Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim A. van der Woerd
David N. Cox
Trica McDiarmid
Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 119-133
Description
Develops a proposal for future research directions on violent behaviour in this particular demographic group.
Preparing Native American Children for Academic Success: A Blueprint for Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Demmert
Peggy McCardle
Joan Mele-McCarthy
Kathleen Leos
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 45, no. 3, 2006, pp. 92-106
Description
Concludes that further research is necessary to address the issues that underlie educational performance and lists research priorities which include defining, examining, and addressing the achievement gap.
Presence of Diabetes Risk Factors in a Large U.S. Eighth-Grade Cohort
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Baranowski
J. Baranowski
A. Canada
K. Cullen
et al.
Diabetes Care, vol. 29, no. 2, February 2006, pp. 212-217
Description
Study probes the prevalence of diabetes, pre-diabetes and diabetes risk factors amongst a group of predominantly minority eighth-grade students.
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Parental-Reported Oral Health of Inuit Preschoolers: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007-2008
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. Pacey
T. Nancarrow
G. M. Egeland
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 1368, Circumpolar Special Issue: Human Health at the Ends of the Earth, 2010, pp. 1-12
Description
Looks at the link between oral health, diet, and socioeconomic risk factors.
Prevalence of Otitis Media and Hearling Loss and Effects of Sound-Field FM Amplification Among First Nations Elementary School Children
Theses
Author/Creator
Leslie A. Pinard
Description
Thesis (M.Sc.)--Dalhousie University, 2006.
Prevent Childhood Obesity in Your Aboriginal Community: A Guide for Service Providers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Best Start Resource Centre
Preventing Aboriginal Youth Gang Involvement in Canada: A Gendered Approach
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 8
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 3rd, 2009
Exploring the Urban Landscape
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mark Totten
Description
Examines the gendered nature of gangs, risk factors that contribute to Aboriginal gang involvement; and prevention approaches needed to help young women to leave the gang lifestyle.
Excerpt from Exploring the Urban Landscape edited by Jerry P. White and Jodi Bruhn.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Preventing and Eradicating Abuse of Our Children and Youth: Regional Team Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rebecca Cook
Description
Discusses project and provides assessment of research findings in order to help develop prevention and interventions methods.
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.
Proceedings of the Rural Early Childhood Forum on American Indian and Alaska Native Early Learning
Alternate Title
Rural Early Childhood Report No. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives
Description
Proceedings of Forum from July 28 - 29, 2005.
The Process and Importance of Writing Aboriginal Fiction for Young Adult Readers: Exegesis Accompanying the Novel "Calypso Summers"
Theses
Author/Creator
Jared Thomas
Description
Humanities Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, 2010.
Process and Outcome Evaluation of the Saskatoon Gang Strategy: Evaluation Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Carrie Tanasichuk
Sarah Hogg
Terri Simon
Myles Ferguson
J. Stephen Wormith
Profile of Aboriginal People in the Fraser Health Region 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Brodkin
Laurel Jesbamani
Leslie Schroeder
Jeet Sivia
Description
Looks at health determinants such as chronic illness and risky behaviors that effect well-being and social determinants that contribute to disadvantages in areas of education, income and employment.
Profile of Effective Practice: Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brendan Reimer
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 5, no. 1, Fall, 2006, pp. 14-21
Description
Looks at Canada's first and largest major urban First Nations child and family support program in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal]
Profile of Metis Health Status and Healthcare Utilization in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patricia Marten
Judith Bartlett
Elaine Burland
Heather Prior
Charles Burchill ... [et al.]
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 Directions for Caries Prevention With American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judith E. N. Albino
Valerie A. Orlando
International Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 3, suppl.2, June 2010, pp. 216-222
Description
"This report will review caries trends among American Indian children and describes promising approaches that take into account culturally defined responses of AI/AN tribes and communities".
Promising Practices in First Nations Child Welfare: Kinosao Sipi Minisowin Agency: Creating a Community Response for Special Needs Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Charlene Ducharme
Doreen Muskego
Alfred Muswagon
Clarence Paupanekis
Mike Muswagon ... [et al.]
Description
Highlights factors which led to the creation of the program, conditions and indicators of success, and challenges involved in delivery of services.
Promising Practices in First Nations Child Welfare Management and Governance: Touchwood Child and Family Services: Reflecting on the Elements of Good Leadership
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Derald Dubois
Jacqueline Ramdatt
Description
Focuses on the administrative structure of Saskatchewan's oldest agency.
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.
Promoting Educational Equity for Indigenous Children in Canada through Quality Early Childhood Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Looks at indicators of equity gaps and policy reforms that would reduce equity gaps.
Promoting the Wellbeing of Indigenous People in Mental Health and Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Innocent F. Okozi
Andrea Sainab Nael
Maria Cristina Cruza-Guet
Communique, August 2010, pp. vii-xii
Description
Highlights contemporary challenges facing Indigenous peoples including American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page vii.
Promoting Young Indigenous Children's Emergent Literacy in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Recommends seven key elements and guiding principles for strategy to improve literacy development among young Indigenous children.
Protecting Our Gifts and Securing Our Future: First Nations Children and Obesity: A Growing Epidemic
Documents & Presentations
Description
Looks at the First Nations Wholistic Policy and Planning Model, an action plan for communities across Canada. Recommendations are provided.
Protective and Risk Factors for Suicide among Indigenous Australians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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.
Psychosocial Aspects of Body Mass and Body Image Among Rural American Indian Adolescents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise L. Newman
Lisa M. Sontag
Rebecca Salvato
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, vol. 35, no. 2, April 2006, pp. 265-275
Description
Survey finds that, on average, boys were more likely to be overweight or obese than were girls.
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
Qalupalik
Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ame Papatsie
Description
Animated short of legend about a half-human sea monster who traps disobedient children if they venture too close to shore. Accompanying material, Qalupalik: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 5:34.
Qalupalik: Lesson Plan
Alternate Title
[Nunavut Animation Lab]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Target audience Grades three to six in the subject areas of First Nations, English, and Fine Arts. Accompanies animated film of same name.
A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Young Adults in Iqaluit on School-based Sexual Health Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sidney Alisha Horlick
Gwen Healey-Akearok
Nicole Diakite
Alashua Crowley
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 17, no. 2, 2022, pp. 51-63
Description
Discusses the need for community-based sexual education for Inuit communities in Nunavut.
Qualities of Effective Native American Bicultural Education Programs
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathan Frizzell
Description
Education Leadership and Foundations Thesis (D.Ed.)--Western Carolina University, 2006.
Quality of Life of Some Under-Represented Survey Respondents: Youth, Aboriginals and Unemployed
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alex C. Michalos
Julie Anne Orlando
Social Indicators Research, vol. 79, no. 2, November 2006, pp. 191-213
Description
Surveys found differences in how the three groups ranked their quality of life; unemployed respondents ranked lower than Aboriginal respondents; the strongest predictors for life satisfaction for Aboriginal respondents were friendship and self-esteem.
Quebec Region First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002: Report on First Nations Living in Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nation of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Final sample consisted of 1,949 adults, 798 teenagers and 1,038 children.
Quebec Region First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002: Report on Urban First Nations Living Outside Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Final sample consisted of 268 adults, 36 adolescents, and 64 children residing in Montreal, Quebec City, and Val-d'Or.
Quebec Region First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002 : Tobacco Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nation of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Final sample consisted of 1,949 adults, 798 teenagers and 1,038 children.
The Racialization of Dine (Navajo) Youth in Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Vincent Werito
Description
Language, Literacy, and Socio Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2010.
(Re)covering Oka: Alanis Obomsawin's Representation of the Crisis at Oka
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lindsey Campbell
Offscreen, vol. 14, no. 3, March 2010, p. [?]
Description
Comments on filmmakers's representation of the Mohawk men, women and children in the her documentaries dedicated to telling the story of the Mohawks of Kanawake involved in the 1990 crisis.
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-Searching Métis Identity: My Métis Family Story
Theses
Author/Creator
Tara J. Turner
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.
Re-visualizing a History: First Nations, Children and Costuming - Exhibition
Alternate Title
Picturing Children and Youth: A Canadian Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Edell
Sydney Houston
Zoe Koke
Description
Examines cultural and historical contexts of particular images and questions romanticization and appropriation.
Realizing 'Quality' in Indigenous Early Childhood Development
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Nichole Mashon
Description
Language and Literacy Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2010.
Reclaiming the Gift: Indigenous Youth Counter-Narratives on Native Language Loss and Revitalization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa L. McCarty
Mary Eunice Romero
Ofelia Zepeda
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1/2, Indigenous Languages and Indigenous Literature, Winter - Spring, 2006, pp. 28-48
Description
Drawing on the Language Shift and Retention Project, article explores the personal, familial, and academic costs of Indigenous language loss.
Reclaiming the Wasteland: Samson and Delilah and the Historical Perception and Construction of Indigenous Knowledges in Australian Cinema
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brooke Collins-Gearing
M/C Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, 2010, p. [?]
Description
Examines reactions to the 2009 film by Warwick Thornton which is about bravery, hopelessness, optimism, and the struggles of two Indigenous youth, and the dialogues it has created.
Recommendations for Clinical Care Guidelines on the Management of Otitis Media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Darwin Otitis Guidelines Group
Peter Morris
Amanda Leach
Pranalia Shah
Sandi Nelson ... [et al.]
Reconciliation in Child Welfare: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, Youth, and Families
Alternate Title
Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward--Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare,
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Terry Cross
John George
Ivan Brown
Jocelyn Formsma
Description
Discusses why reconciliation in child welfare is needed, what reconciliation can mean in the context of child welfare, and identifies key values to guide reconciliation in child welfare. Paper presented at the conference Reconciliation: Looking Back, Reaching Forward--Indigenous Peoples and Child Welfare.
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.
Reflections on the Challenges with the Bringing Them Home Oral History Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Fredericks
Description
Pamela Croft reflects on how telling her story of being forcibly removed from her family impacted her artwork and life.