Presents high-quality, up-to-date information with a separate table of contents highlighting content most relevant to Indigenous youth, families and communities.
Teaching Education, vol. 27, no. 2, April 2016, pp. 136-155
Description
Looks at successful co-leadership between school principals and Indigenous community leaders in Northern Queensland to teach reading using a PALLIC framework.
"This preliminary scoping study suggests that while different First Nations' specific needs are highly individualized, there is a broadly shared need for guidance, information-sharing, and a synthesis of existing options in a way that is accessible to many First Nations."
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 34-49
Description
Looks at using digital storytelling as a way to combine storytelling traditions with modern technology for promoting both individual and community health.
Manual takes a systematic approach to developing a well-written and well-organized proposal with all the necessary elements that most funding agencies require.
Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, 2016, pp. 358-373
Description
Study looked at youth's perceived internal and external assets, and evaluated how different factors related to gender, age, and community size.
Three hundred and fifty-five adolescents participated.
Looks at how First Nations and Inuit communities are using broadband networks and information and communication technologies; and discusses the broadband projects and federal broadband Initiatives in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
Social Indicators Research , vol. 95, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 33-61
Description
Looks at the relationship between crime and quality of life in Saskatoon, and discusses how perceptions of crime and safety affect the quality of life of residents living in different neighbourhoods.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 107-116
Description
Examines the personal, academic and psychosocial factors that encourage or inhibit educational success. Emphasis is on Aboriginal students in Québec.
Article in French.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Assam University, Silchar, 2010.
Focuses on the works Slash, Whispering in the Shadows, Honour the Sun, Silent Words, and Kiss of the Fur Queen.
Discusses the elements of community well-being, Indigenous understandings of it, the five outcomes (self-knowledge, strong families, self-determination, cultural equity, and vibrant communities), and outlines actions needed at policy, system, and program levels.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 50-56
Description
Discusses various Indigenizing approaches to research including concepts of actualizing, regeneration of cultures and communities, and sustainable self-determination.
The Northern Review, no. 42, Northern Inequalities - Global Processes, Local Legacies, 2016, pp. 47-68
Description
Looks at effects on health of Inuit families caused by intergenerational trauma of settlement relocation, required attendance in residential school, and the evacuation during the tuberculosis epidemic during the 1950s and 1960s.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 1, January-March 2010, pp. 1-13
Description
Discusses the development of eHealth research agenda initiatives including the knowledge gaps which impede adoption in rural Aboriginal communities in Canada.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-17
Description
Describes St-Denis’ journey through phases of awakening, exploring, indigenizing, reclaiming and belonging as an integral part of completion of a Indigenous social work degree. Offers a decolonizing critique of social work, its practice and its relationship to contemporary colonizing practices.
Around The Kitchen Table: a Model for HIV, Hepatitis and Sexual Health Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program
Description
Outlines the successes and challenges Chee Mamuk had in the creation of a culturally appropriate traditional model and provides recommendations for future implementations.
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [81]-101
Description
"Paper examines how the author combines Cree hunting stories, and warrior traditions with the military actions on the battlefields of World War I".
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 81.
"Paper aims to ensure that the Child and Family Health Service's future service delivery framework, as proposed in the 'Case for Change' discussion paper, optimises the outcomes for Aboriginal children and families along with the wider population."
Makes general and specific recommendations about the Federal program, as well as broader issues related to health, nutritional status and household food insecurity of people living in isolated northern communities.
Provides statistics on access to all-season roads and regional energy grid, population living in suitable housing, and internet capability in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, and Nunavik.Recommendations focus on coordinated investments, a dedicated investment fund, and supporting community capacity.
Consensus, vol. 37, no. 1, Journeying Together Toward Truth and Reconciliation, 2016, pp. 1-13
Description
Summarizes local activities that could be considered as part of the reconciliation process and discusses different perspectives on reconciliation by Settler and Indigenous People.
Presenters discuss Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa of Montana's struggle for federal recognition, British Columbia Métis' perspectives on harvesting rights, and Canative Housing Corporation located in Edmonton, Alberta.
Duration: 1:31:39.
Indigenous researcher and chair of the Research Ethics Board at Ryerson University discusses past examples of unethical behaviour and analyzes Chapter 9 of Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS), which contains federal guidelines specific to research with Indigenous populations.
Duration: 58:49.
Discussion on the effectiveness of a non-Aboriginal recovery system and the provision of culturally appropriate
services and programs to meet the needs of Aboriginal people.