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 Practice for Maintaining Identities in First Nation Adoption
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannine Carriere
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 2007, pp. 46-64
Description
Study on the importance of identity in adoption cross-cultural and a list of recommendations from the perspective of First Nation adoptees to improve the process.
Promising Practices in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education: Case Studies of Two Alberta Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations
Métis and Inuit Services Branch
Description
Examines parent and community engagement, cultural and language programming, teachers, instruction and curriculum resources, professional development, and individual students supports at Francis of Assisi Elementary School and Le Roi Daniels Elementary School.
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.
Protecting Our Gifts and Securing Our Future: Eliminating Poverty Among First Nations Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phil Fontaine
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 12, no. 8, October 2007, pp. 653-655
Description
Comments on the health and socioeconomic disparities faced by First Nations children.
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
Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices From the Prairies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Ungar
Sharon McKay
Shelley Thomas Prokop
Cindy Blackstock
Ivan Brown
Marlyn Bennett ...
Betty Bastien
Shane R. Gauthier
Lillian Parenteau ...
Gwen Gosek
Gayle Desmeules ...
Jeannine Carriere ... [et al.]
A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Aboriginal Caregivers of Children With Developmental Disabilities
Theses
Author/Creator
Joyce Ellen Clouston
Description
Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfred Laurier University, 2007.
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).
Race and Racism: 20th Century Management of Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Red Shirt Semchison
Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Special Issue, 2007, pp. 35-38
Description
Comments on the treatment of the Aboriginal people by the dominant Anglo-European culture.
Randomised Clinical Trial of a Group Parent Education Programme For Australian Indigenous Families
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Turner
Mary Richards
Matthew R. Sanders
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 43, no. 6, 2007, pp. 429-437
Description
Looks at the impact and cultural appropriateness of program concluding with decreased rates of behaviour problems and dysfunctional parenting practices.
Rapid Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Among Children and Adolescents in Northern Manitoba, 2003-2006
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. Larcombe
J. Waruk
J. Schellenberg
M. Ormond
Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 33, no. 2, 2007, pp. 9-14
Description
Argues that a unique combination of factors may be contributing to this infection pattern.
Rapid Situation Analysis of the Education Sector's Response to HIV & AIDS in the Context of School Health and Nutrition in Guyana
Alternate Title
Rapid Situation Analysis of the Education Sector's Response to HIV and AIDS in the Context of School Health and Nutrition in Guyana
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Beasley
Claire Risley
Moohini Venkatesh
Dereck Springer
Sharlene Johnson
Description
Outlines key findings and recommendations from analysis conducted with stakeholders concerning school health nutrition (SHN) and HIV activities.
(Re)-Constructing Maori Children as Achieving Learners
Theses
Author/Creator
[Fleur Estelle Jeanne Harris]
Description
[Education, Health and Human Development] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Canterbury, 2007.
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
Re/framing Aboriginal Social Policy Issues in the News: Old Stereotypes and New Opportunities
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Harding
Description
Applied Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2007.
Reconciliation: Rebuilding the Canadian Child Welfare System to Better Serve Aboriginal Children and Youth
Alternate Title
Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices from the Prairies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Ivan Brown
Marlyn Bennett
Description
Chapter 3 from: Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices from the Prairies edited by Ivan Brown, Ferzana Chaze, Don Fuchs, Jean Lafrance, Sharon McKay and Shelley Thomas Prokop.
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.
Reducing the Effects of Bullying among Aboriginal Children Living in Rural Western Australia: Annual Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Donna Cross
Juli Coffin
Steve Zubrick
Cheryl Kickett-Tucker
Description
Discusses the Solid Kids, Solid Schools project.
Reflections of a Mi'kmaq Social Worker on a Quarter of a Century Work in First Nations Child Welfare
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy MacDonald
Judy MacDonald
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 2007, pp. 34-45
Description
Examines the practice of placing Aboriginal children with non-Aboriginal families and argues that this is part of a long-term policy of assimilation.
Reflections of an Indigenous Counsellor: Sharing the Journey - Therapist and Person?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Pratt
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S54-S57
Description
Comments on some of the constraints of mainstream therapeutic methodologies and makes suggestions to ensure a therapeutic setting for both client and therapist.
Reflections on Intergenerational Trauma: Healing as a
Critical Intervention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ashley Quinn
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 72-82
Description
Argues that healing is a critical component of any intervention. The article also gives a short history of residential school trauma and recent government initiatives aimed at preserving traditional Aboriginal healing practices.
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.
Regional Longitudinal Health Survey Report: Alberta 2002-2003
Alternate Title
Alberta First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002/03
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rhonda King Blood
Description
Statistics gathered from nine First Nations: Alexander First Nation, Kapawe’no First Nation, Siksika Nation, Blood Tribe, Nakoda Bearspaw Nation, Sucker Creek First Nation, Driftpile First Nation, Piikani First Nation, and Swan River First Nation. Response divided into adults, youth and children.
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.
Research Results From the Student Transitions Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christine Broda
Description
Discusses data about when and to what post-secondary institutions students transitioned from 2002/03 to 2005/06 in British Columbia.
Researching Remote Aboriginal Children's Services: It's All about Rules
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lyn Fasoli
Ranu James
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, vol. 8, no. 4, 2007, pp. 332-343
Description
Provides examples from research project Both Ways and offers advice on how to conduct cross-cultural research.
Residential School Survivors Share Their Stories With Youth
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darla Read
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 11, November 2007, p. 10
Description
Looks at video shown to Saskatoon high school students, at the Honouring Residential School Survivors Symposium, followed by talks with three survivors from the video.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.
Residential Schools: Did They Really Close or Just Morph Into Child Welfare?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 71-78
Description
Article provides background on the complaint filed with the Canadian Human Rights Commission seeking redress for an inequitable child funding policy.
Resource Guide: Working With Urban American Indian Families With Child Protection and Substance Abuse Challenges
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy M. Lucero
Description
Guide developed for child welfare workers, supervisors, administrators and other professionals working with urban welfare system.
Respiratory Health: Frequency of Asthma, Wheezing and Allergies in Inuit Children in Relation to Indoor Air Quality
Alternate Title
Qanuippitaa? How are We?
[Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2004]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pierre Lajoie
Benoit Lévesque
Marc Rhainds
Louis Rochette
Respiratory Tract Infections in Inuit Children: "Set Thine House in Order"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pamela H. Orr
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 177, no. 2, July 17, 2007, pp. 167-168
Description
Explores the link between environmental indoor air quality and infection.
Responses From Aboriginal Women in Seven (7) INAC-Funded Shelters Regarding Matrimonial Real Property (MRP)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence (NACAFV)
Description
Responses based on consultations with 42 First Nations women regarding options presented by the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
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.
Rethinking Child Welfare Reform in British Columbia, 1900-60
Alternate Title
Introduction: People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marilyn Callahan
Christopher Walmsley
Description
"This chapter highlights the importance of not discarding our past but, rather, understanding the actions of social work pioneers within the context of their times and gaining appreciation for their accomplishments".
Introduction and Chapter 1 from People, Politics, and Child Welfare in British Columbia edited by Leslie T. Foster and Brian Wharf.
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.
The Road to Empowerment: Strengthening the Indigenous Rights Act: Volume II: Nurturing the Earth, Nurturing Life
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dennis B. Batangan
Raoul S. Cola
Felipe S. Comila
Evelyn S. Dunuan
Maximo B. Garming ... [et al.]
The Role of Cultural and Spiritual Expressions in Affirming a Sense of Self, Place, and the Purpose Among Young Urban, Indigenous Australians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marian de Souza
Richard Rymarz
International Journal of Children's Spirituality, vol. 12, no. 3, December 2007, pp. 277-288
Description
Looks at the loss of culture and identity for Indigenous children and adolescents living in metropolitan areas. Concludes with recommendations.
The Role of Social Cognition in Early Syntax: The Case of Joint Attention in Argument Realization in Child Inuktitut
Theses
Author/Creator
Barbora Skarabela
Description
[Applied Linguistics] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University, 2007.
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
Sask. Youth Honoured
Alternate Title
Annual SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Awards Recognize Province's Outstanding Young People in Various Categories
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 5, May 2007, pp. 1-2
Description
Looks at the winners of the 9th Annual Sasktel Aboriginal Youth Awards including the winner of Outstanding Achievement Award.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 2.
Saskatchewan Native Theatre's Caribou Song Another Winner Despite Busy Times for Company
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 4, April 2007, p. 10
Description
Comments on an interactive children's play, Caribou Song, that involves the audience to sing in Cree.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.