Health reports, including statistics and discussions on life expectancy, infant mortality, smoking, weight, sexual diseases, suicide, measles, tuberculosis, E.coli, heart disease, cancer, and hospital stays.
Discusses government strategy which hopes to reduce the number of new infections; improve quality of life in infected individuals and reduce risk factors for acquisition of HIV infection.
Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies, and Sustainable Communities
Research Report Series (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives) ; no. 10-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dwayne Pattison
Isobel M. Findlay
Research Report Series (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives)
Description
Focuses on governance, member participation, learning and cultural revitalization, and representation in negotiations. Concludes with recommendations to strengthen internal and external legitimacy.
Provides a comprehensive understanding of social factors and environment on HIV risk behaviours among Manitoba women.
Published by the Prairie Women's Health Centre for Excellence.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2002, pp. 239-267
Description
Findings from the 1996 Census revealed that while Aboriginal peoples are not segregated, they do occupy poorer quality neighbourhoods at a higher rate than non-Aboriginal people in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 55-10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Peter Spurr
Ian Melzer
John Engeland]
Description
Statistics for living in housing below and above standards of adequate condition, appropriate size, and affordability.
Estimates were subsequently revised due to overestimation.
Brief discussion of risk and protective factors associated with completion, promising practices and programs, and recommendations for future initiatives.
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 111, October 14, 2010, pp. 1-31
Description
Interviews non-Indigenous principles to see how their life experiences impacted their professional identities and roles as educational leaders focusing on educational leadership theory and practice.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 36, no. 3, June 2002, pp. 404-410
Description
Study discusses differences in suicide methods and high levels of untreated mental illness and substance abuse among many of the individuals who had taken their own lives.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 385-396
Description
Examines the concept of successful aging from an Alaska Native perspective that is designated when an individual has demonstrated wisdom because of the experiences he or she has gained throughout life.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Summer, 2002, pp. 76-88
Description
Article spotlights the process of structural change, suggesting that social capital is key to long term economic success.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 26-29
Description
Overview of the health condition of women in the Torres Strait Islanders community, including statistical information about population, mortality, birth rates and health risk factors.
Provides statistics on number of children in care, and child abuse and neglect; discusses factors contributing to removal and highlights successful programs.
Survey sample contains a total of 1,423 completed interviews. Questions focused on relationship with the Federal government and the services it provided.
Text in English and French. English version starts at page 80.
Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation.
Summary Report.
Study sample consisted of 340 individuals, including respondents to questionnaires, participants in focus groups, and interviewees. Purpose was to gather information for use in developing appropriate programming.
First Nations Métis Education Provincial Advisory Committee (FNMEPAC)
Description
Working draft of strategy with vision to build local capacity through relationship and understanding, excellence and equity, and accountability to First Nations and Métis learners and all learners across Saskatchewan.
Access Catalyst Leaders' Toolkit.
Journal of Community Health, vol. 35, no. 6, December 2010, pp. [667]-675
Description
Study demonstrates that interventions to prevent excess adiposity in infants and toddlers are both feasible and acceptable to American Indian/Alaskan native peoples.
Examines the factors behind the diminishing usage of certain Nandi anthroponyms, which act as catalogues of past and present histories, and the endangerment extinction.
Grade 7 students in Saskatchewan were tested for their understanding of history and treaties and the success of the mandatory K-12 treaty education program was assessed with respect to requirements of the Treaty Commissioner.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 61, no. 1, 2002, pp. 21-31
Description
Concludes that Alaskan Inupiat and Siberian Yup'ik are predominantly affected by type 2 diabetes, as opposed to latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA).
Canadian Political Science Association Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joanne Heritz
Description
Looks at the movement between reserve and city (labelled as 'churn') and the concerns submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People and the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study.