Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 29, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 25-38
Description
Discusses development of leaders using components of language, maturity, courage, and cultural knowledge emulating traditional principles to overcome the effects of colonialism.
Examines the structural factors behind disproportionality in the system and reviews approaches that go beyond traditional limits of social welfare systems.
Dissecting Internal Community Barriers and Subsequent Devaluation of Indigenous Graduates: A Discussion on Stereotypes, Knowledge, Power and Social Space Based on an
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 39-45
Description
Presents a study to determine if there is a difference in birth outcomes among First Nations women living
on-reserve versus off-reserve in Manitoba.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 123, December 2014, p. 278–286
Description
Discusses the importance of participation from Aboriginal community and community controlled organizations in local governance and the impact for improving health equity.
International Journal of Canadian Studies , no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 69-98
Description
Discusses a unique sustainable development program with Aboriginal community partners to address traditional knowledge and capacity building.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 114, August 2014, p. 200–203
Description
Discusses the problems with statistical analysis done by Stephen Whelan and Donald J. Wright on health services use and lifestyle choices of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 2, 2014, pp. 85-103
Description
Discusses the Indigenous Youth Empowerment Program located in Lansing, Michigan. Outlines each component of curriculum, discusses it's significance, and provides example of how it is applied.
CCPA Monitor, vol. 17, no. 3, July/August 2010, p. 16
Description
Professor discusses her philosophy of action education and education for social change, which involves a responsibility to make a difference in the community.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, 2010, pp. 27-46
Description
Study probes the importance of kinship relations, with respect to individual and collective identity, for members of the Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan.
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World] Inuit Studies Conference : 17th]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Louis McComber
Description
Comments on the lack of improvement in housing, education, and health since the creation of Nunavut and the signing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
Indigenous Affairs , no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 22-27
Description
Examines the evolution and adaptation of customary law for use by African women in their communities to advance their own positions. To access this article, scroll down to page 22.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 75-93
Description
LeAnne Howe discusses the ongoing development and application of tribalography through the relationship between Native baseball, people and land.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 75.
Using community-based surveys to determine the health priorities of four Indigenous communities to help develop the Green Light Program.
Chapter in Promoting Change Through Action Research edited by Franz Rauch, Angela Schuster, Thomas Stern, Maria Pribila, Andrew Townsend .
To view article scroll down to page 207.
Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Catherine Fillmore
Colleen Anne Dell
Jennifer M. Kilty
Description
Presents innovative model of participatory action research (PAR) based on five central partnership principles.
Chapter 2 in book: Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research edited by Jennifer M. Kilty, Maritza Felices-Luna and Sheryl C. Fabian.
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Description
Discusses the disproportionate exposure of environmental hazards and extension of racism as it applies to the environment and the lands of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.