Report submitted to the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry Implementation Commission. Summarizes various reduction strategies and gives examples of successful programs.
Native Studies Review, vol. 14, no. 1, 2001, pp. 55-81
Description
Research conducted on distribution of housing market opportunities show race matters in CMA housing market after excluding age, marital status, family type, education, occupation and income levels.
Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, vol. 38, no. 4, November 2001, pp. 465-477
Description
Study found Inuit had highest level of inequality, while Métis had the lowest. Authors speculate that geographic isolation and lack of integration may lead to these disparities.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 64, 2001, pp. 137-168
Description
Discussion and history of s. 718.(2) (e) of the Criminal Code which says that particular attention must be paid to the circumstances of Aboriginal offenders.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 88, no. 5, May 1988, pp. 781-786
Description
Argues that there is an apparent high prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska, cautions that use of a single data-source can lead to underestimates.
Social and Economic Review of the Impact of Land Survey and Registration Systems on Canada Lands: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hickling Arthurs Low Technology Management and Economics
Description
Paper's information based on: literature review, interviews, case studies and a workshop. Primary focus is First Nations groups but also includes information on the North (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut), offshore and national parks.
Explores relationships between key background variables of youth and their experience on the street and identifies gaps in the literature that may be considered in the planning of future research.
Agricultural and Rural Working Paper Series ; Working Paper ; no. 46
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin P. Armstrong
Description
Discusses extent of well-being, changes since 1986, possible strategies for improvement, and compares conditions to those found in non-Aboriginal population. Data drawn from 1996 Census of Population.
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles including, Two-Spirited Youth Program by Julian F. Wilson
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, interviews, poems and various articles, including Aboriginal Women: No Rights to Land or Children by Mabel Nipshank.
Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 274-279
Description
Examines health care utilization patterns and finds Native Hawaiian women with the highest rates of depression as well as sexual, physical, and emotional abuse.
Diabetes Care, vol. 24, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 64-68
Description
Study shows that diabetics with complications earn only 85% of non-diabetic incomes and are twice as likely to be out of the labour force when compared to the general population while the disease has less influence on rates of employment for Aboriginals.
Discussion of the methodologies, ethics, and background of study which centered on womens' experience of violence and doubts as to whether restorative justice would actually improve the situation.