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Aboriginal-Crown Treaty-Making in Canada: A Many-Splendoured Thing
Looks at commercial compacts, peace and friendship treaties, territorial treaties, differing interpretations of treaty history, and difference between history and legal history. Chapter one from A History of Treaties and Policies, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Aboriginal Mobility and Migration within Canada's Friendship Centre Areas: Patterns, Levels, and Implications Based on the 2006 Census
Aboriginal Occupational Gap: Causes and Consequences
Looks at impacts of type of occupation.
Chapter five from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 1, which is also vol. 3 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education and Labour Market Outcomes in Canada, 1996
Information taken from a longer study commissioned by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND).
Chapter eight from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Aboriginal Resource Access in Response to Criminal Victimization in an Urban Context
Provides results from National Community Research Project (NCRP) done between April 2001 and April 2002. Chapter thirteen from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada: A Review of the Evidence
Looks at prevalence, gaps in information, and future research.
Chapter fourteen from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Aboriginal Single Mothers in Canada, 1996: A Statistical Profile
Presents tabulations based on the 1996 Census of Canada.
Chapter nine from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Aboriginal Youth at Risk: The Role of Education, Mobility, Housing, Employment, and Language as Protective Factors for Problem and Criminal Behaviours
American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health
Approaching Mi'Kmaq Teachings on the Connectiveness of Humans and Nature
Assessing the Net Effects of Specific Claims Settlements in First Nations Communities in the Context of Community Well-Being
Beyond the Indian Act: [Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights]
Bill C-31: A Study of Cultural Trauma
Applies three processes: trauma to culture, collective stigmatization, and historic trauma. Chapter three from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Black Lines, White Spaces: Towards Decoding a Rhetoric of Indian Identity
A Brief History of Federal Inuit Policy Development: Lessons in Consultation and Cultural Competence
Cheaper Than Bullets: American Indian Boarding Schools
and Assimilation Policy, 1890-1930
Childhood Experiences of Aboriginal Offenders
Study examined link between living conditions of offenders while growing up and current offender status.
Chapter twelve from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
The City as a "Space of Opportunity": Urban Indigenous Experiences and Community Safety Partnerships
Co-existence in Cities: The Challenge of Indigenous Urban Planning in the 21st Century
Community Influences on the Mental Health of First Nations Children in Canada
Uses findings from the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey and census data to investigate the effect of socio-economic characteristics and features of neighbourhood organization. Chapter from Exploring the Urban Landscape edited by Jerry P. White and Jodi Bruhn. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Creating for Culture: Edenshaw's Haida Roots and Cultural Transformations
A Cultural Approach to Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation: Observations from Year One
Reports on first year of three-year research study conducted in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Discusses context, methods and training and mentoring activities.
Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Current Evidence on Factors That Impact Aboriginal Peoples' Resiliency and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Existential Significance of the Dead in Four Sheets to the Wind
Decolonizing Sex Work: Developing an Intersectional Indigenous Approach
The Determinants of Employment among Aboriginal Peoples
Examines key factors associated with employment, compares them for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, and looks at probability that full-time jobs match Aboriginal's education and skills. Uses data from the 2001 Census.
Chapter one from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 1, which is also vol. 3 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Dispersed But Not Destroyed: A History of the Seventeenth-Century Wendat People
Domestic Trafficking of Aboriginal Girls in Canada: Issues and Implications
Discusses key issues identified by grassroots agencies and outlines implications for policy formulation and implementation by governments and other fields such law enforcement, justice system and social welfare services. Chapter from Health and Wellbeing edited by Jerry White, Peter Dinsdale, and Dan Beavon. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Down in a Valley, Up on a Ridge: Applying a Case Repertoire to Advanced Telecommunications and Rural Developments
The Economic Development Capacity of Urban Aboriginal Peoples
Education and Lifetime Income for Aboriginal People in Saskatchewan
Calculates the average lifetime earnings of Aboriginal males and females contingent on whether or not they earn a high school diploma, attend technical school, or attend university.
Chapter nine from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Educational Empowerment of Native American Students: A Tribally Controlled College Leads the Way
Expressions of Policy Effects: Hearing Memories of Indian Residential Schools
Compares the treatment of Jewish people in the fictional story of Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald with children's experiences in residential schools in Canada, and Indian boarding schools in the United States.
Chapter from Productive Remembering and Social Agency edited by Teresa Strong-Wilson, Claudia Mitchell, Susann Allnutt, and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan.
A Haven from Racism? Canadians Imagine Interracial Adoption
Healing the Soul Wound in Flight and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Hidden Homelessness among Aboriginal Peoples in Prairie Cities
Homeless Aboriginal Men: Effects of Intergenerational Trauma
Housing Discrimination among a Sample of Aboriginal People in Winnipeg and Thompson, Manitoba
Looks at perceived housing discrimination and the reactions and effects.
Chapter six from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
How Raven Gave Females Their Tsaw
The Idea of Northwest Coast Native Art
Images from the Spoken Word: A Comparative Study of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm’s My Heart as a Stray Bullet and Standing Ground
In a Native Key: Shelley Niro’s Revisioning of the Baroque Suite Form in Suite: Indian (2005)
In-Between Worlds: Native Americans and Utopias of Belonging on Screen
Income and First Nations Elderly: Policies for a Better Future
Uses data from the 1996 census to make comparison between levels and sources of income for Registered Indians and other Canadians.
Chapter four from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Indian Female Characterization in Larry Watson’s Montana 1948
Indian Registration: Unrecognized and Unstated Paternity
Looks at 1985 amendments to Indian Act. Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Indian Status, Band Membership, First Nation Citizenship, Kinship, Gender, and Race: Reconsidering the Role of Federal Law
Discusses how legislation such as the Indian Act, with its arbitrary rules about who is considered to be an "Indian", has impacted relationships and identity in Aboriginal communities. Chapter seven from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.