Audit conducted to assess progress made by Health Canada in responding to observations and recommendations made by the Office in 1997 and recommendations made by the Public Accounts Committee in 1998.
Statistics on demographic trends, culture and language, continuous learning, work and participation in society, living arrangements and housing, and health and well-being.
Chapter six of A Portrait of Seniors in Canada 2006.
Scroll to page 221 to read chapter.
Proceedings of the 61st Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute
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Robin M. Junger
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Discussion of the ramifications of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia.
Chapter 17A from Proceedings of the 61st Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute published by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.
Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court's Delgamuukw Decision
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Kent McNeil
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Chapter in book: Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court's Delgamuukw Decision edited by Owen Lippert.
Focuses on definition of Aboriginal title according to the courts, as both a property and constitutional right.
Discusses framework of reparations to include the emotional, spiritual, political and social realms all within the context of the particular history of Native peoples.
Chapter in book: Reparations: Interdisciplinary Inquiries edited by Jon Miller and Rahul Kumar.
Chapter in book: Contemporary Tendencies in Mediation edited by Humberto Dalla Bernardina de Pinho, Juliana Loss de Andrade.
Looks at the use of mediation in reconciliation of lands and resources.
Scroll down to page 67 for chapter.
Beyond Sport for Development and Peace: Transnational Perspectives on theory, Policy and Practice
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Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst
Audrey R. Giles
Jan Wright
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Looks at initiatives for girls and the impact from sport for development and peace.
Chapter in the book: Beyond Sport for Development and Peace: Transnational Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice edited by L.M.C. Hayhurst, T. Kay and M. Chawansky.
Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights
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Christina Godlewska
Jeremy Webber
Law and Society Series
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Commentary on the pivotal case which established that title was a right recognized by Canadian law.
Chapter from: Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights edited by Hamar Foster, Heather Raven, Jeremy Webber.
Tradition and Innovation: Advances in Conservation: Contributions to the Melbourne Congress, 10-14 October, 2000
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Charles S. Rhyne
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Discusses the tensions between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal viewpoints about the issue of preservation, and provides examples of attempts to reconcile the two.
Excerpt from: Tradition and Innovation: Advances in Conservation Contributions to the Melbourne Congress, 10-14 October 2000.
Looks at Thomas Hobbes' theory of the "state of nature" and how it has shaped Europeans' treatment of Indigenous peoples.
Chapter 1 from: Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision edited by Marie Battiste.
Doing Race in Social Studies: Critical Perspectives
Teaching and Learning Social Studies
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Sarah B. Shear
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Concludes that current K-12 history textbooks inadequately address the complexities of Indigenous education.
Chapter 2 from: Doing Race in Social Studies: Critical Perspectives edited by Prentice T. Chandler.
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[International Conference of Canadian Studies ; 2nd, 2005]
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Madeleine Danova
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Discusses Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King and Because my Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie.
Excerpt from Images of Canada: Interiors and Exteriors.
Entire volume on one pdf. To access essay scroll to p. 131.
Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
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Gretchen Eick
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Focuses on three writers who wrote about their traumatic childhoods which collectively cover from 1862 to 1920.
Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013.
Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.
Summarizes, that along with other Canadian provinces, Alberta observes rates of diabetes mellitus incidence among First Nations people to be twice as high as non-First Nations people and treatment and prevention efforts should be directed at younger age groups and women.
Chapter nine of: Alberta Diabetes Atlas 2007.
Chapter from Språk og språkforhold i Sápmi edited by Tove Bull, Jurij Kusmenko.
Provides general information about the Kola Saami language and current state of their documentation.
Reviews the Constitutional and statutory basis for the education of Aboriginal Canadians, related case law, and control of curriculum content.
Chapter five in: Educational Administration for Canadian Teachers.
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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Ronald D. Camp
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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.
Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
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Noel Edward Smyth
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Looks how European and American writers, anthropologists and historians have misconstrued and misrepresented the history of the Natchez people for the last 250 years.
Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013.
Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
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Lars Rønning
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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 Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
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Teresa E. Dana
Liisa Remes
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Interviews reveal the various ways Sámi people in Finland are supplementing their reindeer herding income.
Chapter 22 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 287 or select chapter 22 on side bar.
Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
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[Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq]
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An overview of the traditional forms and philosophies of education in Native communities in Nova Scotia, and the changes that have occurred since pre-contact and colonization to the present. Chapter Four of Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
Critical Suicidology: Transforming Suicide Research and Prevention for the 21st Century
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Lisa M. Wexler
Joseph P. Gone
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Comments on three normative assumptions about standard suicide prevention strategies.
Chapter 3 from Critical Suicidology: Transforming Suicide Research and Prevention for the 21st Century edited by Jennifer White, Ian Marsh, Michael J. Kral, Jonathan Morris.
Belonging? Diversity, Recognition and Shared Citizenship in Canada
The Art of the State Series ; no. 3
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Evelyn J. Peters
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Chapter from the book Belonging? Diversity, Recognition and Shared Citizenship in Canada edited by Keith Banting, Thomas J. Courchene and F. Leslie Seidle.
Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity: Cross-National Perspectives in Classifications ad Identity Politics
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Éric Guimond
Norbert Robitaille
Sacha Senecal
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Examines the questions: Why is it so hard to define Aboriginal populations in Canada? How can the recent demographic explosion be explained?
Chapter 12 from Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity edited by Patrick Simon, Victor Piché, and Amélie A. Gagnon.
Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
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John Bodinger de Uriarte
Melissa Biggs
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Looks into the question of whether profits from Native American gaming helped to establish or expand Native American museums and cultural centers as venues for cultural self-representation.
Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013.
Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.
Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
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Jennifer L. McMahon
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Examines five feature films, with a preoccupation on mortality, written and directed by Native Americans.
Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013.
Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.
Women and the Gift Economy: A Radically Different Worldview is Possible
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Rauna Kuokkanen
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Comments on the physical and spiritual relationship Sami have with the land.
Version of a chapter from Women and the Gift Economy: A Radically Different Worldview is Possible edited by Genevieve Vaughan.
Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs
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Mattea V. Sanders
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Essay suggests best practices in writing a history of the Eastern Band.
Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013.
Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.
Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices from the Prairies
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Sharon McKay
Shelley Thomas Prokop
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Chapter two from Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices from the Prairies edited by I. Brown, F. Chaze, D. Fuchs, J. Lafrance S. McKay and S. Thomas Prokop.
Discusses conversations held with agencies serving children, youth and families in four Saskatchewan First Nations communities.
General discussion of the issue of Aboriginal tenure, and through an examination of treaties between the Micmaq, Wabenaki Confederacy and the British Crown asserts that Aboriginal title has not been extinguished in Atlantic Canada.
Excerpted from Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court's Delgamuukw Decision.
Proceedings of the 4th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange
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Craig Furneaux
Kerry Brown
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Paper from Proceedings of the 4th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange edited by L. Murray Gillin.
Looks at the comparatively low number of Indigenous people engaged in small business in Australia compared to Canada and the United States.
Fathers Across Cultures: The Importance, Roles and Diverse Practices of Dads
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Jessica Ball
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Interviews with Indigenous fathers.
Chapter in the book: Fathers Across Cultures: The Importance, Roles and Diverse Practices of Dads edited by Jaipaul L. Roopnarine
Introduces the topics found in the book including an overview of family violence issues in relation to the Aboriginal community.
Introduction from No Place for Violence: Canadian Aboriginal Alternatives edited by Sharon Perrault and Jocelyn Proulx.
Brief discussion of the political party's goals of modernization and establishment of a socialist society, which were carried out with minimal consultation with residents.
Introduction from CCF Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan.
Examines the need for and challenges to implementing Indigenous perspectives in the Canadian education system.
Chapter in Handbook of Canadian Research in Initial Teacher Education edited by Thomas Falkenberg.
To access chapter, scroll down to page 19.
Strengthening Community University Research Partnerships: Global Perspectives
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Leslie Brown
Joanna Ochocka
Sylvia de Grosbois
Budd L. Hall
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Chapter in book: Strengthening Community University Research Partnerships: Global Perspectives edited by Budd Hall, Rajesh Tandon, Crystal Tremblay.
Scroll down to page 95 to read chapter.
Presents historical background to community based research, four different approaches and the challenges.
Looks at the historical time line of the Gitksan peoples since colonization.
Pre-publication of book chapter: Potlatch at Gisegukla: William Beyon's 1945 Fieldbooks edited by Margaret Anderson and Marjorie Halpin.
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
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Helena Ruotsala
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Comments on break down of the traditional way of life and traditional sources of livelihood.
Chapter 23 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 302 or select chapter 23 on side bar.
Cross-Cultural Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD
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John P. Wilson
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Looks into the relationship between trauma and culture.
Chapter 1 from Cross-Cultural Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD edited by John P. Wilson and Catherine So-kum Tang.
Looks at the protagonist whose memories of her roots and traditions help her fight against adversity.
Chapter from Reading Multiculturalism: Contemporary Postcolonial Literatures edited by Ana Bringas López and Belén Martín Lucas.
International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
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Author/Creator
Terri R. Lituchy
Robert Oppenheimer
Thomas O'Connell
Ronald J. Abraira
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Looks at case studies of 12 entrepreneurs.
Chapter 30 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 378 or select chapter 30 from side bar.
Myth and Memory: Rethinking Stories of Indigenous-European Contact
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John Lutz
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Introduction in book: Myth and Memory: Rethinking Stories of Indigenous-European Contact edited by John Sutton Lutz. Contact stories provide differing explanations for settlers and Indigenous people.