Matika Wilbur shares photographs and stories from Project 562, her multi-year project to document members of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
Duration: 1:42:58.
Manual takes a systematic approach to developing a well-written and well-organized proposal with all the necessary elements that most funding agencies require.
Closing the Gap: First Nations' Priorities are Canada's Priorities
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Speaks about a plan for collaborative change to close the gap between Canadian and Indigenous people's quality of life. According to the United Nation's Human Development Index country as whole is rated sixth, while Indigenous people are rated at 63rd.
Duration: 1:17:26.
Looks at how First Nations and Inuit communities are using broadband networks and information and communication technologies; and discusses the broadband projects and federal broadband Initiatives in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
Social Indicators Research , vol. 95, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 33-61
Description
Looks at the relationship between crime and quality of life in Saskatoon, and discusses how perceptions of crime and safety affect the quality of life of residents living in different neighbourhoods.
Canadian Water Resources Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, 2015, pp. 352-372
Description
Looks at gaps in water service provision to on-reserve populations through a review of key policy documents and indicators of progress associated with key policies and actions put in place by the federal government and its agencies.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 107-116
Description
Examines the personal, academic and psychosocial factors that encourage or inhibit educational success. Emphasis is on Aboriginal students in Québec.
Article in French.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Assam University, Silchar, 2010.
Focuses on the works Slash, Whispering in the Shadows, Honour the Sun, Silent Words, and Kiss of the Fur Queen.
[Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Creative Leaders Symposium]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hope Henderson
Aditya Jha
thorvick's method productions
Description
First speaker discusses Foundation's role in supporting law enforcement volunteers working with Aboriginal youth through the Partnerships for Community in Action initiative.
Second speaker discusses prospects for Canada's future prosperity given it's demographics and the importance of Aboriginal economic engagement.
Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:21:59
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 50-56
Description
Discusses various Indigenizing approaches to research including concepts of actualizing, regeneration of cultures and communities, and sustainable self-determination.
Re-Storying Maori Legal Histories: Indigenous Articulations in Nineteenth-Century Aotearoa New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nēpia Mahuika
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 40-66
Description
Comments on why Hāmana Mahuika's assailant was tried in a settler court rather than dealt with by the Indigenous peoples in accordance with their own laws and customs.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 1, January-March 2010, pp. 1-13
Description
Discusses the development of eHealth research agenda initiatives including the knowledge gaps which impede adoption in rural Aboriginal communities in Canada.
Around The Kitchen Table: a Model for HIV, Hepatitis and Sexual Health Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program
Description
Outlines the successes and challenges Chee Mamuk had in the creation of a culturally appropriate traditional model and provides recommendations for future implementations.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 4, no. 1, October 2015, pp. [1]-15
Description
Examines how issues of skin colour, assimilation, and notions of legitimacy are interwoven for Indigenous people, both within and outside the community.
International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership 2015
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Hopkins
Description
Looks at transforming the mental health systems and services using Indigenous knowledge and culture, to benefit Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
Presentation from the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership meeting held September 21-22, 2015 in Vancouver, B.C.
Duration: 19:06.
Discussion on the effectiveness of a non-Aboriginal recovery system and the provision of culturally appropriate
services and programs to meet the needs of Aboriginal people.
Undertaken to determine which programs were being accessed and the wants and needs of learners. Twenty-seven citizens and 16 service providers completed surveys, with an additional 27 people participating in key informant interviews and community consultations.