An overview of initiatives for Aboriginal and Northern communities under Canada’s Economic Action Plan with the inclusion of two community investment impact studies conducted in the spring and summer of 2010.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 50-68
Description
Discusses whether the program changed attitudes toward American Indians among young learners and therefore potentially improve interracial relationships among Native Americans and non-Native Americans.
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 2, no. 1, 2011, pp. 25-51
Description
Looks at the partnership between the Inuit of Nunavut, governments of Canada and Nunavut, and the necessary policies and processes for the effective implementation of the agreement.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 6-8
Description
Concludes a successful partnership between the research team and the community hospital, aids the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians by providing accurate reports of kidney function.
Addresses concerns regarding lack of cultural knowledge to inform programs of support, screening, and intervention.
Paper from: World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Aotearoa, New Zealand, November 27-December 1, 2005
Indian Residential Schools: Implications of the Supreme Court Decision in the Barney (Blackwater) Lawsuit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada
Description
Presents the background to the Blackwater v. Plint case, which was about the harm done to children at the Alberni Indian Residential School and the implications of this decision for the United Church of Canada.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Tradition Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-4
Description
Looks at methods to engage tribes and First Nations in the development of resource management of public lands using their traditional ecological knowledge.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 34, no. 1, 2010, pp. 41-49
Description
Examines the association of high and low birth weight factors for diabetes. To do this First Nations diabetes cases with nondiabetic First Nations controls are compared to other Saskatchewan residents diabetes cases with nondiabetic Saskatchewan controls.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 11
Description
Comments on the controversy regarding allowing Chiefs to vouch for their peoples identity on election day and the solution arrived at.
Article located by scrolling to page 11.
CMEC Technical Workshop on Pan-Canadian Aboriginal Data ; 2011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
CMEC (Council of Ministers of Education Canada)
Description
Looks at a workshop held to examine the state of data on Aboriginal education and to recommend the next steps to improve the availability of such data on Aboriginal learners across Canada.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 410-414
Description
Study looks at First Nations individuals with diabetes living on-reserve in Alberta, between 2001 and 2007, and notes improvements in their health status.
Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 139, no. 11, November 2011, pp. 1774-1783
Description
Study shows that systematic and standardized evaluation of health registry systems can address challenges in obtaining quality health date in remote Aboriginal communities.
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Description
Looks at: family law, cultural awareness and services, child protection and the legal system, family violence law, victim assistance, impact of being a witness, police response and restorative justice.
Impact Assessment & Project Appraisal, vol. 29, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 49-58
Description
Presents results from research into the perspectives on environmental assessments of Canadian indigenous peoples, in particular British Columbia’s West Moberly First Nations, the Halfway River First Nation and the Treaty 8 Tribal Association.
Colloquium on Improving the Educational Outcomes of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit
Description
Colloquium had six themes: policy questions, context of K-12 education, curriculum questions, transitions from education on-reserve to off-reserve, governance and service delivery and publicly regulated education systems.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 83-99, 154
Description
Discusses the successes and failures by the provincial government on their attempts to modernize schools, and promote racial tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
Description
Discussion on Indigenous governance and territorial autonomy in defence of Indigenous rights and the destruction that the Patuca III dam project would cause.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 56-74
Description
Discusses how "Blood Run" exposes the limitations of repatriation legislation, most significantly, how NAGPRA's current definition of American Indian identity falls short of sovereign tribal conceptions of identity and tribal responsibility for the repatriation of ancestral remains.