pp. 26-41
Description
Suggests local context and history should be used as a voting resource variable to understand why Aboriginal groups differ from each other in federal turnout levels.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 10, no. 3, Winter, 2012, pp. 313-325
Description
Promotes the need for culturally sensitive cervical cancer screening programs for Aboriginal women, based on programs available in Canada and the United States.
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Looks at a social justice policy wheel: east (resist), south (reclaim), west (construct) and north (act) and cultural teachings of life cycle responsibilities.
Looks at the significance, history and results of the referendum to change the Australian Constitution by eliminating provisions which prevented Federal Government from making laws for Aboriginals and excluded them from being counted in census.
Provides a framework for communities to begin or continue their own ongoing research to identify the rich intellectual and practical resources within their own legal traditions.
Part of: Cree Legal Traditions Report: Community Partner: Aseniquche Winewak Nation.
Used 19 key informant interviews with experts, senior administrators and front-line workers to identify issues related to 12 sub-themes. Concludes with recommendations generated from responses.