Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: [Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities]
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Nicholas Spence
Susan Wingert
Jerry White
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Discussion of educational attainment, labour-force activities, and the implications for program and service delivery needs..
Source for statistics is Statistics Canada's custom tables based on 2006 census for 117 friendship centre catchment areas across Canada.
Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White, Calvin Hanselmann.
Industrial Relations, vol. 70, no. 3, Summer, 2015, pp. 457-485
Description
Uses information from the Canadian Labour Force Survey of 2007-2012 to show that Aboriginal people were effected more by the economic crisis in 2008 than non-Aboriginal people.
Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: [Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities]
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Amanda Parriag
Paul Chaulk
Description
Looks at statistics for 3,000 Aboriginals and compares them to those for 12 million non-Aboriginals. Educational levels used are: no secondary or post-secondary certificate or diploma, high school diploma, and post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree.
Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White, Calvin Hanselmann.
Discussions on the emergency preparedness needs of northern Indigenous communities with highlights of key issues and obstacles for success including geography, population density, infrastructure, communications, and climate change.
Reports on multi-site data collected from families in Alberta, Nova Scotia and Manitoba about their asthma and allergy experiences and pilot testing done on culturally appropriate support offered to children, youth and parents in those provinces.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Tribal College Communities, Fall, August 20, 2015, pp. [20-24,7]
Description
Briefly discusses tribal colleges and universities' integration of community-based and formal education through ceremonial life, programs, partnerships, and outreach efforts.
Northern Review, no. 39, Consultation and Resource Development in Northern Communities: Russia, Scandinavia & Canada, 2015, pp. 124-135
Description
Argues collaboration between governments, industry and educational institutions is needed to engage communities. Findings show development strategies should be integrated with mental health and addiction programs to keep youth in schools.
Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, vol. 8, no. 2, 2013, pp. 113-120
Description
Analysis of a four year project to provide on-reserve Adult Basic Education (ABE) to Indigenous communities to fulfill the their needs for achieving academic equality.
Goal of study was to identify relevant topics for further investigation. Emerging themes included role of parents, access to information, financial considerations, discrimination, and the incorporation of culture.
Looks at land claim agreements in Nunavut, Quebec's Plan Nord, tourism, biodiversity, food security, Indigenous homelessness, and education in the Canadian north.
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
Report shows the youth and community members perceived the Hip Hop Projects very positively and that these projects provide important opportunities for youth in Nunavut.
International Journal of Special Education, vol. 28, no. 2, 2013, pp. 1-14
Description
Data collected from sharing circles with Aboriginal elders and community members, interview with parents and children, and focus groups of support professionals.