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Assembly of First Nations
Description
Paper developed as a result of the Crown-First Nations Gathering, January 23-24, 2012. Discusses general goals as well as those in specific areas: families and communities, rights, self-government, and economic and environmental interests.
Aboriginal Cultural Connections: A Child Protection Resource Guide
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Author/Creator
Child Protection Services
Department of Community Services and Seniors
Prince Edward Island First Nations
Description
Resource guide includes information on: Aboriginal Communities and Services, Spirituality, Aboriginal Culture, Cultural Beliefs and Practices, Mi'kmaq Language, Mi'kmaq History and Band Governance and Identity.
Aboriginal Head Start: Making a Difference in the Northwest Territories: Longitudinal Evaluation of Aboriginal Heal Start in the Northwest Territories 2000 to 2008: Final Report
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Author/Creator
Jennifer Chalmers
Liz Cayen
Marjan Saghatoleslami
Cheryl Bradbury
Description
Reports on the history of the program, development of model evaluation and the 2008 longitudinal evaluation study on the communities of Fort Smith, Hay River, Fort Providence, Bechokò, Yellowknife/Ndilo, Inuvik, Paulatuk and Fort McPherson.
Aboriginal Horizontal Framework
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Aboriginal Horizontal Framework: Programs and Spending Overview
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Author/Creator
[Treasury Board Secretariat
Government of Canada]
Description
Overview of Aboriginal-direct programming and spending offered by the Government of Canada. The 360 programs and services are arranged under seven thematic headings: Health, Lifelong Learning, Housing, Safe and Sustainable Communities, Economic Opportunities, Lands and Resources and Governance and Relationships.
Aboriginal People in Manitoba [2012]
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Author/Creator
[Aboriginal and Northern Affairs]
Description
Based on Manitoba government program data and statistics gathered from Government of Canada's 2006 Census.
Access to Justice for Deaf Persons in Nunavut: Focus on Signed Languages.
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Research Report (Department of Justice Canada) ; rr2000-17e
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Author/Creator
Jamie MacDougall
Description
Research looks into the unique communications needs of Inuit and makes recommendations.
Addressing Racism in the Healthcare System: A Policy Position and Discussion Paper
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Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Makes six recommendations: improve and expand healthcare delivery in Inuit Nunangat, increase numbers of Inuit healthcare providers, support traditional midwifery approaches, foster wrap-around care services for specialized care, ensure cultural competency training, and preserve traditional language rights.
Alaska EARTH Study Data Summary 2008
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Alaska EARTH (Education and Research Towards Health)
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Author/Creator
Anne Lanier
Alaska EARTH Research Team
Description
Data identifies protective and risk factors for chronic diseases based on 3,828 Alaskan Native and American Indian participants.
Related Material: Full Report.
An Annual Report on the State of Inuit Culture and Society 2002-2003
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Author/Creator
Nunavut Social Development Council
Nunavut Tunngavik
Description
Covers issues such as social housing, childcare, education, language, and health.
Bibliography of ‘Arctic Social Science’ Theses and Dissertations
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Author/Creator
Jack Hicks
Description
Over 1,100 annotated citations covering all aspects Arctic life. Current as of 2007.
Bishop Durieu's Chinook Bible History
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Description
Chinook Bible History (CBH) was translated into Chinook shorthand by Father LeJeune and published in sections in the Kamloops Wawa in it's entirety the year of Bishop Durieu's death. Similar to the newsletter format, CBH includes English titles with the main text in Chinook shorthand. The author's name is misspelled in CBH as "Bishop Durien."
Broken Promises: Evaluating the Native American Health Care System
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Author/Creator
United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR)
Description
Brings attention to cultural, social and structural barriers that continue to restrict Native American's access to health care and the failure of Congress to provide necessary resources.
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation
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Calls to Action Accountability: A 2019 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2020 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2023 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2022 Status Update on Reconciliation
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Author/Creator
Eva Jewell
Ian Mosby
Description
Looks at which of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call2 to Action have been completed. 2023 Report, 2022 Report, 2020 Report.
Closing the Gap in Indigenous Education Workshop Report
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How to Close the Gap in Indigenous Education
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Description
Focuses on educational reform for Indigenous children in remote and northern Australia to improve educational outcomes. Feedback from participants provides recommendations.
Coast Salish Culture: An Outline Bibliography
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Author/Creator
Brian Thom
Description
List of scholarly research on historic and contemporary Coast Salish cultures, current as of March 29, 2011.
Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2002
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Nunavut Research Compendium, 2002
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Author/Creator
Nunavut Research Institute
Description
Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge
Contributions of Culture and Language in Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities to Children’s Health Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Research
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Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Ken Moselle
Description
Uses social determinants of health model to identify immediate and long term benefits.
Summarizes method and key findings from the report Healthy Aboriginal Child Development and Health Promotion/Chronic Disease Prevention: Prospects for Integration and Inter sectoral Coordination.
COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples Rights: What Is the Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples' Rights?
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Author/Creator
United Nations Human Rights
Office of the High Commissioner
Description
Focuses on health and access to healthcare, participation and consultation, access to information, livelihoods, territories, land and resources, and access to clean water and sanitation facilities. Under each topic lists promising practices and key actions for States and other stakeholders.
Critical Review: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Aboriginal Children: Does a Language Profile Emerge?
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Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series
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Author/Creator
Melissa McCabe
Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series
Description
Reviews existing literature identifying language characteristics of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children with FASD.
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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Author/Creator
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.
Demographic Profile of Indian Country
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Author/Creator
NCAI Policy Research Center
Description
Looks at population, tribal economies, tribal lands, public safety and security, energy on tribal lands, housing and infrastructure, forestry, health disparities, and education.
[Fact Sheets for Nourishing the Learning Spirit]
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First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Early Childhood Learning
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners and Gender
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners in Care of Social Services
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners with (Dis)abilities
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners: Thoughts on Holistic Lifelong Learning
Holistics Health and Wellness and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners
Indigenous Heritage Languages and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners
K-12 Education and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit in Canada
Post-Secondary Education, Lifelong Learning, and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners
The Learning Spirit
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Author/Creator
Aboriginal Education Research Centre
Description
Explores the potential humans have for learning both as individuals and in groups. Presents brief overviews of 10 resources.
First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) 2002/03: Report on First Nations Seniors' Health and Wellbeing
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Author/Creator
First Nations Centre at NAHO (National Aboriginal Health Organization)
Description
Defines seniors as 55 years of age or older and young adults as 18 to 54 years of age.
First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) 2002/03: Report on Selected Indicators by Gender
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Author/Creator
First Nations Centre at NAHO (National Aboriginal Health Organization)
Description
Statistics on demographics, socioeconomic and household characteristics, healthcare, cultural involvement, substance use, nutrition and sexual activity.
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]
Gitxsan Phrase Book for Health Care Providers [Volume 1]
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Author/Creator
Northwest East Aboriginal Health Improvement Committee
Description
Includes terms such as greetings, health phrases, community terms, people, and leaders.
Volume II.
Gitxsan Phrase Book for Health Care Providers Volume II
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Author/Creator
Northwest East Aboriginal Health Improvement Committee
Description
Includes greetings, anatomical terms, pain scale, and health phrases.
Volume 1.
Glossary for Basic Cancer Terminology in the Navajo Language: A Translated Guide for Culturally Sensitive Explanations for Medical Clinicians, Educators, Interpreters, Researcher and Students
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Author/Creator
Martha A. Austin-Garrison
Description
Contains translations and back-translations as well as simplified explanations of meanings of medical vocabulary. General terminology in addition to cancer-specific.
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.
Healing through Traditional Language
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Author/Creator
Julia Bomberry
Description
Discusses use of traditional language to help heal at a therapeutic retreat offered by Ganohkwásra Family Assault Support Services.
Healthy Children, Healthy Families, Healthy Communities: The Road to Wellness: BC First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002/2003
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Author/Creator
Mark S. Dockstator
Andrea J. Williams
Heather Spuniarsky
Kienan Williams
Description
Summary of results and findings. Sample consisted of 712 adults, 566 youth and 666 children.
Ile a la Crosse Community Study for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Governance Study
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Author/Creator
Bob Bouvier
Carlos Daigneault
Dwayne Desjarlais
Lillian McLean
Jolene Roy
Marie Symes-Grehan
Description
Reports results of 215 interviews about status, health issues, family and social services, language, land use and prospects for self-government.
Indigenous Health Indicators: A Participatory Approach to Co-designing Indicators to Monitor and Measure First Nations Health
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Author/Creator
Paulette Fox
Description
Describes the process of developing indicators based on the concept of biocultural diversity, which incorporates linkages between language, environment, and culture.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Guide
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Canadian Geographic Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Guide
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Author/Creator
Canadian Geographic Education
Description
Includes discussion questions and activity ideas for each volume of the atlas.
Indigenous Youth: Identity, Challenges and Hope: Articles 14, 17, 12 and 25 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Twelfth Session New York, 20-31 May 2013
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Author/Creator
Economic and Social Council
United Nations
Description
Overview of issues discussed focusing on recommendations for increased involvement of youth, support for the revitalization of Indigenous languages, education reforms and Indigenous youth suicide.
The Innuits of Our Arctic Coast
Alternate Title
The Inuit of Our Arctic Coast
The Inuits of Our Arctic Coast
Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada ; section II, 1894
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J.C. Schultz
Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008: Nunavut
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International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey: Health in Transition and Resiliency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
G. M. Egeland
Description
Summarizes results for adults.
Inuit Statistical Profile [2006]
Alternate Title
Inuit in Canada: A Statistical Profile
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Author/Creator
[Heather Tait
Melissa Nepton-Riverin
Craig Clark]
Description
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, perceptions of water quality, harvesting and country food, education, employment, and use of communication technology.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami 2012-2013 [Annual Report]
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Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports on the the Amaujaq National Centre for Inuit education, health and social development, environment and wildlife, and the Inuit Knowledge Centre.
Justice and Safety for Urban Indigenous Children and Youth in Canada
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National Association of Friendship Centres Civil Society Submission to the 5th and 6th Review of Canada's Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
UN CRC Alternate Report, Canada's 5th and 6th Review
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Author/Creator
National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC)
Description
Brief discussion of context and early learning, education, health, culture and language, and child welfare followed by comments on Canada's fifth and sixth reports on the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child and recommendations about policy and legal avenues to address inequalities.
Koorified: Aboriginal Communication and Well-Being
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Author/Creator
School of Nursing and Midwifery at LaTrobe University
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Description
Compilation of common words and sentences used by Aboriginal English speakers in the Australian state of Victoria.
Literature Review for the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples: Off-Reserve Indigenous Housing Needs and Challenges in Canada
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Big River Analytics
Description
Review conducted to "identify the relationships, correlations, and possible causations between housing and four socio-economic outcomes: education, health, the labour market, and Indigenous languages."
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.
Main Findings of the 2015 RHS
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Main Findings of the 2015 Regional Health Survey [Quebec]
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey
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Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Summary of results from Quebec portion of the Phase 3 First Nations Regional Health Survey.
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.
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.
Night: A Collective Creation by Human Cargo, Written and Directed by Christopher Morris: Study Guide
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National Arts Centre English Theatre Programme for Student Audiences ; 2009-2010 Season
Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women
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Author/Creator
Pamela Levac
Christopher Morris
Description
Includes synopsis of the play, information of Indigenous peoples of the North, the Inuktitut language, Pond Islet, Baffin Island, and an interview with writer/director,
Nunavut Fact Sheets [February 2018]
Alternate Title
Nunavut Community Fact Sheets
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Data Sources: Statistics Canada (2011 NHS, 2016 Census, Income Statistics Division and Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics), Nunavut Department of Education, Nunavut Department of Health, Nunavut Bureau of Statistics.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003: 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.