Gaagnig Pane Chiyaayong: Forever, We Will Remain, Reflections and Memories: "Resiliency" Concerning the Walpole Island Residential School Survivors Group
Thoughts on Promoting Capacity in Support of Child Well-Being
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan R. Pence
Child & Youth Care Forum, vol. 32, no. 6, December 2003, pp. 313-318
Description
Describes the First Nations Partnership Program (FNPP) conceived after a request was made by the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (Saskatchewan) to develop an early childhood care and development program.
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP
Description
Investigation examined conduct relating to policing of pubic intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons and domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Includes links to complaint, interim and final report, and Commissioner's response.
Government Relations & Aboriginal Affairs Division
Description
Outlines provincial Strategy of Métis and Off-Reserve First Nations People (MOR) and discusses questions related to issues affecting Aboriginal people.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 104-125
Description
Looks at the experiences of Aboriginal adults with the child welfare system and their concerns about the system. Also discussed are the effects that residential schools had on their parenting skills.
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63-87
Description
Describes how a sample of adolescents interpreted and acted upon disclosures of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation on Facebook or Twitter and what resources they felt were needed.
Reports results from an adult and a youth survey regarding personal experiences, and nine focus groups. Themes and findings included victimization, the role of alcohol and drugs, reporting of incidents, perceptions of law enforcement and court responses, appropriate court sanctions, youth and teen dating violence, services and community awareness.
Justice as Healing, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring, 2003, p. [?]
Description
Comments on developments and how the YCJA is intended to be inclusive by shifting from the power to punish to the power to heal.
This sample article appears courtesy of the Native Law Centre; subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre of Canada.
Focuses on the areas of system, community, organization, and practice. Each section includes key points and recommendations.
Material presented as exhibit 42 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Found that 60% of unexpected deaths were accidental (motor vehicle crashes, overdose, downing and fire), 33% were due to suicide, and 5% were the result of homicide. Identified three key areas to prevent deaths and support wellness and well-being: connectedness to peers, family, community and culture; access to services; and culturally safe and trauma-informed care.
In-depth news story on the history of Canada's residential schools; includes interview with a survivor and estimates the number of children who died in residential schools.
Duration: 25:00.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 91, August 2013, pp. 210-218
Description
Two broad themes emerged: factors that limited mobility within neighbourhoods, including perceptions of health/safety threats or barriers, and factors which limited movement in the larger city.
"tool to facilitate discussions, partnerships, planning, policy making and the development of new methods among stakeholders for Tribal child welfare evaluation."
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 20, no. 3, 2013, pp. 42-58
Description
Survey of 93 youth assessed explanatory style, life events and symptoms of depression and the link to formation of self-concept, social competence and academic achievement.
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.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 19793
Description
Findings from over 700 youth indicated a majority of the respondents reported good health. The rate of self-reported poor/fair heath was three times higher among the Inuit subjects compared to the Sami.
Discusses provincial government program which promoted adoption and fostering of Indigenous children in non-Indigenous homes as a response to increasing child welfare interventions which placed children into care.