Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka
Jamuir M. Robinson
Robert Greenlee
Amany Refaat
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study of 100 parents of AI/AN children 71 months or younger attending outpatient paediatric primary care appointments found that the odds of regular child toothbrushing were 49.10 times higher when the parent brushed their own teeth regularly.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Overdose Response Project Knowledge Translation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council (MVAEC)
Description
Report highlights insights gathered from focus group discussions with youth, men and women and summarizes recommendations in the areas of response, harm reduction, culture as treatment, and accessing services for each group.
[Parenting After Separation for Indigenous Families: Full Course Transcript]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Colin J. McMechan
Kristine Heaney
Elizabeth Araujo
Peter Sperling]
Description
Transcript of presentations for free online course (approx. 3 to 4 hours) designed to give general information on issues such as family law, going to court, access to children, and child support.
Paternal Involvement in a First Nations Community in Canada: The Effects of Perceived Positive Father Relationships on Adolescent Adjustment
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexandra D'Arisso
Description
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- McGill University, 2019.
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
West Coast LEAF
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elba Bendo
Sharnelle JenkinsThompson
Isabelle Busby
Emily Beier
Description
Focuses on seven topics: eight principles of Indigenous child welfare, understanding the overrepresentation of children in care, legal context, root causes, discrepancies in delivery of services, current approaches and recommendations in the area of family violence, current approaches and recommendations in the area of substance use, and improving financial supports for families.
A Place Where It Feels Like Home: The Story of Tina Fontaine
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daphne Penrose
Description
Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth's report on the investigation into several service agencies' involvement with a troubled teen who was eventually found murdered.
Positive Self-Reported Health might be an Important Determinant of Student’s Experiences of High School in Northern Sweden
Alternate Title
Positive Self-Reported Health might be an Important Determinant of Students’s Experiences of High School in Northern Sweden
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hanna Forsberg
Heidi Carlerby
Annika Norstrand
Anitha Risberg
Catrine Kostenius
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study used data from the health dialogue questionnaire which surveyed 5035 students between 2013 and 2016; results were analyzed to determine associations between positive self-reported health and student experience. It was found that positive health is associated with positive experiences of school.
A Positive Youth Development Perspective on Mental Distress Among American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ozge Ersan
Michael C. Rodriguez
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 28, no. 2, 2021, pp. [1]-32
Description
Using a survey of Indigenous youth to discuss how the presence of protective factors help reduce the likelihood of mental distress.
Prevention Strategies Related to Missing or Murdered Native Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Darling
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 159-182
Description
An examination of the strategies from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families to focus on prevention and economic mobility to improve the outcomes for Indigenous women and children.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 159.
Primer on Practice Shifts Required with Canada's Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families Act
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
M. E. Turpel-Lafond
Description
The Act provides support for First Nations' authority over child and family services. Document discusses national legal principles, positive principles, standards and norms, restricting or constraining provisions, the interplay between elected Indian Act Band Councils and traditional governance structures, and the applicability of First Nations laws.
Project George: An Indigenous Land-Based Approach to Resilience for Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cindy Gaudet
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 177-191
Description
Discusses using a land-based teaching approach to reconnect and strengthen Indigenous youth with their cultural identities and improve their well-beings.
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.
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.
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.
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
Quality Indicators and Dispositions in the Early Learning and Child Care Sector: Learning from Indigenous Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Freeborn
Alvina Mardhani-Bayne
Cheyanne Soetaert
Description
Results of scoping review organized into five themes for quality indicators (Curriculum/programming, reflection of cultures, family engagement, external perspectives, and barriers) and six themes for educator dispositions (practice of relationships, cultural humility, critical pedagogy, honouring families' knowledge, cultural match, and preservice education).
Re-establishing Their Lives: Issues Relating to Affordable Housing for Women and Their Children Escaping Violent Relationships in Northern Manitoba
E-Books
Author/Creator
Colin Bonnycastle
Judith Hughes
Marleny Bonnycastle
Kendra Nixon
Allison Groening
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
Description
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
Refugee Camp, N.W. Rebellion, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of a refugee camp during the Northwest Resistance. Women and children of Batoche were permitted to leave the village to escape enemy fire. Visible are supplies piled up on the ground in front of a cluster of tents.
A Report on Children and Families Together: An Emergency Meeting on Indigenous Child and Family Services
E-Books
Author/Creator
Celeste McKay
Report on Implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs
Government of New Brunswick
Reproductive Justice and Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan: Overview and Recommendations
Alternate Title
Policy Brief (Johnson Shoyoma Graduate School of Public Policy)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alana Cattapan
Samantha Moore
Karen Lawford
2021
Description
An examination of Indigenous coerced sterilization, forced evacuations for pregnancies, and child apprehension in Saskatchewan.
Restoring Our Roots: Land-Based Community by and for Indigenous Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Fast
Melanie Lefebvre
Christopher Reid
Brooke Wahsontiiostha Deer
Dakota Swiftwolfe ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 120-138
Description
Restoring Our Roots is research project that creates an inclusive sense of community using traditional land-based teachings to improve mental health by encourage Indigenous youth to reconnect with their own culture.
A Review of Literature on the Involvement of Children from Indigenous Communities in Anglo Child Welfare Systems: 1973-2018
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vandna Sinha
Johanna Caldwell
Leah Paul
Paulo Roberto Fumaneri
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 2021, pp. 1-43
Description
An overview of the research on Indigenous children's overrepresentation within the welfare system.
Sacred and Strong: Upholding Our Matriarchal Roles: The Health and Wellness Journey of BC First Nations Women and Girls
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority
British Columbia Office of the Provincial Health Officer
School Administrators' Perceptions of Problems Arising From the Integration of Indian and Non-Indian Children in Publicly Supported Schools in Saskatchewan
Theses
Author/Creator
Philip Schalm
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1968.
Season of Birth, Stillbirths, and Neonatal Mortality in Sweden: The Sami and non-Sami Population, 1800-1899
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lena Karlsson
Erling Häggström Lundevaller
Barbara Schumann
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study uses digitised parish records from the Demographic Data Base at Umeå University to compare how the season of birth affected the neonatal and stillbirth risk among the Sami and non-Sami in Swedish Sápmi during the nineteenth century.
'Setting Up a Solid Foundation': Exploring the Capacity of Indigenous Not-for-Profit Early Learning and Child Care Programs in British Columbia: A Summary Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Gerlach
Shemine Gulamhusein
Leslie Varley
Magnolia Perron
Description
Looks at the organizational and funding factors which either contribute to success or to enforced closure of centres and makes recommendations about how to support operational requirements; based on interviews with 11 Executive Directors, 6 Indigenous managers, and 2 provincial experts in the field.
Settler City Limits: Indigenous Resrugence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Dorries
Nick Estes
David Hugill
Julie Tomiak
Nicholas Brown …
Chris Andersen
Adam Gaudry ...
Zoe Todd
Sixties Scoop, Historical Trauma, and Changing the Current Landscape about Indigenous People
Theses
Author/Creator
Shandel Valiquette
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 2019.
Sixties Scoop: More than Sorry
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Miyo Pimatisiwin Productions
Jodi Calahoo-Stonehouse
Aretha Greatix
Description
Focuses on the personal stories of four people who were taken from their homes and placed with non-Indigenous families, and the 2018 apology made by the Alberta provincial government.
Duration: 20:13.
The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation
Alternate Title
UTP Insights
E-Books
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
SNAICC COVID-19 Ongoing Impacts Survey Report
Alternate Title
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care COVID-19 Ongoing Impacts Survey Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (NIACC)
The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, Vol. 12, No. 3, Aug. 1946, pp. 387-394
Description
Australian survey.
A Snapshot: Status First Nations People in Canada
Alternate Title
[Indigenous Peoples Thematic Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
“So we tell them”: Articulating Strong Black Masculinities in an Urban Indigenous Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bryan Mukandi
David Singh
Karla Brady
Jon Willis
Tanya Sinha
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 253-260
Description
Authors work to contribute to the field of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander masculinities in Australia by foregrounding and privileging how these men perceive themselves. Study considers interviews with 13 men and discusses “Indigenous masculinities rooted in place; a relationality motivated by an intergenerational sense of responsibility; a nuanced idea of acting hard.”
Spirit Bear's Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Child-friendly booklet.
StatsUpdate: Youth Court Statistics, 2016/2017
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical data compares 2016/2017 to 2015/2016 cases in Nunavut, Canada as a whole, as well as each of the provinces and other territories.
Stitching Tivaevae: A Cook Islands research method
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debi Futter-Puati
Teremoana Maua-Hodges
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 140-149
Description
Article discusses the use of the Tivaevae research model (which represents Kuki Airani epistemological and ontological worldviews) in a PhD study of youth views of sexuality. Examines the benefits of using Indigenous research methods both for conceptualization and methodology.
Strengthening Our Connections to Promote Life: A Life Promotion Toolkit by Indigenous Youth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taylor Behn-Tsakoza
Gabrielle Dawn Jubinville
Connor Lafortune
Will Landon
Megan Metz
Marshall Morrisseau
Tia Piché
Tristen Schneider
Description
Arranged around the themes of connection to land, self, spirituality and community.
Structural Intersectionality and Indigenous Canadian Youth who Trade Sex: Understanding Mobility beyond the Trafficking Model
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Allan Jun-Rong Ting
Carisa R Showden
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 261-270
Description
Article describe different models for understanding the intersecting relationships between the movement/migration of Indigenous youth who trade sex, the sex trade as a whole, and the social and cultural institutions which define, criminalize/prosecute, and intervene in the sex trade. Authors argue that the mobility of Indigenous youth in the sex trade is not always “trafficking” and can often be a response to marginalizing factors, rather than a source of marginality.
Survey Report on the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Southern Chief's Organization [Manitoba]
Description
Reports findings of survey which asked 23 questions about the Calls to Justice. Topics were: culture, health and wellness, policing, corrections, media and social influencers, education, child welfare, natural resource extraction, human security, and rights.
Symposium on “Parental Education” at the ICCH17
Alternate Title
17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Ingemann
Siv Kvernmo
Helle Møller
Pertice M. Moffitt
Shirley Tagalik ...[et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Summary of the presentations included in the Symposium on Parental Education at the 17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health (ICCH17).
Taonsayontenhroseri:ye’ne: The Power of Art in Indigenous Research with Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kawennakon Bonnie Whitlow
Vanessa Oliver
Kim Anderson
Kari Brozowski ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 180-189
Description
Describes an arts based research project which uses graffiti art to make Haudenosaunee symbols and images accessible and relevant for Indigenous youth. Discusses cultural bridging and exchange, decolonization, identity, cultural values, and Indigenous solidarity.
Tobacco, Alcohol and Marijuana Use among Indigenous Youth Attending Off-reserve Schools in Canada: Cross-sectional Results from the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Sikorski
Scott Leatherdale
Martin Cooke
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, vol. 39, no. 6/7, June/July 2019, pp. 207-215
Description
Compares responses from 1700 Indigenous and 22,800 non-Indigenous students in Grades 9-12 who participated in the 2014/15 survey.
Towards Justice: Tackling Indigenous Child Poverty in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natasha Beedie
David Macdonald
Daniel Wilson
Description
Applies after- tax Low-income Measure to data from the 2006 Census, the 2011 National Household Survey, and the 2016 Census to track trends, compare results for provinces and urban centres. Data for population as whole and broken down by Aboriginal group (status First Nations on and off-reserve, non-status, Inuit, and Métis).