Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christi Belcourt
Description
Overview of the stained glass window depicting the journey of Aboriginal people through harrowing times, and into a new era of hope.
Gladue Sentencing Principles
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Tripartite Working Group of the National Aboriginal Court Worker Program
Description
"This curriculum is developed for the purposes instructing Aboriginal Court Workers on how to integrate Gladue Principles into speaking to sentence for an Aboriginal client."
Glimpsing Our Past: An Archival Photo Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadine Charabin
Paula Daigle
Andy Miller
Saskatchewan History, vol. 69, no. 1, Winter, 2017-2018, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes a project undertaken collaboratively by First Nations University (FNU) in Regina, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (PAS), and the Pasqua First Nation, to research and provide better descriptive information for a number of photos of First Nations people in the FNU library.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 5.
Gwich'in Outdoor Classroom Project
Alternate Title
Building the Evidence. Evaluation Summaries ; 2007-ES-10
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Crime Prevention Centre
He waipuna koropupū: Taranaki Māori Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention
Alternate Title
He waipuna koropupū: Taranaki Maori Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ngaropi Cameron
Leonie Pihama
Jocelyn Millard
Awhina Cameron
Bry Kopu
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 2, September 2017, pp. 105-115
Description
Research project aimed to explore and share a knowledge base that could inform practice in relation to Taranaki Māori suicide.
Helping Students Succeed: Vision, Goals and Priorities For Yukon First Nations Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nation Education Advisory Committee
Description
Overview of strategies for providing effective education from pre-school to grade twelve and support for students and parents.
Historical Trauma in American Indian/Native Alaska Communities: A Multilevel Framework for Exploring Impacts on Individuals, Families, and Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa Evans-Campbell
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 23, no. 3, 2008, pp. 316-338
Description
Explores the impact of historically traumatic events on individuals, families, and communities.
Hope or Heartbreak: Aboriginal Youth and Canada's Future
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thomas Townsend
Michael Wernick
Marlene Brant Castellano
Jeanette Steffler
Laurent Jérôme
Éric Guimond
Martin J. Cooke ... [et al.]
Description
Special issue of: Horizons, vol. 10, no. 1, March 2008, offering insights into emerging trends, opportunities and policies related to Aboriginal youth population.
How Might Native Science Inform "Informal Science Learning"?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
Angelina E. Castago
Cultural Studies of Science Education, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Knowledge and Science Education, 2008, pp. 731-750
Description
Outlines a number of definitions of Native science in order to determine the ways that are both similar and dissimilar to Western notions of science.
Impacting Community Strength and Sustainability: Community-Campus Engagement and Poverty Reduction at Station 20 West Community Enterprise Centre
E-Books
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Sana Rachel Sunny
Sugandhi del Canto
Colleen Christopherson-Côté
Lisa Erickson
The Impacts on Health and Education for Children and Families Enrolled in Aboriginal Head Start Urban and Northern Communities in Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Angela Rose Mashford-Pringle
Description
Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2008.
Indian Play: Students, Wordplay, and Ideologies of Indianness at a School for Native Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa K. Neuman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 178-203
Description
Author spotlights the programs at Bacone College between 1927-1955 which engaged Indigenous students and cultures, and how the unique environment allowed students to engage in cultural production that critically examined the intersection of Indigenous identity and colonial education.
Indigenizing Social Research Methodologies: An Analysis of the Diploma Program for Strengthening Indigenous Women's Leadership (Intercultural Indigenous University and the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dolores Figueroa Romero
Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 235-245
Description
Focuses on the experience of facilitators and leaders in the program dealing with the challenges associated with adapting Western research methods to the Indigenous context.
Indigenous Aesthetics: Universal Circles Related and Connected to Everything Called Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Ballengee-Morris
Art Education, vol. 61, no. 2, March 2008, pp. 30-33
Description
With a focus on using Indigenous art in the classroom discusses spiraling, aesthetics, individual and collective identities and parallel time.
The Indigenous Experience of Work in a Health Research Organisation: Are There Wider Inferences?
Alternate Title
The Indigenous Experience of Work in a Health Research Organization: Are There Wider Inferences?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon K. Chirgwin
Adrienne Farago
Heather d'Antione
Trish Nagle
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, July 2017, pp. 1-32
Description
Interviews current and past staff to identify positive and negative things that impacted their work life.
Indigenous Housing Employment Benchmarking Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Burr
Steve Pomeroy
Description
Reports results from a survey of 135 housing providers to check status of Indigenous employment, obtain information on training experiences, and gauge how organizations were coping as housing agreements expired.
Includes 11 case studies: Lloydminster Métis Housing Group; Tawaak Housing Association; Native People of Sudbury Development Corporation; Native Inter-Tribal Housing Co-operative; Kinew Housing Incorporated; Namerind Housing Corporation; Centre d’Amité Autochtone de Val d’Or; Metis Urban Housing Corporation; Cariboo Friendship Society; Grey Mountain Housing Society; and Skigen-Elnoog H
Indigenous Knowledge Centres - The Queensland Experience Six Years On
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lyn Thompson
Renee Colless
Description
The Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC) Administrator from Boigu Island describes the community involvement and its impact since the IKC was established.
Indigenous Sport
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Paraschuk
Journal of Sport History, vol. 35, no. 2, Indigenous Sport, Summer, 2008, pp. 191-194
Description
Introduction to special issue on Indigenous sport in North America.
The Influence of Shifting Pacific Identities in Learning: The Experience of Parents Raising Children of Mixed Pacific Ethnicities
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachael Violeti Leafe
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Massey University, 2017
An Initial Report of a Community-University Research Alliance: Community-Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives: Implementation and Evaluation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Helen D. Armstrong
Barry S. Corenblum
Barbara M. Gfellner
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, May 2008, pp. 1-18
Description
Focuses on the collaboration process among community groups, Aboriginal organizations and university researchers geared to improving retention and graduation rates among Aboriginal students.
Inside School Administration in Nunavut: Four Women's Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Caroline Joan Thompson
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Western Ontario, 2008.
Integrating Aboriginal Teaching and Values into the Classroom
Alternate Title
What Works?: Research into Practice. Research Monograph ; no. 11
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Rose Toulouse
What Works? Research into Practice, March 2008, pp. 1-4
Description
Looks at the relationship between self-esteem and educational attainment, strategies that work for Aboriginal students and the changes needed to honour Aboriginal students’ culture, language, world view and knowledge.
Inuglugijaittuq: Foundation for Inclusive Education in Nunavut Schools.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Margaret Joyce
Leigh Anne Willard
Jean Voysey
John Strutynski
Emerson Coish ... [et al.]
Inuit Visions for Schooling in One Nunavut Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Paul Berger
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Lakehead University, 2008.
"It feels like a healing process..."
-The Maintenance of Traditional Values among the Mohawk of Akwesasne
Theses
Author/Creator
Elisabeth Holm
Description
Social Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Tromsø, 2008.
“It's Hard to Change Something When You Don't Know Where to Start”: Unpacking HIV Vulnerability with Aboriginal Youth in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Flicker
June Larkin
Christine Smilie-Adjarkwa
Jean-Paul Restoule
Kevin Barlow
Michelle Dagnino
Christina Ricci
Ruth Koleszar-Green
and Claudia Mitchell
Pimatisiwin, vol. 5, no. 2, 2008, pp. 175-200
Description
Discusses an approach to understanding issues related to HIV risk among Aboriginal youth and how best to address those issues.
James Miles Venne
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 11, February 2008, p. 26
Description
Brief profile of James Miles Venne, Lac La Ronge Indian Band chief, who helped create Kitsaki Development Corporation, set up band control of the local education system and lobbied for Aboriginal and treaty rights to be included in the Canadian Constitution.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.
Knowledge and Perceptions of Tuberculosis Among a Sample of Urban Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Brassard
Kelly K. Anderson
Dick Menzies
Kevin Schwartzman
Mary Ellen Mcdonald
Journal of Community Health, vol. 33, no. 4, August 2008, pp. 192-198
Description
A study of awareness of tuberculosis (TB) causes, risk factors and symptoms; and their experiences with health services among a group of Aboriginal peoples living in Montreal.
Kokua Na`auao – Learning Through Service: Evaluation of
a Values-Based Health Scholarship Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Palama Lee
Pimatisiwin, vol. 6, no. 3, Winter, 2008, pp. 55-73
Description
Highlights the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program (NHHSP) and its impact on Native Hawaiian health.
The Leadership of Allan Houser
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Camilla Shelton
Undergraduate Leadership Review, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 25-35
Description
Discusses how artist's work helped Native American artists restore their identity and culture.
Lifelong Learning: Libraries Promote Literacy Throughout Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Thull
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Native Voices, Modern Media, Fall, 2008
Description
Comments on how Tribal College and University libraries not only serve their students, but also the surrounding community.
"The Light in Which We Are": Evolution of Indian Identity in the Schooling of Native Americans in the United States
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Philip Capurso
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of the Pacific, 2008.
Literacy Profile of Off-Reserve First Nations and Metis People Living in Urban Manitoba and Saskatchewan: Results from the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey 2003
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Evelyne Bougie
Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, vol. 4, no. 5, [January] [7], [2008], p. [?]
Description
Measured prose literacy (information from sources such as editorials, news stories, brochures and instruction manuals) and document literacy (job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, etc.).
Mathematics in Indigenous Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bob Perry
Peter Howard
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, vol. 13, no. 4, 2008, pp. 4-9
Description
Project carried out by the Board of Studies between 1999-2005 to develop contextual, multistage mathematics units for Aboriginal students at urban and rural schools in western New South Wales.
Mémére Métisse = My Métis Grandmother: Educational Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with the documentary Mémére Métisse by filmmaker Janelle Wookey, who sets out to understand why her grandmother has denied her Métis roots.
Moondani Yulenj: An Examination of Aboriginal Culture, Identity and Education: Artefact and Exegesis
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Peters
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Swinburne University of Technology, 2017.
Moving to the City from the Reserve: Perceived Changes in Food Choices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Brown
Corinne Isaak
Christine Lengyel
Rhona Hanning
James Friel
Pimatisiwin, vol. 6, no. 3, Winter, 2008, pp. 1-16
Description
Explores the eating experiences, and use of traditional foods of Aboriginal adults who have moved to an urban community.
Native American Studies: A Place of Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiffany S. Lee
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 18-25
Description
Discusses pedagogical approach used at University of New Mexico and perceptions of three students who are enrolled in Indigenous studies classes.
Navajo Nation Brain Drain: An Exploration of Returning College Graduates' Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Quintina Ava Bearchief-Adolpho
Aaron P. Jackson
Steven A. Smith
Moroni T. Benally
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-25
Description
Looks at the primary reasons for returning back to the reservation to live and work: family support, community, cultural identity, the simple life, reservation economy, and commitment to the reservation.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
Northern Indicators 2007
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrea Street
Description
Primary data source Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM).
Nunavut, Canada & Territories Registered Apprentices and Completions, 2001 to 2015
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Statistics Canada.
[Nunavut Census Educational Attainment by Region and Community, 2006 (2 tables)]
Alternate Title
Population 25 to 64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, for Nunavut, Regions and Communities, 2006 Census
Proportion of the Population 25 to 64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, for Nunavut, Regions and Communities, 2006 Census
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
2 statistical tables. Definitions found on third tab.
Source: 2006 Census of Population.
Nunavut Labour Force, Highest Certificate, Diploma and Degree by Region and Community, 2016 Census [3 tables]
Alternate Title
Labour Force Activity fro the Total Population 15 Years and Over, by Nunavut, Region and Community, 2016 Census
Population 25 to 64 Years with Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, by Nunavut, Region and Community, 2016 Census
Proportion of the Population 25 to 64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, by Nunavut, Region and Community, 2016 Census
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Catalogue #98-401-X2016055.
Nunavut Secondary School Graduates, 1999 to 2016 (2 tables)
Alternate Title
Nunavut Secondary School Graduates, 1998/99 to 2015/16
Nunavut Secondary School Gross Graduation by Region, 1998/99 to 2015/16
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Department of Education, Government of Nunavut and Statistics Canada, Demography Division, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) table #051-0001.
An Offering: Lakota Elders Contributions to the Future of Food Security
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Paul Brewer II
Mary Kate Dennis
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Study works with 25 Elders living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to explore narratives surrounding food and food production over their lives. Four themes emerged: family homestead, food as security, food preservation, and generational gardening. Discusses potential implications for future programming to improve food security.
One Good Book Away from Becoming a Leader: First Nations Literature in a Northern Classroom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Catlin
Language & Literacy, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses how a teacher incorporated First Nations literature into high school English to motivate her students to read.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Home on Native Land: Wikwemikong
Alternate Title
Our Home on Native Land Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Johnathan Craven
Description
Documentary aboutthe scars and legacy of residential schools on the First Nations Reserve of Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island In Georgian Bay Ontario.
Duration: 59:29.