Revista Espanola de Educacion Comparada, vol. 18, 2011, pp. 125-156
Description
Addresses the quality and equity of Canada's education systems by drawing on educational indicators and
discussing educational reforms that have taken place.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 50, no. 1, 2011, pp. 7-31
Description
"This article traces the Native American policy career of William Demmert, Jr. from the development and implementation of the Indian Education Act of 1972 through the implementation of the Executive Order on American Indian and Alaska Native Education signed by President Clinton to the initiation of a unique research partnership to document the impact of culturally based education on the academic achievement of Native American students".
Writing Postcolonial Histories of Intercultural Education
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Jonas Jakobsen
Description
Comments on the struggle for equal and special rights for the Sami people in the Norwegian education system.
Chapter from Writing Postcolonial Histories of Intercultural Education edited by H. Niedrig and C. Ydesen.
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.
Study of the school and the principal's daily activities during the 1960s as a Federally operated residential school and as operated by the Yukon Department of Education in 2008.
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.
Identifies issues in six areas: financial, institutional, historical, geographical, educational, and personal, and makes 19 recommendations to minimize barriers to education.
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.
Health Education Journal, vol. 70, no. 1, February 24, 2011, p. 1–9
Description
Looks at the effectiveness of an Aboriginal health seminar in altering medical students’ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of Aboriginal health issues, and their preparedness and willingness to work in an Aboriginal community.
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.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 11-16, 188
Description
The author shares her experiences and insights from her own culture and people, as well as other Indigenous and non-Indigenous philosophers and scholars.
Canadian Geographer, vol. 55, no. 1, Geographies of Inuit Sea Ice Use, Spring, 2011, p. 32–35
Description
Overview of an interview conducted by Paul Irngaut with an experienced hunter about Inuit knowledge of sea ice and the difficulties documenting and recording this knowledge.
Journal of Northern Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2011, pp. 9-28
Description
Reveals a higher degree of closeness between non-Sami and Sami than previously assumed as reflected in the attitudes and relationships between the two groups.
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.
Discusses an initiative to provide all students with an understanding and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and traditional and contemporary cultures.
Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. [1-6]
Description
Theory states structural risks affecting Aboriginal children's safety and well-being are diminished when relational world view principles are in balance with the community.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 2011, pp. 78-105
Description
Focuses on academic work on urban Aboriginal identities in Canada since the report of the Royal commission on Aboriginal Peoples was published in 1993.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 2, Fall, 2011, pp. 135-139
Description
Looks at economic conditions by examining employment rates between Aboriginal people living on and off reserves based on age, gender, geography and education level.