Looks at population, tribal economies, tribal lands, public safety and security, energy on tribal lands, housing and infrastructure, forestry, health disparities, and education.
Summarizes findings from focus groups and key informant interviews centered around attitudes toward and use of post-secondary programs, barriers to the application process, and adequacy of existing levels of financial support.
Special issue of: Horizons, vol. 10, no. 1, March 2008, offering insights into emerging trends, opportunities and policies related to Aboriginal youth population.
Australian Journal of Education, vol. 49, no. 2, August 2005, pp. 169-181
Description
Discusses the role of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in addressing the needs of Indigenous students and argues that VET in Schools cannot be a 'stand alone' solution to the problem of Indigenous educational disadvantage.
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.
Working Paper (Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network) ; no. 78
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marc Frenette
Description
Using the Youth in Transition Survey (which excluded people who lived on-reserve or in the North) author found that 90 percent of the university attendance gap was associated socio-economic and academic characteristics.