Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alexandra Sawatzky
Ashlee Cunsolo
Oliver Cook
Dan Gillis
Inez Shiwak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 18-22
Description
Looks at Inuit strategy for monitoring and responding to the impacts of environmental change on health and wellbeing in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.
Progress Audit: The Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sheila Dodds
Jessica Schafer
Emily Yearwood-Lee]
Description
Examines whether the Ministry of Education had implemented the recommendations for actions which would close the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students found in the earlier report An Audit of the Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System.
Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1991, pp. 1-17
Description
Article examines the Indian Policy of the United States government; argues that the policies hold at their core an evolutionary perspective on social development which places the United States government in a paternalist role, guiding Indigenous people through the evolution of their race.
Project Jewel
Alternate Title
Project Jewel: Helping Aboriginal People Re-Discover Their Value
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sarah Rogers
Faith Raymond
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 41-44
Description
Program works with individuals to manage stress, grief, trauma, or any other emotions they are experiencing.
Project Summary: Opportunities to Improve the Financial Ecosystem for Aboriginal Entrepreneurs and SMEs in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Conference Board of Canada - Northern and Aboriginal Policy
Description
Project consisted of three research modules which assessed availability of services and barriers to accessing financing.
Projecting Prevalence, Costs and Evaluating Simulated Interventions for Diabetic End Stage Renal Disease in a Canadian Population of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People: An Agent Based Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Gao
Nathaniel D. Osgood
Ying Jiang
Roland F. Dyck
BMC Nephrology, vol. 18, pp. [1]-14
Description
Examines case numbers projections and costs of Diabetes-Related End Stage Renal Disease to identify the resources and interventions required to deal with the disease that disproportionately affects Indigenous peoples.
The Promise and Pitfalls of C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naiomi Walqwan Metallic
Hadley Friendland
Sarah Morales
Description
Act asserts Indigenous peoples' jurisdiction over child and family services and establishes national standards. Paper examines issues related to national standards, jurisdiction, funding, accountability and data collection.
Promises of the "Vanishing" Worlds: Re-Storying "Civilization" in the Philippine National Imaginary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S Lily Mendoza
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 119-143
Description
Using the literary work of Filipino author Nick Joaquin to examine the Philippine discursive between the "normal" civilized and the defined "primitive" Indigenous populations.
The Promises, Purposes, and Possibilities of Montana's Indian Education for All
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Rogers Stanton
Jioanna Carjuzaa
Brad Hall
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 3, Fall, 2019, pp. 78-104
Description
A reflection on the Indian Education for All (IEFA) Act, encouraging Montana educators to teach Indigenous perspectives and experiences.
Promising Practices In Eskasoni
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Darko Sikman
CANCON
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
Description
Members of the Eskasoni Mi'Kmaw Nation talk about their community's experience with harm reduction and addictions treatment and recovery.
Duration: 36:38.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
NISPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Firelight Research
Description
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat: NIPSPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Supporting Success for Indigenous Students
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Istance
Rowena Phair
Judith Peterka
Peggy Furic
OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Production
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on the community's efforts to deal with Hepatitis C through education, outreach, and healing.
Duration: 27:33.
Promoting Community Conversations about Research to End Suicide: Learning and Behavioural Outcomes of a Training-of-Trainers Model to Facilitate Grassroots Community Health Education to Address Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Wexler
Lucas Trout
Suzanne Rataj
Tanya Kirk
Roberta Moto ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1345277
Description
Evaluates training of intervention facilitators in Northwest Alaska to develop local capacity for early response to suicide care.
Promoting Essential Skills and Apprenticeship Training in Aboriginal Communities across Canada: A Summary of Discussion Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
Description
Presents key findings from 29 workshops held from December 2010 to June 2011. Participants included employment counsellors who worked with Aboriginal clients, economic development officers, apprenticeship counsellors, and trades program coordinators.
Promoting Indigenous Youth Recruitment and Retention in Aboriginal Non-Profit Organizations: A Handbook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
anpBC
Description
Developed as part of the Aboriginal Nonprofit (ANP) BC Strategy to assist service organizations in developing human resource capacity and creating workforce supports.
Protect and Promote Your Culture: A Practical Guide to Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Begoña Venero Aguirre
Hai-Yuean Tualima
Description
Discusses key features of intellectual property protection, copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, protection against unfair competition, and trade secrets. Includes examples from various countries around the world.
Protecting the Sacred Water Bundle: Educating About Fracking at Turtle Mountain Community College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stacie Blue
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, Oil and Indian Country, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses why the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians has banned fracking.
Protest in Prince Albert in Support of Oka Mohawks
Images » Photographs
Description
Four slides of a man and children at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.
Protest in Prince Albert in Support of Oka Mohawks (3)
Images » Photographs
Description
Four slides of a two women and a child with an upside down Canadian flag at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.
Protest in Prince Albert in Support of Oka Mohawks (4)
Images » Photographs
Description
A slide of two boys holding placards reading "Is Canada a Democracy?" and "Mulroney Balogna Blatant Racism" at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.
Protest in Prince Albert in Support of Oka Mohawks (5)
Images » Photographs
Description
A slide of male and female protestors, one with a drum, at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.
Protocols for Using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terri Janke
Description
Includes: overview of important concepts including rights to cultural heritage and Australian and international legal and policy protections; ten guiding principles and their accompanying protocols; numerous case studies; and project checklist and templates.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Psychiatric Research in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jouko Miettunen
Marianne Haapea
Lassi Björnholm
Sanna Huhtaniska
Teija Juol ...[et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Systematic literature search of PubMed and Scopus reveals 94 articles on psychiatric research conducted on the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. Research includes information on early predictors of several psychiatric diagnoses, and novel findings related to brain imaging and cognition.
Psychometric Examination of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale with Older American Indians: The Native Elder Care Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Shure
R. Turner Goins
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 1-13
Description
Looks at the reliability and factor structure of full and shortened depression scales.
Psychosocial Correlates of Suicide Ideation and Attempt among Inuit from Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and Inuvialuit
Theses
Author/Creator
Cassandra Poirier
Description
Psychiatry Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2017.
Public Attitudes towards Indigeneity in Canadian Prairie Urbanism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan Walker
Loleen Berdahl
Erin Lashta
David Newhouse
Yale Belanger
Canadian Geographer, vol. 61, no. 2, 2017, pp. 212-223
Description
Uses 2014 survey data collected from non- Indigenous residents of seven cities. Respondents were asked about a stronger Indigenous presence in governance and public places.
Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Servant Schools in Canada: A Concept for Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Weiler
The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, vol. 29, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses call to action 57 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding the provision of education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples and residential schools.
Pugtallgutkellriit: Developing Researcher Identities in a Participatory Action Research Collaborative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabine Siekmann
Joan Parker Webster
Sally Angass'aq Samson
Catherine Keggutailnguq Moses
Panigkaq Agatha John-Shields ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 1/2, Spring/Summer, 2019, pp. 124-146
Description
Examines a collaborative effort by Indigenous graduate students and non-Indigenous professors on Indigenous community research.
The Pursuit of Inuit Sovereignty in Greenland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rauna Kuokkanen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 46-49
Description
Looks at the Greenland Self-Government Act which is an extension of the Home Rule Act
Pushing the Needle: Collections Based Museum and Source Community Collaborations
Theses
Author/Creator
Molly Winslow
Description
Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Putting an End to the Silence: Educating Society about the Canadian Residential School System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jamie Lee Kuhl
Bridges, vol. 2, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-5
Description
Discusses the importance of revealing the truth regarding residential schools in order to promote healing and prevent repetition of mistakes.
Qaqamiigux "to hunt for food and collect plants; subsistence": Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Dirks
Julia Sargent
Tracy Stewart
Suanne Unger
Description
Provides series of lessons and activities to teach nutritional value of local, traditional foods. Structured into six units according to animals and plants found in the region.
Qualitative Identification and Characterization of Self-reported Symptoms Arising in Humans during Experimental Exposure to Cold Air
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rita Sjöström
Lars Söderström
Carolina Klockmo
Alexander Patrician
Thomas Sandström ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study aims to describe and categorize symptoms experienced by people exposed to cold air. 50 distinct symptoms were reported by 34 participants, symptoms were grouped into ten sub-categories and two major categories; airway versus whole body symptoms.
A Qualitative Study on Stigma and Discrimination Experienced by Indigenous Peoples Living with HIV or Having TB at Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Secretariat of the International Indigenous HIV and AIDS Working Group
Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
A Quantitative Study on the Influence of Persistence Factors on American Indian Graduate Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Aislinn Rae HeavyRunner-Rioux
Description
Educational Leadership, Higher Education Administration Thesis (Ed.D)--University of Montana, 2017.
Quebec First Nations' Health and Social Services Governance Process: Effective Governance for the Wellness of First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Georges A. Legault
Quebec First Nations Information Governance Framework
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Grantham
The Queen's People: Ethnography or Appropriation?
Alternate Title
Review Essays: The Queen's People: Ethnography or Appropriation?
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Wendy Wickwire
Michael M'Gonigle
Native Studies Review , vol. 7, no. 2, 1991, pp. 97-113
Description
Book review of: The Queen's People, A Study of Hegemony, Coercion, and Accommodation Among the Okanagan of Canadaby Peter Carstens.
The Queensland Aboriginal Land Act 1991
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Brennan
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 50, 1991, p. 32
Description
Looks at the consultation that brought about some positive legislation in terms of land rights.
The Quinzhee
Alternate Title
The Cantilevered Universe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirsten Madsen
Northern Review, no. 46, Northern Literature, 2017, pp. 121-136
Description
Excerpt from the novel Cantilevered Universe.
Racial Discrimination and Depression Among On-Reserve First Nations People in Rural Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Janzen
Chandima Karunanayake
Donna Rennie
Tarun Katapally
Roland Dyck ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e482-e487
Description
Results of cross-sectional, interviewer-administered survey of 874 adults living on two Cree reserves in Saskatchewan conducted from May 2012 to August 2013. Found association between interpersonal discrimination and depression.
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Smoking, Drinking, and Illicit Drug Use among American High School Seniors, 1976-89
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerald G. Bachman
John M. Wallace
Patrick M. O'Malley
Lloyd D. Johnston
Candace L. Kurth
Harold W. Neighbors
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 81, no. 3, March 1991, pp. 372-377
Description
Study showed lower levels of drug use by most non-White youth, especially Asian Americans and Black Americans, and finds that subgroup differences are felt to be not primarily attributable to family compostion, parents' education, region, or urban-rural distinctions.
Racial Extractivism: Neoliberal White Settler Colonialism and Tar Sands Extraction
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Preston
Description
Social and Political Thought Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.