Looks at experiences of social workers in agencies providing guardianship and protective services to children and families within and outside Indigenous communities and reports how current funding arrangements affect availability of supports.
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Raising Adult Literacy Skills: The Need for A Pan-Canadian Response: Report of the Standing committee on Human Resources Development and Status of Persons With Disabilities
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Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
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Chapter Four of Raising Adult Literacy Skills: The Need for A Pan-Canadian Response
Gathering held to help build and enhance policies, programs and services that are relevant to, and supportive of the needs of Aboriginal peoples. Held in Whistler, British Columbia, December 1-3, 2003.
Performance Indicators Children and Youth in Care (CYIC)
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[Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)
Government of British Columbia]
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Data for Indigenous and general population on: progression by school district, appropriateness of grade, high school completion; and results of Foundation Skills Assessment for reading, writing numeracy, Grades 4 and 7.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 97-105
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Book reviews of:
The Abenaki by Colin G. Calloway.
The Catawbas by James H. Merrell.
The Narragansett by William S. Simmons.
The Pima-Maricopa by Henry F. Dobyns.
The Yuma by Robert L. Bee.
Briefly looks at areas where rights are being compromised, what can be done to ensure those rights, and national and international action for Indigenous children. References the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Looks at the failure of the public school system to support the success of Aboriginal students due to funding, assessment, program design, training, curriculum and continuity of goals.
Office of Audit and Evaluation Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada
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Describes and analyzes program which was developed to deliver holistic programs to Indigenous children aged 0 to 6. Presents findings and recommendations.
Pimatziwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter, 2003, pp. 135-154
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Focuses on Aboriginal smoking initiation and presents a forum to examine cessation and prevention strategies. Also includes "A Community Comment" by Ron Sunshine, Treaty 8 Health Authority.
Canadian Review of Social Policy, vol. 51, Spring/Summer, 2003, pp. 49-66
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Outlines development process for the expansion of authority to First Nations Child and Family Services agencies off reserve, and to start a Métis Child Welfare agency.
Journal of Primary Prevention, vol. 38, no. 1-2, April 2017, pp. 105-119
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Study examines the associations between culturally specific factors and current smoking off-reserve First Nations and Métis aged 15-17 years old compared to non-Indigenous Canadian youth.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 29-47
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Research summary of a study of an Innu school-based drug and alcohol prevention program intended to identify barriers and facilitators for substance use prevention strategies and education. Major barriers identified include: overloaded staff and difficulty scheduling training.
Working Paper Series (International Human Rights Internships Program) ; vol. 5, no. 12, 2017
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Jacinthe Dion
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Looks at impact of federal and provincial jurisdictional and funding disputes, Canadian governments' delayed funding and implementation of Jordan's principle, The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision, and the court case Pictou Landing Band Council and Maurina Beadle (applicants) v. Attorney General of Canada.