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“Closing the Gap for Aboriginal Students”
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Author/Creator
Emily Faries
Description
Looks at historical and contemporary issues affecting students, and importance of cultural identities in the school environment.
Closing the Gap: Toward Capturing the Value of Aboriginal Cultural Industries
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[Conference Board of Canada Publication]
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Author/Creator
Ashley Sisco
Rodney Nelson
Description
Looks at the social and cultural impacts of Aboriginal cultural industries and the challenges and opportunities created for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Canada
Alternate Title
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Forty-second Session, 20 October-7 November 2008
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Description
For materials relevant to Aboriginal women, see points 17-20 (matrimonial real property) and 29-32 (violence and missing or murdered).
Depression Among Aboriginal People Living with HIV/AIDS: Research Report, November 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Randy Jackson
Roy Cain
Tracey Prentice
Evan Collins
Judy Mill
Kevin Barlow
Description
Examines how participants understand the roots of their depression, what they do about their depression, and how formal service provision might better respond to their needs.
Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal
Employment in the South Australian Public Sector: Summary Report
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Dunstan Paper ; no. 1, 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kat Barnett
John Spoehr
Eric Parnis
Description
Argues that as well as numbers employed other factors such as type and level of appointment and retention must be considered. Looks at quality of employment experience and barriers to achieving desired outcomes and concludes with 14 recommendations.
First Nations/Inuit/Métis Health Human Resource Inventory:
First Nations, Inuit & Métis Education History From a HHR Perspective
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First Nations, Inuit & Métis Education History From a HHR Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Description
Discussion on the failure of western educational approaches resulting in the need to adapt a curriculum that supports the development of culturally relevant training and education programs.
First Nations: Why an Apology is Wrong, and Deceptive:
Bringing Humanity to Bear on the Residential School Atrocity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin Annett
Description
Discusses the crimes against humanity in Indian residential schools and appropriate measures that could be implemented to address those injustices.
Giniigaaniimenaaning (Looking Ahead)
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Author/Creator
Christi Belcourt
Description
Overview of the stained glass window depicting the journey of Aboriginal people through harrowing times, and into a new era of hope.
The Governance and Fiscal Environment of First Nations’ Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations in Comparative Perspectives
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Author/Creator
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly
Description
Examines the Canadian Aboriginal fiscal inter-governmental system by comparing it to other countries. Also focuses on the key characteristics of the Canadian system including the constitutional, legal and fiscal; revenues, functions and responsibilities; reporting arrangements; funding agreements; financial reporting; and Aboriginal and federal fiscal intergovernmental relations.
History in Our Faces on Occupied Land: A Race Relations Timeline
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vancouver Status of Women Feminist Working Group
Description
Lists significant dates from 1492-2008.
The History of Cowboys & Indians: (Holbrook - Hopi - Navajo Nation - Winslow)
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The History of Cowboys and Indians: (Holbrook - Hopi - Navajo Nation - Winslow)
Documents & Presentations
Description
Brief history of the relationship between Native American Indians and white people in Arizona.
Honour, Spirit and Intent: A Model Canadian Policy on the Full Implementation of Modern Treaties between Aboriginal Peoples and the Crown
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Author/Creator
Land Claims Agreements Coalition
Description
Presents a policy that ensures that modern treaties are implemented to protect the rights of Aboriginal signatories, ensure their continuity as peoples, and provide for their political, social, economic and cultural development.
Housing Policy for Aboriginal Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (APHA)
Documents & Presentations
Description
Discusses a policy initiative to reduce inconsistencies in existing policies for service providers in regard to Aboriginal peoples living with HIV/AIDS especially those moving from correctional settings to halfway houses.
The Impact of High-Stakes Accountability Policies on Native American Learners: Evidence from Research
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Author/Creator
Teresa L. McCarty
Description
Discussion on the disparities in public education, policies intended to improve and enhance equity, and recommendations for accountability & policy reform.
Indigenous Empowerment: The Pebble Mine and Environmental Justice in Bristol Bay, Alaska
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Author/Creator
Verner Wilson
Description
Examines how the Pebble partnership and government regulatory regimes are addressing the environmental health and justice concerns that include potential impacts of mining operations on air and water quality, water supply, aquatic life and the welfare of the Indigenous people.
Module 1: Primer on Touchstones for Leadership
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Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles.This module discusses the goals and hopes of the reconciliation movement to re-develop community-developed visions of healthy children and families.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module III: West (Transformations) — Focusing on the Self-Determination Touchstones
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Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module focuses on initiative aimed to build on collaboration among the child welfare system and Aboriginal communities in the context of traditional Aboriginal worldviews to reconciliation and healing.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module IV: North (Inward Reflections) — Focusing on the Non Discrimination Touchstone
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores the process and goals for reconciliation against racial discrimination as they apply to child welfare.
Materials presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module lI: South (Beginnings) -- Focusing on the Culture, Language and Holism Touchstones
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores worldview approaches that reflect and reinforce the intrinsic and distinct aspects of Aboriginal cultures, customs and languages.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module V: East (Wisdom) — Focusing on the Structural Interventions Touchstone
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores proactive strategies to identify and address systemic and structural barriers that impact the well-being of Indigenous children, families and communities.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Native American Boarding Schools: The Education and Cultural Transformation of American Indians under the United States Government Boarding Schools
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Author/Creator
Mathew LaMore
Description
Lesson plan for Grades 6-8 teaching about the experiences of Native youth in Indian boarding schools.
Pimachiowin Aki World Heritage Project Area Ecosystem Services Valuation Assessment
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vivek Voora
Stephan Barg
Description
Looks at the economic value of the ecosystem services provided by the natural environments of the Pimachiowin Aki area.
Returns to Education Amongst Aboriginal Groups in Canada, 2001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Krishna Pendakur
Ravi Pendakur
Description
Study found that while linkages between level of schooling and earnings were similar to other Canadians, there appears to be a penalty just for being Aboriginal.
[Speech Given by Priscilla Settee at the Community Economic Development International Meeting Held in May 2008 in Saskatoon]
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National CED Conference, 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Priscilla Settee
Description
Explains the Cree concept of wakohtowin, the betterment of all human relations. Presented at Waves of Change, 2008 National Community Economic Development International (CED) Conference held May 21-24 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
A Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Wabanaki Women in New Brunswick
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Advisory Committee on Violence Against Aboriginal Women
Description
Discusses factors which contribute to violence and makes recommendations for action strategies and service delivery.
Telling Our Story: Case Study of the Cherokee Nation Cultural Tourism Initiative
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Author/Creator
Chad Smith
Description
Reviews the academic and trade tourism literature; looks at the literature review regarding challenges faced in developing sustainable cultural tourism; observes and analyses the development process and execution of a master cultural tourism plan; and reviews the governance and marketing of the Cherokee Nation Cultural Tourism Initiative.
The Urban and Regional Segregation of Indigenous Australians: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
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Paper (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute) ; no. 12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rowland Atkinson
Elizabeth Taylor
Maggie Walter
Description
Discusses how the non-Indigenous population contributes to serious socio-economic disparity of the Indigenous population by ignoring their exclusion and political marginalization.
Violence in the Lives of Girls in the Kainai First Nation
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Author/Creator
Helen McPhaden
Janet Sarson
Description
Looks at project to find the root causes for young Aboriginal women and girls to become more violent, aggressive and prone to gang involvement.