Compares the role of Indigenous hunters as portrayed in the novels Pursuing the Whale by John A. Cook, and Chasing the Bowhead by Hartson H. Bodfish to Brower's Fifty Years Below Zero
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Migration, 2007, pp. 18-25
Description
Looks at different migrations and changes to the Mayan identity as a result of violence in the 1980s and their return to Guatemala to rebuild their society.
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The Public Historian, vol. 29, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 53-67
Description
Discusses how Southern legislators and administrators refused to acknowledge American Indians as a distinct society and lumped them with blacks as a method of cultural erasure.
Evidence-based Practice Knowledge, Use, and Factors that Influence Decisions: Results from an Evidence-based Practice Survey of Providers in American Indian / Alaska Native Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Sheehan
Christine Walrath-Greene
Sylvia Fisher
Shannon Crossbear
Joseph Walker
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 2, 2007, pp. 29-48
Description
Found that providers affiliated with American Aboriginal communities were similar to their non-Aboriginal counterparts in terms of familiarity, knowledge and use of evidence-based practices.
Early Education and Development, vol. 18, no. 3, Special Issue: The Early Development Instrument, 2007, pp. 473-495
Description
Presents research using the 2001 Canadian Census to measure neighborhood environment and the Early Development Instrument (EDI) to measure school readiness in British Columbia.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2015, pp. 3-27
Description
Chronicles the results of recent cutbacks at the federal level and privatization resulting in service gaps in movement from reserve/rural areas to cities.
Comments on the eight areas of commitment set out in the Action Plan: focused and active approach to suicide prevention, strengthened continuum of mental health services, youth skills, suicide prevention training, research on suicide and suicide prevention, communication and information sharing, healthy development in early childhood and community development activities.
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 181-206
Description
Presents interviews with immigrants, temporary workers, and refugees in either Whitehorse or Yellowknife about their daily lives and plans for the future.
Department of Economics Working Paper ; no. 2015-02
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Melanie O’Gorman
Manish Pandey
Description
Examines the importance of economic incentives, and individual-specific and school-related factors in explaining the North-South gap in graduation rates.
Critical Suicidology: Transforming Suicide Research and Prevention for the 21st Century
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Wexler
Joseph P. Gone
Description
Comments on three normative assumptions about standard suicide prevention strategies.
Chapter 3 from Critical Suicidology: Transforming Suicide Research and Prevention for the 21st Century edited by Jennifer White, Ian Marsh, Michael J. Kral, Jonathan Morris.
Comparative and International Education, vol. 44, no. 2, December 2015, p. article 2
Description
Qualitative study reveals that traditional Inuit leadership is about promoting the personal leadership skills, interests and abilities of each community member. Study involved 24 semi-structured interviews with 14 educators
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 3
Description
Discusses government funding that will be used by four communities, Cole Bay, Jans Bay, Beauval, and Île-à-la-Crosse, to promote regional economic development and infrastructure.
Article located by scrolling to page 3.
Looks at 8 areas of commitment set out in the Action Plan: focused and active approach to suicide prevention, strengthened continuum of mental health services, youth skills, suicide prevention training, research on suicide and suicide prevention, communication and information sharing, healthy development in early childhood, and community development activities.
Aboriginal Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, January 2007, pp. 44-50
Description
Looks at the success of the Yarrabah Family Life Promotion Program to understand community engagement and empowerment.
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First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 8-12
Description
Author reflects on three years of teaching at the First Nations University of Canada. Discusses what she learned about herself and in the academic setting, by applying an Aboriginal model of social work education.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope For Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [18]-30
Description
Study shows that social identity plays an important role in the reunification process.