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Statistics Canada
Western Region and Northern Territories
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Specific information from the 2006 census which could be used for strategic planning, influencing public policy, and support for funding proposals.
2016 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey
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Author/Creator
Reciprocal Consulting
Description
Statistics on age, family profile, housing, mobility, language, income, employment and labour force, and commuting.
Related Material: 2021 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey
2021 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey
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SUILC Census Data Report
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Author/Creator
Big River Analytics
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Statistics on general population, gender and age, families, housing, mobility, language, education, income, employment and labour force, and commuting.
Related Material: 2016 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey.
City of Calgary Population Profiles: Aboriginal Identity
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Author/Creator
City of Calgary
Description
Includes statistics for demographics, family, housing, language, education, employment, and income.
Data from the 2011 Census of Canada and the 2011 National Household Survey.
Creating Pathways: An Aboriginal Early Years Five Year Strategic Plan
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Author/Creator
Yvette Bolduc
Alison Gerlach
Monique Gray Smith
Joyce Schneider
Description
Discusses plan to ensure all Aboriginal children and their families with have equal access to services that foster culture and language revitalization and promote holistic child and family wellness.
Culture and Intercultural Dynamics: The Life Stories of Three Women from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (Volume II)
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Author/Creator
Camil Gerard
Anne-Marie Siméon
Yvette Maltais-Jean
Ivy Bradbury
Description
One participant was Aboriginal hunter, one was a French Canadian farmer, and one was an immigrant from England. Focus was on six characteristics: language, religion, social relations, family, intergenerational links, and rites of passage.
Culture and Language as Social Determinants of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health
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Social Determinants of Health
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National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Reports a good health care strategy should include: health professions communicating in the local language, combining local knowledge with modern medicine, community control and development, and use Aboriginal concepts of health in care and policy.
The Destiny of Education for First Nations Children : Priority Intervention Areas
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First Nations Education Council (FNEC)
Description
Looks at programs that foster innovation and facilitate academic success for young adults, as well as improvements to accountability, resources and control to enhance educational services.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
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Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
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Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
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Author/Creator
Michael Pavel
Susan Rae Banks-Joseph
Ella Inglebret
Laurie McCubbin
Jason Sievers ... [et al.]
Description
Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.
He Whānau Reo Māori: Me Pēwhea Rā?: A Literature Review Prepared for Te Mātāwai
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Author/Creator
Awanui Te Huia
Fiona Maddever
Description
Literature published about parents/caregivers choosing to use Maori as the main language in the home. Looks at factors relevant to parents/caregivers and children and some information relating to the extended family.
Head Start Research: A Summary of Research and Publications on Early Childhood For American Indian and Alaska Native Children
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Author/Creator
Ellen L. Marks
Melinda K. Moyer
Michelle Roche
Elliott T. Graham
Description
Synthesizes research findings focusing on educational and health services and topical areas related to those services. Findings will be used in the development of future programs.
Helping Students Succeed: Vision, Goals and Priorities For Yukon First Nations Education
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Author/Creator
Yukon First Nation Education Advisory Committee
Description
Overview of strategies for providing effective education from pre-school to grade twelve and support for students and parents.
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum: Avoidance of Conflict-Paaqæaktautaiññiq
Alternate Title
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum
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Author/Creator
North Slope Borough School District
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Issues in the Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Students with Disabilities
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ERIC Digest ; 448009
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Author/Creator
Susan Faircloth
John W. Tippeconnic
Description
Addresses the needs of students with disabilities in the classroom by looking at preparation and recruitment of special educators and service providers, rights and responsibilities of parents, cultural assessments and environment.
Little Red Spirit, Aboriginal Head Start Program
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Author/Creator
Linda DeRiviere
Description
Assessment of program for children between three and six which is based on six key components: culture and language, education, health promotion, nutrition, social support, and parental involvement.
Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) Report (2002/03)
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Author/Creator
Brenda Elias
Jeff LaPlante
Description
Statistics for adults, youth and children.
Messages from the Heart: Caring for Our Children: A Showcase on Aboriginal Child Rearing
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Description
Brief report on gathering of parents, grandparents, practitioners, educators, Elders, and policy makers which took place in March 2009.
Module 3: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northwest Russia, Siberia and the Far East
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CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Three: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northwest Russia, Siberia and the Far East
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
[Cultural Identity In Russia]
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Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses the role of language, literature, media, art, family and education.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module lI: South (Beginnings) -- Focusing on the Culture, Language and Holism Touchstones
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Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
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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.
Native American Children and Families in New Mexico: Strengths and Challenges: A New Mexico Kids Count 2012 Special Report
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Author/Creator
Christine Hollis
Description
Reports data on economic security, housing conditions and education and language for twenty two tribal communities; nineteen pueblos and three tribes.
Navigating Government Services: The "Lived Experience" of Urban Aboriginal Families in Fredericton, New Brunswick: Final Report
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Author/Creator
Lisa Jodoin
Description
Study involved interviews and focus groups with 32 community members and front-line service providers both in Aboriginal organizations and government. Themes which emerged were health, parenting supports, mobility, and employment, as well as three overarching issues: service gaps and barriers, funding gaps, and impermanence of programs and funding.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003: Report
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Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision)
Description
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2005 Report
Alternate Title
Second Report on Indigenous Disadvantage
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Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Description
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2007: Report
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Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Description
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011: Report
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Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Description
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
Overview: Manitoba's Aboriginal Population
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Author/Creator
Ultra Insights Planning and Research Services
Description
General statistics and well as more detailed for language, living arrangements of children, housing and mobility, educational attainment, and labour force.
An Overview of Demographic, Social and Economic Conditions of the Inuit in Canada
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Author/Creator
Norbert Robitaille
Robert Choinière
Description
Uses historical census data and vital statistics.
An Overview of Registered Indian Conditions in Alberta
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George K. Jarvis
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve population.
An Overview of Registered Indian Conditions in British Columbia
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Author/Creator
Katie Cooke
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
An Overview of Registered Indian Conditions in Canada
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Author/Creator
N. H. Lithwick
Marvin Schiff
Eric Vernon
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
An Overview of Registered Indian Conditions in Manitoba
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Author/Creator
Jeremy Hull
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
An Overview of Registered Indian Conditions in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
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Author/Creator
Hugh Lautard
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
An Overview of Registered Indian Conditions in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
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Author/Creator
Hugh Lautard
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
An Overview of Registered Indian Conditions in Ontario
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Author/Creator
Katherine Graham
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
An Overview of Registered Indian Conditions in Quebec
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Author/Creator
Jeremy Hull
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
An Overview of Registered Indian Conditions in Saskatchewan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George K. Jarvis
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
Plain Talk 8: First Nations Quality of Life
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 8
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Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Looks at perspective as an important aspect when defining quality of life and provides 10 components of First Nation quality of life.
Population Health Profile on First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples in Waterloo Region
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Epidemiology and Health Analytics Team
Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services
Description
Statistics related to health status, access to health care and social determinants of health such as language, education, employment, income, and housing.
Promising Education Interventions to Improve the Achievement of Native American Students: An Annotated Bibliography
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Author/Creator
Dan Jesse
Judy Northup
Amanda Withington
Description
Topics include: school improvement; literacy, mathematics, and science; language and culture; behavioural and social-emotional interventions; and parent, family, and community involvement.
Quick Facts from the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey
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Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Description
Features select data and text from the full report Now Is the Time: Our Data, Our Stories, Our Future: The National Report of the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education, and Employment Survey.
Reanimating Storywork: Indigenous Elders' Reflections on Leadership
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Author/Creator
Shane Pointe (Ti'te-in)
Description
Interview with Elder working at the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 32: Waswanipi, Quebec
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Description
RCAP 32 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Waswanipi, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations on a variety of subjects such as education, health care, unemployment, child and family welfare, and the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 41: Kispiox, British Columbia
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RCAP 41 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Kispiox, British Columbia. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations relating to education, land claims, self-governemnt, family and women's issues. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Rod Soosay
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File contains an individual presentation by Rod Soosay that focuses on growing up in an alcoholic home and now he has raised his children without the presence of alcohol in their home. He also discusses the lack of identity he feels as a Cree person, an Aboriginal person and as a Canadian. Following the presentation is a brief question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Shawn Bruce, Resident, Old Crow, Yukon
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File contains an individual presentation by Shawn Bruce focusing on the necessity of teaching the Vuntut Gwitch'in language to youth to ensure it does not become extinct. Bruce is frustrated with the division in his family due to Bill C-31 and rulings by the Old Crow council that have determined the speaker's sisters to be Indian and one brother as non-status. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Abe Okpik
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File contains a presentation by Abe Okpik. Okpik discusses the significance of midwifery to the Inuit people, and on Baffin Island in particular. He also discusses traditional knowledge and its importance in contemporary midwifery. Following the presentation are some comments on it by Commissioners Mary Sillet and Rene Dussault.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Andy Poonae
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File contains a presentation by Andy Poonae. Poonae discusses some of his personal life experiences with relation to issues facing Aboriginal peoples. Amongst these experiences he describes growing up without knowledge of his own people's cultural traditions, attending a Conference of residential school survivors, and being present at the side of the Mohawks at the Oka standoff.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bill Riddell and Leah Inutiq, Members of Tuvvik
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File contains a presentation by Bill Riddell and Leah Inutiq, members of Tuvvik, a committee of the Baffin Regional Council that delivers alcohol and drug counselling programs in Iqaluit. They express concern that social programs are being funded as a result of "political decisions that are popular and are likely to result in re-election." There is no longevity with social programs which ultimately harm the people they are trying to help. They also state concerns with the justice system. Following the presentation is a discussion with the commissioners.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Brenda Small
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File contains a presentation by Brenda Small. Small, a member of the Mocreebec community (originally from what is now Quebec) near Moose Factory. Small discusses what she views as the plight of Aboriginal women, and the need for them to have the courage to speak out about the social problems that afflict their communities. Small also stresses the need for Aboriginal men to take responsibility for their actions and help speak out against domestic violence and abuse.