Law Thesis (LL.M.)--York University, 2005.
Explores violence perpetrated against Helen Betty Osborne, Neil Stonechild and the Lovelace case in the negative legal context created in Canada in relation to First Nations peoples.
Seachange, The Face-to-Face, Spring, 2010, pp. 51-80
Description
Looks at the history of Native Net, a nation-wide computer based multimedia communication network, and the development of CyberPowWow, an online gallery and chat room produced by the Aboriginal collective Nation to Nation.
Discussion on the effectiveness of a number of agreements negotiated directly between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities in support of three northern Canadian diamond mines.
Explores how social capital theory has been applied to Aboriginal contexts in each country.
Chapter from Social Capital in Action: Thematic Policy Studies by Maurice Lévesque, Norah Keating, Jennifer Swindle, Deborah Foster, Jean Lock Kunz ... [et al.]
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Authors look at the retention and graduation rates of American Indian post-secondary students and suggests recommendations to increase retention rates.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Colloquium on Improving the Educational Outcomes of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
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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.