Report on conference section of forum held at McGill University Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) in Montreal, August 5-10, 2013.
Discusses issues related to relationships between Indigenous communities and extractive industries and governments.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 107, no. 4-5, 2016, pp. e342-e346
Description
Recommendations: to provide enough counselling and services for trauma recovery; community response teams to deal with victims, families and perpetrators; community led protection for families; specialized resource packages for families and service providers.
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bonitia Beatty
Arnette Weber-Beeds
Description
Highlights the challenges involved in helping First Nations individuals transition into urban areas by using the example of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Health Services.
Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Study examines issues of diversity disaster relief, recovery and the need to develop culturally appropriate methods for future training and preparation.
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Francis Markham
Description
Discusses Australian mobility patterns, how they may vary across time, place and other characteristics, and compares them to patterns of the non-Indigenous population.
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Two: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northern North American: Media, Art, Education, and Recreation
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
[Cultural Identity In North America]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses how each area contributes to an individual's sense of belonging to a unique community.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Two: People of the Forest
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses traditional economies and lifeways of Indigenous peoples living in the subarctic boreal forest, focusing on hunting, fishing, gathering and small-scale reindeer herding.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Three: People of the Coast
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Overview of traditional livelihoods of the Aleut and Iñupiat of Northern Alaska; the Yupiit and Chukchi of the Russian Far East; the Inuit of Nunavut; the Isertormeeq, Kalaallit and Kujataamiut of Greenland; and the coastal Sami people of the European Far North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Four: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Greenland and Northern Europe
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
[Cultural Identity In Northern Europe And Greenland]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Looks at how peoples of Greenland and Northern Europe have used media, literary works, and education to express their Indigenous identities.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Four: People of the Tundra and Mountains
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses the switch from small-scale to large-scale reindeer herding and reasons for the change.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Five: Changes Prior to Modern State Formation: Migration, Exploration, Trading and Taxation
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Overview of the impact European explorers, traders and settlers had on traditional livelihoods of Indigenous peoples of the circumpolar North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Five: Research in the North: Emerging Issues and Practices
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses past and emerging practices, giving examples of projects taking place throughout the circumpolar region.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Six: Changes After State Formation and Borders
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Gives overview of impact modern nation-state governance has had on Indigenous populations and discusses disputes over land and independence. Also gives examples of integration and assimilation into southern markets.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Seven: Consolidation
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Looks at ways in which governments and social agencies disrupted traditional settlement patterns of northern peoples and effects of industrialization using examples from Canada, Russia, Norway, and Alaska.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Eight: Self-Determination throughout History
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses northern movements for regional and Indigenous autonomy and cultural self-determination. Includes three examples: Greenland, Nunavut, and the Sami people of Northern Europe.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Compares child and youth mortality in areas with a high percentage of the population identifying as First Nations and areas with a low percentage of Aboriginal identity residents.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 60-63
Description
Discusses and summarizes new movement in Indigenous communities that presents as an alternative to the global crisis.
To access this article, scroll down to page 60.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2, Literacy & Democracy, December 2013, pp. 69-76
Description
Examines how government actions into the 1970s, including the killing of sled dogs, negatively affected Inuit people. Also discusses the progress made from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission’s recommendations.
Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 505-532
Description
Looks at the linguistic precursor to biological essentialism, evidence of white philologists’ reliance on Native tutors and discusses why the federal government began moving toward assimilation.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, 2010, pp. 1-27
Description
Discusses how cultural workforce perspectives based on kinship, disadvantage Aboriginal residents in the non-Indigenous workforce which is based on employment as identity.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Danny Lopez
Description
Author shares cultural knowledge that he learned from O'odham elders.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Looks at the disc identification system implemented by the Canadian government to solve the problem of government officials recording and pronouncing Inuit names. Later Project Surname was developed to eliminate the disc identification system.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 53-65
Description
Author reflects on her own personal experiences; and discusses how historic trauma has shaped Aboriginal peoples lives and the need to re-discover traditions for the future.