Culture and Wellness in the Workplace: A Guidebook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Imagination FX
Nene Kraneveldt Consulting
Description
Developed to help employees, teams, volunteers, board members, and social service organizations as a whole. Information is divided into three sections: take care of yourself, take care of each other, and take care of this place.
Topics include context, healing journey and resiliency theory, culturally appropriate evidence-informed practices and examples of programs in Canada and the United States.
Political and Legal Anthropology Review, vol. 35, no. 2, November 2012, pp. 289-307
Description
Looks at court case regarding group of aboriginal plaintiffs who sought damages for loss of culture and language as a result of attending a residential school in British Columbia.
Cumulative Impacts to Fort McMurray First Nation #468 Traditional Lands & Lifeways: Shell Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine Report for Regulatory Hearings
FMFN #468 - Shell Hearing
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sherri Labour
Beth Dickson
Description
Existing effects and disturbances analysis prepared for a regulatory hearing for Shell Canada's Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine proposals on Fort McMurray First Nation traditional lands.
Reports rates, risk factors driving infections, health status of those living with HIV and their use of HIV-related services, gaps and limitations of study, and makes recommendations for preventing and managing the disease.
The Chico Historian, vol. 24, Oppression, Resistance, and the Formation of Identity, 2014, pp. 44-67
Description
Focuses on two films, They Died with Their Boots On and Little Big Man, that best represent the range of interpretations of Custer and the battle.
Entire issue on one pdf. Article located by scrolling to page 44.
Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, vol. 6, no. 1, 2012, pp. 73-89
Description
Offers place-based and inquiry-based approaches to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, enabling students to understand scientific and Native ways of knowing.
[Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions]
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cynthia Shorting
Russell Bone
Description
Two individuals describe their experiences with addiction at a STREAM (Saskatchewan Team for Research and Evaluation of Addictions Treatment and Mental Health Services) meeting. Followed by a question and answer period.
Duration: 59:25.
Presented as part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 66, no. 1, Spring, 2014, pp. 18-19
Description
Author recounts her family’s relationship with a man named “Ou-qui-chass” or Squirrel [possibly Ankwacas, Squirrel in Cree], whom the children in her family called Nicotash, from Nut Lake [now Yellow Quill First Nation].
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 18.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, 2014, pp. 164-167
Description
Book review of: The Dakota Prisoner of War Letters: Dakota Kaŝkapi Okicze Wowapi by Clifford Canku and Michael Simon.
Scroll down to page 164 to read review.
[Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence]
[First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in & Community Gathering]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Description
Talks about rebuilding nations from inside out as sovereign beings as indigenous women have been doing for centuries.
Book launch and reading presented at First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering
Duration: 35:08.
Brief overview of court decisions involving the validity of oral history and discussion of specific stories, their meaning, and relationship to written accounts recorded by traders.
Harry Daniels and the Daniels Case: A Son's Perspective on the Man, His Legacy and Vision for a United Métis Nation
Threading the Constitutional Needle with Sinew of Métisland and Métis
[What Brought It On - and Did We Get What We Wanted?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tony Belcourt
Elmer Ghostkeeper
Gabriel Daniels
Maria Campbell
Description
Speakers discuss struggles for Métis rights and recognition which led to Daniels case and the Supreme Court's ruling that Métis and non-Status individuals fall within the definition of "Indian" in section 91(24) of the Constitution Act,1867; Maria Campbell reminisces about leader Harry Daniels, who initiated the court action.
Duration: 1:59:52.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Presenter discusses how the decision aligns with or fails to meet some of the standards set out in international law and human rights instruments, the issue of Indigenous self-definition and membership, and implications in terms of right to traditional lands, territories and resources.
Duration: 49:23.
Presentation is part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 26-47
Description
Discusses case involving Métis and Non-Status Indians. Plaintiffs sought three declarations: that the two groups are "Indians" as defined by the Constitution Act, 1867; that the Crown owes a fiduciary duty to them; and they have the right to be consulted and negotiated with as to their rights, interests, and needs.