Executive Action (Conference Board of Canada) ; August 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-058]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glen Hodgson
Description
Discusses components of strengthening economic growth for businesses such as looking at previously untapped sources of labour including Aboriginal people and other under-represented groups.
Looks at at the development of knowledge creation between the University of Manitoba City Planning program and Swan Lake First Nation (SLFN). Includes vision and presentation.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. 100-103
Description
Book review of: The Sweet Smell of Home by Leonard F. Chana, Susan Lobo, and Barbara Chana.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 100.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Shifting Cultivation, 2005, pp. 6-13
Description
Reports on research on current state of swidden agriculture in upland villages and the adaptations employed by locals in response to state pressure on land use.
To access this article, scroll down to page 6.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 86-95
Description
Looks at a framework incorporating Aboriginal culture and traditions, based on the "Métis List of Rights", to reclaim the rights and responsibilities for the care and well-being of Aboriginal children.
Report of ideas, issues, opportunities, and actions identified by participants to find answers for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples to move forward on the question of reconciliation.
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 57-70
Description
Discusses why Canadian indigenous communities, as well as those around the world, are more vulnerable to the risks associated with climate change and global warming.
Reviews successful multi-component programs which include behavioural parent training, self-instructional training and school-based contingency training, that could be incorporated to treat Aboriginal children and youth with FASD.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ofelia Zepeda
Description
Looks at the contributions of many in their efforts to promote and maintain the Indigenous languages of the United States.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Canadian Census Mortality and Cancer Follow-up Study
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM) table uses information from 1991 to 2006 Canadian census mortality and cancer follow-up study..
Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table. For example, by time frame.
Canadian Census Mortality and Cancer Follow-up Study.
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM) table uses information from 1991 to 2006 Canadian Census Mortality and Cancer Follow-up Study.
Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table.
Statistics from Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM).
Data can be added / removed and manipulated. For example, geography and time frame.
Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM) table uses data from the National Household Survey (NHS).
Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table
Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM) table uses information from the National Household Survey (NHS).
Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table
Highlights the dysfunctional and atrocious living conditions on First Nations reserves, arguing that solutions must be locally driven and urban migration only creates different social issues.
Film focuses on the community of Behchoko in the Northwest Territories and its struggle to decrease the occurrence of sexually transmitted infections before HIV arrives.
Duration: 19:00.
Explores how Aboriginal youth have embraced and transformed a "culture" originally associated with the black urban ghetto.
Excerpt from The Small Cities Book: On the Cultural Future of Small Cities edited by W.F. Garrett-Petts.
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Governance in the Provincial Norths, Summer, 2005, pp. 106-122
Description
Identifies some key elements that may have bearing on the study of northern political identity through three case studies: bear hunting moratoriums, health care, and economic development.