Looks at the Education Act Review Committee recommendations and the gap between first Nations and non-First Nation student outcomes. Report contains background papers, position papers and responses to the recommendations of the 2002-04 Education Act Review.
Diabetes Care, vol. 30, no. 2, February 2007, pp. 306-311
Description
Looks at chronic periodontitis in diabetics and the relationship between overt nephropathy and end-stage renal disease in an American-Indian population.
Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada ; 2007
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada ; vol. 28, 2007
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Author/Creator
Ronald D. Camp
Description
Examines business alliances between Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous corporations in Canada; looks at the the activities of one oil company and one environmental assessment company in Ecuador and their interactions with Indigenous people.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 44-65
Description
Study presents traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) gathered from 40 subsistence hunters and fishers in an Inupiat village on the Alaska North Slope; includes observations of the physical environment and the condition/wellbeing of the animals harvested.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 37-42
Description
Examines the self-harming behaviours among children and youth, both minority and non-minority, in the care of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 10, October 2007, p. 15
Description
Looks at a project, My Home III and My Home IV, that provides housing for young women at risk due to negative lifestyles.
Article located by scrolling to page 15.
Anglican Journal, vol. 133, no. 2, February 2007, p. 1,10
Description
Comments on the proposed agreement for Aboriginal peoples who can prove they attended residential schools, and discusses the compensation they will receive.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 79-95
Description
Examines the use of quilts and quilt making as a concept in Native American literature, such as incorporating quilts into metaphors that help illustrate more abstract ideas, like wholeness, or to clarify further the novel's structure and complexity.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S34-S38
Description
Looks at some of the key elements of the Family Wellbeing Program including: the notion that no matter how desperate a situation might seem there are always options available for change, embrace rather than resist change and the concept that from little things big things grow.
Canadian Family Physician, vol. 53, no. 9, September 2007, pp. 1459-1465
Description
Review included randomized controlled trial, systematic review or meta-analysis; literature indicated that patients may find indirect communication, use of silence, and sharing information with the family and community members of value.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 79-100
Description
Conducts an overview of First Nations child policies, citing jurisdictional squabbles, inadequate funding levels and neglect as contributing factors to the poor outcomes for child welfare agencies.
Organizational Systems Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, 2007.
(This is an abridged version of the introduction, one chapter, and the conclusion of the document.)
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
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Author/Creator
Lars Rønning
Description
Looks at the ways those involved with reindeer husbandry combine modern business methods with traditional culture to improve economic outcome.
Chapter 19 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson.
Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 232 or select chapter 19 on side bar.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 1, 2007, pp. 77-79
Description
Concludes that seal meat may contain Trichinella, and indicates that risk factors found to be associated with seropositivity include: people over 40, a high intake of traditional food, living in hunting areas, and having an occupation as a fisherman or hunter.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 6, June 2007, p. 8
Description
Introduces Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew, a new member of the Lung Association of Saskatchewan, and her intention to work towards improving the health of First Nations and Métis people.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
Topics include quantity and quality of employment, closed and open gateways to employment, and governments as gatekeepers to public service employment.
Objectives were to: identify number of Aboriginal full-time equivalent positions; identify which positions were exempted from Equal Opportunity legislation and which were Aboriginal-specific; examine the nature of positions; and undertake a comparative analysis of the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal trainees.
Discussion of the nature of Aboriginal employment and barriers to achieving the desired number and level of appointments and retaining those hired to fill positions.