Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 35-42
Description
Uses the NWT Official Languages Act, as an example, to show it is possible to revitalize 55 Aboriginal languages using statutory legislation.
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Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
Description
Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
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.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 43-48
Description
Author states that when local community organizations are empowered with the delivery of employment and training programs, the chances of a successful outcome is improved.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 5, no. 2, First Nations Communities in Crisis, November 2009, pp. 6-41
Description
Looks at research conducted to better understand at risk First Nations communities and to study the effectiveness of programs designed to address the issues.
Canadian Medical Association, vol. 181, no. 5, September 1, 2009, pp. 90-91
Description
First Nations communities, public health officials and aboriginal health experts accuse the federal government of being unprepared for the H1N1 influenza in Nunavut and other remote First Nations communities causing the rapid spread of the pandemic.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 181, no. 5, September 1, 2009, pp. E90-E91
Description
Looks at the charge by public health officials and Aboriginal health experts that environmental conditions, insufficient federal funding, strategies and polices have increased the spread of the swine flu among remote First Nations communities.
Reports on commitments made by the federal and provincial government to address suicide and substance abuse in the communities of Sheshatshiu Innu and Mushuau Innu, Labrador.
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 7-29
Description
Profiles Native American communities, tribal sovereignty and relationship to the federal government, and explains the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Fact sheet discusses collecting the right kind of data to effectively meet the needs of children, families and communities receiving services from the First Nations Child and Family Services agencies.
Looks at the rationale presented in support of the state-driven standardisation process for restorative justice and strategies to be considered for responding to the state’s standardisation programme.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 82-108, 263
Description
Discusses unresolved legal and political matters that question Canadian Arctic sovereignty and looks at different approaches to sovereignty by the Government of Canada, Arctic Indigenous peoples, and other Northerners.
IWGIA [International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs] ; document 71
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alan R. Marcus
Description
Examines the government's decision to move families to the High Arctic where they found conditions very different from their traditional territory, as well as its refusal to move them back at the of end two years as promised. Government claims it was done for humanitarian reasons, while others assert that it was carried out to establish sovereignty over the area.
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 85-92
Description
Discusses epidemiology, cost to society and individuals, government commitment, risk factors and socio-economic inequities.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 57 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Mah-Sos School Gymnasium in Tobique, New Brunswick. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations by a series of community groups, and individuals on topics including education, women's issues, treaties, and Micmac history. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
File contains opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, on Monday, November 2, 1992. Elder Fred Plain relates an anecdote about cross-cultural understanding, discusses the Aboriginal community in metro Toronto, and welcomes the Commission. Following this are various brief introductory remarks by regional Commission coordinator Pat Chilton, and Commissioners Bertha Wilson, Mary Sillet, and Allan Blakeney.
RCAP 59 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Park Plaza Hotel, in Toronto, Ontario. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations including a round table discussion on Urban concerns, various Aboriginal organizations in Toronto, the United Church Native Solidarity Circle, and a series of individual presentations. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
RCAP 63 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Merritt Civic Centre, in Merritt, British Columbia on Thursday, November 5, 1992. RCAP 63 includes presentations by a variety of individuals, First Nations, a school, Tribal Councils, Stock Breeders, Corporations, and Municipal Government. Each submission can be viewed individually on this site.
File contains the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, November 25, 1992. File contains presentations by academics, individuals, and the Honourable Kim Campbell. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Albert Tenasco
Ronald Tetreault
Description
File contains an opening prayer, welcoming remarks, and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Hotel Confortel in Val D'or, Quebec, Monday, November 30, 1992. Following an opening prayer, Chief Albert Tenasco Jr. of the Algonquin Anishnabeg Nation, and Mayor of Val D'Or Ronald Tetreault welcome the Royal Commission to the city. Commissioner Rene Dussault then discusses the composition of the Commission, its mandate and goals. Commissioners Viola Robinson and Allan Blakeney also deliver brief introductory remarks.
File contains the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Maniwaki Community Hall, Maniwaki, Quebec, Wednesday, December 2, 1992. File contains presentations from the International Labour Organization, First Nations organizations, individuals, and an open discussion forum.
File contains a presentation by Vice President Ernest Ottawa of the Attikamek-Montagnais Council. Ottawa discusses the Council which consists of three Attikamek communities in Lac St-Jean, the North Shore, the lower North Shore, and Sheffereville in the North, and its mandate of coming to an agreement with the Governments of Quebec and Canada on the settlement of comprehensive land claims. Following Ottawa's presentation Commissioners Ottawa, Robinson, and Dussault discuss some of the issues raised with him.
File contains a conversation between Commissioners Erasmus, Robinson, Terry Legge, Wilbert Wesley, Christina Delaney, Elie Chilton, and Phoebe Sutherland at the Northern Lights School in Moosonee, Ontario. The wide ranging conversation addresses a variety of topics including educational policy, cultural retention and rejuvenation, and social problems.