Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
Description
This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.
Group formed to examine the role of racism in Sinclair's death and the subsequent inquest. The 45-year-old Aboriginal man died while awaiting treatment in the Health Sciences Centre Emergency Department. He had been in the department for 34 hours.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 7, July 2005, pp. 1238-1244
Description
Describes a public-health-oriented suicidal-behavior prevention program among youths living on an American Indian reservation, and the success in achieving less suicide attempts.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S423-S431
Description
Discusses ways to improve diagnosis and compares death rates with women in the white population by reducing racial misclassification in cancer data mortality rates.
Reviews ten sentencing decisions to better understand how s. 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code and R. vs. Gladue 1999 are interpreted by sentencing judges.
Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2017.
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.
Statistics for overdose events from January 31, 2015 - November 30, 2016 and for overdose deaths from January 31, 2015 - July 31, 2016.
Sources: BC Coroners Service, Drug and Poison Information Centre, BC Emergency Health Services/Ambulance Service and emergency department visits at hospitals; supplemented by information from Centre for Disease Control.
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Peter Hutchins
Description
Presenter wraps up the conference by asking the big question: where is the rule of law and is it still applicable in state indigenous relations, not only common law, but international law, and indigenous law?
Duration: 31:50.
General statistics and well as more detailed for language, living arrangements of children, housing and mobility, educational attainment, and labour force.
Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre
Description
Brief document answers some of the most common questions regarding the OCAP™ approach to First Nations' information governance over research conducted in their communities.
Covers the topics of: collective ownership of group information, control over research and information, management of access to and physical possession of data, history of research relations and ethical guidelines.
illustrated and reformatted version of a paper published in the Journal of Aboriginal Health, Vol. 1, no. 1, 2004.
Purpose of study was to look at provincial mandates and work to date and determine whether inter-provincial best practices could be developed. Sources of information were literature search, primary documents and semi-structured interviews.
The Northwest Passage and the Construction of Inuit Pan-Arctic Identities
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
Michael Bravo
Fraser Taylor
Description
Atlas focuses on Eastern and Central Canadian Arctic and provides synoptic view of "Inuit mobility and occupancy of Arctic waters, coasts and lands, including its icescapes, as documented in written historical records (maps of trails and place names)".
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Podcast speaks about issues surrounding the records including access to the records, five restrictions on the records, protocols, and the independent assessment process.
Duration: unknown.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 289-310
Description
Article evaluates current Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) scholarship, and then examines some past uses and interpretations. Options for adressing concerns with inclusion of Aboriginal peoples in resource management participation are explored.