International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 1, 2010, pp. 61-71
Description
Contends that a higher rate of hospitalization and mortality occurs in Aboriginal communities compared to non-Aboriginal communities in Newfoundland and Labrador.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 256-282
Description
Article examines the Indian Residential Schools in the United States during the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century; links the conditions in the schools to the failure of American Indian policy in the States.
Canadian Political Science Association Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joanne Heritz
Description
Looks at the movement between reserve and city (labelled as 'churn') and the concerns submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People and the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study.
Study focused on: demographic and mobility patterns, service delivery, culture and identity, issues specific to children, youth, and women, racism, health, and income and poverty.
Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 288 respondents.
Joint Steering Committee Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Description
Study undertaken to provide information for development of strategic resource allocation, understanding of current policy approaches and legislative frameworks, and on-going issues faced by the population in the cities of Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Barrie/Midland/Orillia, Sudbury and Kenora.
Study focused on: education, income, employment, housing, culture and identity, racism, health, issues specific to youth, women and men and provision of social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey.
Sample size of 280 participants 96 percent of whom were Aboriginal.
Study focused on: education, culture and identity, political representation, housing, economic development, racism, health, economically successful residents, youth issues, and gaps in social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey.
Sample size of 340.
Joint Steering Committee Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Description
Study focused on: demographics and mobility patterns, culture and identity, service delivery, racism, health, housing, income and employment, and issues specific to youth and women. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey.
Sample size of 441 respondents; 182 participated in qualitative component and 259 participated in quantitative component.
Study focused on: demographics and mobility patterns, service delivery, culture and identity, issues specific to youth and women, racism, and health.
Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 425.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 10-17
Description
Discussion of how narratives of frontline child protection social workers with Cree First Nation worldviews and Western perspectives can be used to help improve child welfare services.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 38-46
Description
Discusses use of the study by First Nations child welfare agencies to identify ways of making the agencies more useful to First Nations decision-makers.
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. 1263-1283
Description
Reviews literature, government reports and immunization guidelines from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, an the United States.
Developed to provide Aboriginal youth and girls with tools to protect themselves, teach about safety nets and community resource people, and provide communities with tools to prevent youth violence.
Canada West Foundation's report, Hard Times, highlights the devastating issues needed to be addressed by Aboriginal organizations in order to avoid a 'social catastrophe'.
The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 140, no. 10, 2010, pp. 1839-1845
Description
Study investigated the prevalence of, and risk factors (gender, age, vitamin D intake, and socioeconomic status) for low vitamin D in 16 Arctic communities.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 10-14
Description
Modified speech by Chief Wayne Christian talking about the history of his community, and how state policies, legislation and laws have affected a way of life for his people. The article also illustrates, through narrative, the importance of re-learning cultural practices.
Presentation by the United Church General Council Officer for Residential Schools in British Columbia on taking responsibility for the forced assimilation of First Nations through residential schools.
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Commentary from the interviewee about life on the Waitohu Stream, in New Zealand, from a childhood perspective and, later, his adult observations of the same stream.
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: A Time to Learn. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains an episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Community hosts a talent contest and a cousin comes for a visit in episode 10 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: All Access: Study Guide.
Duration: 23:59.
Youth learn a valuable lesson after not giving credit where credit is due in this episode of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: As Long as the River Flows: Study Guide.
Duration: 23:59.
An ill youth develops an overactive imagination from watching too many soap operas on television and the carnival comes to Wapos Bay in episode 8 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: As the Bannock Browns: Study Guide.
Duration: 23:59.
Two boys battle it out in a break dance challenge and kids in town start developing inappropriate behaviours in episode 25 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Dance Dance. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Two boys ask the same girl to their class dance and must find a way to resolve their romantic conflict in episode 21 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Going for the Gold. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
A boy videotapes what he believes is Bigfoot and a young girl learns about helping out the elders in her community in episode 9 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Guardians: Study Guide.
Duration: 23:59.
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Journey Through Fear. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Lights, Camera, Action!. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.