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
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
Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry: Calls for Justice
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Bar Association
Description
Comments on specific components of the Calls for Justice for governments and Calls for Justice for industries, institutions, services and partnerships from a legal standpoint.
Risk and Protective Factors with Native American Indian and Alaska Native Children Who Have a History of Suicidal Hehavior
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Weniger
Sonya Young
Christine Hernandez
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 8, 2020, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at the factors that lead to suicide attempts amongst Indigenous children in America.
Risk and Resilience Factors in Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Youth During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth J. D'Amico
Alina I. Palimaru
Daniel L. Dickerson
Lu Dong
Ryan A. Brown
Carrie L. Johnson ... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 2, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples, Part 1, 2020, pp. 21-48
Description
Uses responses to surveys and interviews which asked questions about health outcomes and behaviors, social relationships, and cultural participation to create a quantitative and qualitative look at the response to, and impact of, COVID-19.
Sámi Youth Perspectives, Education and the Labour Market
Alternate Title
Nordregio Report ; 2020:5
Sami Youth Perspectives, Education and the Labour Market
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lise Smed Olsen
Linnea Löfving
Juho-Matti Paavola
Jens Bjørn Grelck
School Personnel and Community Members’ Perspectives in Implementing PAX Good Behaviour Game in First Nations Grade 1 Classrooms
Alternate Title
School Personnel and Community Members’ Perspectives in Implementing PAX Good Behavior Game in First Nations Grade 1 Classrooms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellie M. Jack
Mariette J. Chartier
Gia Ly
Janique Fortier
Nora Murdock ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1735052, February 26, 2020
Description
Researchers used interviews and focus groups to collect data from 23 participants on the use of the PAX Good Behaviour Game in Swampy Cree Tribal Council (SCTC) communities. Findings indicate positive outcomes for children, but also highlight difficulties in implementation and the need for community consultation.
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
Sexual Violence in Saskatchewan: Voices, Stories, Insights, and Actions from the Front Lines
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patience Umereweneza
Marie Lovrod
Isobel M. Findlay
Crystal Giesbrecht
Manuela Valle-Castro ... [et al.]
Shared Symbols, Contested Meanings: Gros Ventre Culture and History, 1778-1984
E-Books
Author/Creator
Loretta Fowler
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.
Skookum Lab: Housing Report 2020: Understanding the Housing Experiences of Indigenous Households in Surrey
Alternate Title
Skookum Change Stories: In the Words of Guide Group Participants
Evaluation of the Skookum Lab Guide Group Prototype
Community Engagement Findings Executive Summary October 2018 – March 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Skookum Lab
Description
Based on findings from Lab Guide Groups, key informant interviews, and quantitative analysis of data on Indigenous households and housing conditions.
The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Genocide, Indian Residential Schools, and the Challenge of Conciliation
Alternate Title
UTP Insights
E-Books
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
“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 and Children Make History: Based on a True Story
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Eddy Robinson
Description
Young children's about the long fight for equal funding for First Nations' education before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
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.
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.
Suicide and Self-Destruction Among American Indian Youths
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Philip A. May
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 1, no. 1, June 1987, pp. 57-74
Description
Looks at prevention and intervention efforts in a community that has successfully lowered its rate of suicide and other self destructing behavior.
Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on American Indian K-12 Students in California
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
California Indian Education for All
Description
Conducted from May to June 2020 and represents 97 Tribes.
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).
The System Is "Broken": Concrete Actions Are Needed to End Systemic Discrimination: A Joint Brief Presented by The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) and The First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leila Ben Messaoud
Michel Deschênes
The System Is 'Broken": Concrete Actions Are Needed to End Systemic Discrimination: Joint Brief
Alternate Title
Leila Ben Messaoud
Michel Deschênes
E-Books
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQ)
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLSSC)
Richard Gray
Marjolaine Siouï
Derek Montour ... [et al.]
Description
Joint submission to the Special Commission on the Rights of the Child and Youth Protection discusses Quebec's Youth Protection Act.
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.
Te Kuku O Te Manawa – Ka puta te riri, ka momori te ngākau, ka heke ngā roimata mo tōku pēpi [Report One]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrew Becroft
Description
Report looks at what needs to change so that Māori children aged 0-3 months stay within their whanau (extended family) when social services is notified of care and protection concerns.
Te Kuku O Te Manawa - Moe ararā! Haumanutia ngā moemoeā
a ngā tūpuna mō te oranga o ngā tamariki [Report Two]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrew Becroft
Description
Report looks at what needs to change so that Māori children aged 0-3 months stay within their whanau (extended family) when social services is notified of care and protection concerns.
Ten Years of Network Television in the Eastern Arctic: Cultural Implications for the Diffusion of Educational Technology
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas Clark Wilson
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Concordia University, 1987.
That's the Way We Lived: An Oral History of the Fort Resolution Elders
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fort Resolution Elders
Description
Recorded oral histories of Fort Resolution.
To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek' = I Will See You Again in a Good Way: A Year 1 Project Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People of Northern California
Alternate Title
To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek' = I Will See You Again in a Good Way Progress Report
To' Kee Skuy' Soo Ney-Wo-Chek' = I Will See You Again in a Good Way: Year 2 Progress Report
Year 2 Progress Report: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two Spirit People of Northern California
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Abby Abinanti
Angi Cavaliere
Alanna Nulph
Blythe K. George
Annita Lucchesi … [et al.]]
Description
Related material: Year 2 Progress Report.
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.
Tobacco Smoking Among First Nations Youth Living on Reserve and in Northern Communities: A Mixed Methods Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Wright
Colleen A. Dell
First Nations Information Governance Centre
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 4, 2020, pp. 1-30
Description
Looks at the various contributing factors for the increased smoking rates of Indigenous youth in Indigenous communities.
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).
Towards Understanding and Supporting Marginalized Children and Youth in Ontario: The Case of Growing Up Indigenous
Alternate Title
Supports for Success
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Elliott
Malaika Hill
James Iveniuk
Rumaisa Khan
Angela Mashford-Pringle
Emma Ware
Description
Presents evidence gathered from focus groups involving youth, parents, service providers and community leaders, as well as statistical information, program inventory, and social network analysis. Focuses on indicators related to education, employment, health and mental health, and sense of belonging.
Tuberculosis among Northern Manitoba First Nations, 2008–2012: Program Performance On- and Off-Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Andrew Basham
Brenda Elias
Anne Fanning
Pamela Orr
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 6, December 2019, pp. 688-696
Description
Retrospective review of Tuberculosis (TB) Program performance in northern Manitoba. Information on 149 people diagnosed with TB and 3560 of their contacts was extracted from the Manitoba TB Registry and analyzed. Results indicate that program performance is dependent on residence on or off reserve and that action is needed to address multiple program performance factors.
The Two Journeys of Dianne Westmacott
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Read
Aboriginal History, vol. 11, no. 1, 1987, pp. 82-90
Description
Presents the story of a woman finding her natural mother with the help of Link-up, an organization established to help Aboriginal fostered or adopted adults find their families.
Understanding Indigenous Children's Gifts of Toronto: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council
Description
Part I discusses historical and colonial context, provides snapshot of general communities and statistical indicators of families accessing services, and looks at the Indigenous Outcomes model found in Raising the Village.
Part II explores needs of families with children requiring specialized services, perspectives on partnership-building, and eight themes which emerged from discussions with non-Indigenous service providers.
Using Goal Setting and Attainment to Impact Indicators of Health Behavior Change among Young American Indian Women: The We RISE (Raising Income, Supporting Education) Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lacey A. McCormack
Rae O’Leary
Alli Moran
Christine W. Hockett
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 123-133
Description
Study of 60 young Indigenous mothers examines the association between setting and attaining goals and indicators of health behavior change. After six month of intervention it was found that goal attainment was not significantly associated with behavior change despite participants exhibiting confidence in completing goals and increased sense of agency.
Using the Legal System to Advance Equality for Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA People
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alana Robert
Wac’inyeya: Hope among American Indian Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline S. Gray
Lisa Schrader
Devon S. Isaacs
Megan K. Smith
Naomi M. Bender
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 151-171
Description
Study of 56 Indigenous youth uses focus groups and a strengths based perspective to understand what gives them hope and how they demonstrate this hope to others in their community.
“We Are Not Privileged Enough to Have That Foundation of Language”: Pasifika Young Adults Share their Deep Concerns about the Decline of the Ancestral/Heritage Languages in Aotearoa New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lina-Jodi Vaine Samu
Helen Moewaka Barnes
Lanuola Asiasiga
Tim McCreanor
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 131-139
Description
Pasifika youth (aged 18-25) are interviewed in focus groups in which they express their distress about the diminishing presence of Indigenous language use and preservation, article notes that there is no comprehensive language policy to preserve these languages and that losing them has profound negative effects for the youth of culturally marginalized communities.