Discusses the importance of First Nations control over the adoption process and the need for government funding to support culturally based adoption services and programs.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 135-143
Description
Discusses the goals of Indigenous quantitative research and how Indigenous ways of knowing and being can be used to improve the typical western approach to social science.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 5, no. 2, First Nations Communities in Crisis, November 2009, pp. 61-87
Description
Looks at the stressors such as poverty, child welfare, youth gangs, policing and domestic violence and suggests that a realistic plan must be developed to foster healthy communities.
Contends that First Nations funding falls short, and with the recession, and growing deficit there will be further cuts to programs that are already underfunded.
Information from the BC Ministry of Health Health System Matrix database. Includes hospital, physician, chronic conditions, home and residential care service data.
Looks at a research network developed through the collaboration of universities, agencies and communities in British Columbia to provide research training and resources for Indigenous people working in Indigenous child well-being and research.
Report of panel struck in 2010 to conduct a comprehensive review of the child welfare system in Saskatchewan and make recommendations for improvements.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 3, March 2009, p. 8
Description
Dr. Jaqueline Marie Maurice reflects on her own foster home experiences when presenting doctoral work to nurses, social services workers and students.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
Looks at re-designing Indigenous school-based health programs and practices to include indigenous ways of knowing, learning, traditions, and values of the community.
History Compass, vol. 7, no. 6, November 2009, pp. 1606-1615
Description
Studies reveal that gender and sexuality were paramount to all colonial North American borderland encounters among and between Native Americans and Europeans.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1363-1382
Description
Looks at aspects of kidney diseases in Indigenous populations in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.
Outlines Correctional Service of Canada obligations and commitments, and focuses on progress in the following areas: financial capacity, access to programs, security and classification, parole, data collection, human resources, Northern Correctional Framework, and healing lodges.
Discusses the inequity of federal funding to First Nations Child and Family Services Program in comparison to provincial agencies and off reserve child welfare programs.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 9, September 2010, p. 3,5
Description
Comments on Governor General Michaëlle Jean's tour through Saskatchewan during the International Year of Youth.
Article found by scrolling to pages 3 and 5.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 11, November 2009, p. 17
Description
Brief profile of Marcella Tsannie, winner of the 2009 SaskTel Youth Culture Award, including future plans and advice given to her by her late Grandmother.
Article located by scrolling to page 17.
Lost Kids: Vulnerable Children and Youth in Twentieth-Century Canada and the United States
Wanted Kids? Institutions, Fostering, and Adoption
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Karen Dubinsky
Description
Argues that the issue is much more complex than the binaries of "kidnap" versus "rescue" would indicate.
Introduction and chapter one from: Lost Kids: Vulnerable Children and Youth in Twentieth-Century Canada and the United States edited by Mona Gleason, Tamara Myers, Leslie Paris, and Veronica Strong-Boag.
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 2, Ngaahi Lea a e Kakai Pasifika: Endangered Pacific Languages and Cultures, 2010, pp. 143-154
Description
Discusses how cultural expectations influence male and female educational achievement and looks at ways to address better educational participation and accomplishment.
Includes tips on making recipes healthier, how to choose healthier options, recipes for groups, healthy lunch ideas and more. Targeted at families living in British Columbia.
Recent Promising Practices to Improve the Health and Well-being of Aboriginal Women and Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah A. McNeil
Shivani Rikhy
Amy Johnston
Jodi Siever
Suzanne Tough ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at promising practices for achieving better maternal, reproductive, newborn and child health.
From two sources:
Recent Promising Practices to Improve the Health and Well-being of Aboriginal Women and Children
Call to Action. In Healthy Moms Babies and Children: Improving the Health of Aboriginal Populations in Canada.
Story of a fist-time mother who consults two sources for information: her doctor for scientific view of birth and her grandmother for nurturing and traditional support.
For use with Healthy Pregnancy: Jenny's Story: Student Activities.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1539-1559
Description
Historical overview of treaty obligations and the link to health care.