Aboriginal Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 34-61
Description
Overview of trends, primarily between 1996 and 2011. Provides total rates and rates by age group, and data for population as a whole as well as individual groups. Sources include past censuses, National Household Survey, vital statistics, and the Indian register.
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Results of project showed that the Indigenous perspective was more wholistic than the mainstream and encompassed community safety, environment, beliefs, kinship patterns, social arrangements, and norms of individual, familial and social conduct. Includes case study of a project which failed to move forward because researchers refused to sign a Research Collaboration Agreement.
Related material: Ganohonyohk Tool.
Explores relationships between key background variables of youth and their experience on the street and identifies gaps in the literature that may be considered in the planning of future research.
Sport, Education and Society, vol. 23, no. 2, 2018, pp. 135-138
Description
Contends that broad-based health interventions should not be universally implemented across diverse locales but rather need to account for the diverse, place-specific priorities and needs of the communities they are serving.
Primary focus of recommendations was education. The seven youths had relocated to Thunder Bay from their home communities in order to complete high school.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, March 1989, pp. 29-38
Description
Overview of guide to health education in classroom for young Aboriginal people created to educate students about how their bodies work, mentally and spiritually, and to lead an active, healthy lifestyle.
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles including, Two-Spirited Youth Program by Julian F. Wilson
Indigenous Children, Youth and Families in the Next 150 Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Special Edition Children and Youth: Indigenous Children, Youth and Families in the Next 150 Years, 2018, pp. 6-27
Description
Special issue features artwork, creative writing, short essays and poetry by Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and youth.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 354-364
Description
Examines the complexity of identity and community belonging in the context of the Indian Act, colonial influence, Indigenous kinship systems, contemporary spaces, and the 2016 revision of Kahnawà:ke Law on Membership regarding adoption.
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 4
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the fourth of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Saskatoon.
In this lecture Talaga links the similarities between contemporary nations with a history of colonization and describes some of the effects for Indigenous peoples and communities. In this Lecture Talaga focuses specifically on healthcare and the disparity in the quality of care available to Indigenous peoples.
Duration: 53:59
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1426948
Description
Study concluded that the coverage rates in the immunisation programme for children older than 12 months were lower than those recommended by the World Health Organization.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1422669
Description
Improving ventilation, replacing leaky woodstoves and providing education about indoor air quality (IAQ) and respiratory health resulted in reduced symptoms, lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) and school absenteeism in children with lung conditions.
Peer Review: Impacts of the 2018 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games on youth who participated in the sport of Olympic Wrestling with Team Indigenous
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin Silvey
Richard Buote
Catherine Donovan
Adam Dubrowski.
Physical & Health Education Journal , vol. 84, no. 2, 2018, pp. 1-20
Description
2018 marked the first year that a Team Indigenous participated in the Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games. This article looks at how participating for Team Indigenous impacted the participants and if it motivated them to seek a higher level in sports and education.
Discussion of the methodologies, ethics, and background of study which centered on womens' experience of violence and doubts as to whether restorative justice would actually improve the situation.
Children Today, vol. 18, no. 1, January-February 1989, pp. 24-30
Description
Highlights the findings of the U.S. Indian Child Welfare Act administered by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Reports on seven health indicators: life expectancy, mortality rate, youth suicide rate, infant mortality rate, diabetes prevalence, childhood obesity, and number of practising, certified First Nations health care professionals, and discusses the new First Nations Population Health and Wellness Agenda which will include 22 indicators.
"This report was prepared in accordance with commitments in the 2005 Transformative Change Accord."
Related material:
The Health and Well-Being of the
The Network was a five-year Knowledge Translation project designed to gather, apply and share information on infant/toddler health promotion and parenting in the context of programs in Ontario and Saskatchewan. Report includes overview of project, research methods and findings, and implications for health policy and research.
[Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (NECA)]
Description
Reports on discussions which took place during a gathering of 99 participants which included Indigenous counsellors, teachers, student support workers and directors of education.
Companion Document: Indigenous Well-Being in Schools: Web-Based Resource Guide.