Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: [Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ben Brunnen
Description
Uses 2006 census data to analyze characteristics in communities with small, medium, and large Aboriginal communities.
Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White and Calvin Hanselmann.
A comprehensive document covering all new, and ongoing Aboriginal initiatives, services, and programs currently taking place at Simon Fraser University.
Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: [Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Raymond R. Corrado
Irwin M. Cohen
Description
Combines data from the 2006 census involving risk and protective factors with literature review to form basis for policy/program recommendations.
Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White and Calvin Hanselmann.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marnie Bell
Karen MacDougall
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21345
Description
Pilot project findings found that online learning is a cost effective tool that can overcome geographical challenges presented by vast northern distances.
Purpose of study was to design and test research design which would provide a comparison of different types of communities using education, labour force, income, and housing as indicators.
Chapter from Aboriginal Well-Being: Canada's Continuing Challenge edited by Jerry P. White, Dan Beavon and Nicholas Spence.
Mamow Na-nan-da-we-ki-ken-chi-kay-win: Searching Together Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mamow Sha-way-gi-kay-win North South Partnership for Children
Description
Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.
Annual William Walters Symposium on Urban Education ; 5th
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ellen Gabriel
Taiaiake Alfred
Susan Dion
Description
Showcases three keynote speakers discuss issues connecting teaching and learning in an anti-colonial framework.
Showcases a film, dance, and drama by students. Duration: 2:49:36.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 2009, pp. 143-192
Description
Book reviews of 20 books:
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement.
Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.
SA-eDUC Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, Special Edition on Education and Ethnicity, November 2009, pp. 100-116
Description
Supports the need to understand First Nations history from an Aboriginal perspective and the effects the Indian Act and residential school systems had on First Nations people in Canada.
Handbook to assist First Nations school boards as they define their school's purpose, effectively direct school staff, plan for and monitor school growth, and ensure that their schools are places where First Nations learners can thrive.
Documentary shows life at boarding school, the city landscape and lifestyle in the Russian tundra. Overview of alternative education offered to tundra children in life skills with teacher Anna Nerkagi.
Duration: 28:18.
BMC Public Health, vol. 13, October 18, 2013, p. article no. 970
Description
Study found that users were more likely to be housing insecure, female, middle-aged, unemployed, Aboriginal and lack a high school education. Compares results with those from a previous study conducted in Iqaliut, Nunavut.
Community Readiness Model for HIV/AIDS Prevention (Revised Edition)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Plested
Pamela Jumper-Thurman
Ruth W. Edwards
Description
Discusses an assessment model that creates effective, culturally appropriate, and community specific strategies to address HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention.
Population 25 to 64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, for Nunavut, Regions and Communities, 2011 National Household Survey
Proportion of the Population 25 to 64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, for Nunavut, Regions and Communities, 2011 National Household Survey
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistics. Includes definitions on third tab.
Source: 2011 National Household Survey.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 11, November 2009, p. 18
Description
Looks at the achievements of Corey Matthews including being named University of Regina Outstanding Young Alumnus, receiving a Regina Crime Prevention award, a Centennial Medal for Service to Saskatchewan and being selected as a Métis representative Olympic torch bearer.
Article located by scrolling to page 18.
Aboriginal Literacy and Essential Skills Pilot Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Literacy Victoria
Description
Discusses pilot project to help First Nations communities develop set of benchmarks adapting Aboriginal worldviews to western benchmarks. Uses the Circle of Learning, Saskatchewan Adult Literacy Benchmarks, levels 1 and 2.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 5-26
Description
Compares and contrasts the experiences of two groups of adult Indigenous students, one from the northern Australian tropics and one from Northwestern Ontario.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 5.
Mathematics Education Research Journal, vol. 25, 2013, pp. 73-89
Description
Using interviews and surveys with teachers and students to discuss the implementation of a culturally responsive education model for Math classes in Saskatchewan schools.