Article reports on the findings of three case studies conducted in Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand; shows that health systems in these countries have not addressed barriers to health care arising from multiple factors (or aggravated forms) of discrimination, such as the intersection between disability and indigeneity. Makes recommendations for improvement.
Looks at the effects of government policy in both Australia and Canada and the lack of progress addressing long term solutions for Aboriginal communities.
Beverley Jacobs: Indigenous Resistance to Globalization, Part 2
Media » Film and Video
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Lapis Magazine
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Speech by the President of the Native Women's Association of Canada at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. (8:34 minutes)
Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
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Amnesty International
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Discusses issues involved with violence against Aboriginal women, presents nine case studies of murdered and missing women and makes recommendations for policies to ensure the safety these women.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 1, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 1-17
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Examines a conceptual framework used with food security movement that helps young people understand their social context and values and engages them in social justice work.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 22-29
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Effects of the resettlement between 2000 and 2006 on communities has shown increased mortality and morbidity, poverty, marginalization, food insecurity, social anomalies, disintegration, discrimination and loss of dignity.
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Discusses a policy initiative to reduce inconsistencies in existing policies for service providers in regard to Aboriginal peoples living with HIV/AIDS especially those moving from correctional settings to halfway houses.
Report for the PBLI Canadian Aboriginal Law 2013 Forum, held November 25 and 27, 2013 in Ottawa. Explains the Canadian Human Rights Act, sec. 67 and Aboriginal inequality.
"This report discusses the international human rights framework as it relates to Indigenous Peoples' right to health with a focus on the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice issues related to children and youth."
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, March 1990, pp. 5-13
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Taken from presentation given to the National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party by the Victorian Aboriginal Health Services Co-operative Limited.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 48-53
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Focuses on the Duroobe in Burkina Faso, the vulnerability of nomadic pastoralists and negative stereotypes and makes recommendations for improvement.
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Report makes recommendations to: the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, to the RCMP, to local governments in Northeast British Columbia, and to private industry.
Focuses on how race-related genetic classifications are constructed and hints at possible consequences for minority groups.
Chapter 6 from: Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk, And Digital Discrimination edited by David Lyon.
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RCAP 29 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Thomas Cheechoo Memorial Centre, Moose Factory, Ontario. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations on a variety of subjects such as reserve infrastructure, education, health services, unemployment, land claims and self-government. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
File contains an individual presentation by Ian Hinksman focusing on the lack of services and programs available for disabled Aboriginal people, both on- and off-reserve, in Canada. Hinksman answers questions from Co-Chair Georges Erasmus and Commissioner for the Day Norman Evans.
File contains a presentation by Abe Okpik. Okpik discusses the significance of midwifery to the Inuit people, and on Baffin Island in particular. He also discusses traditional knowledge and its importance in contemporary midwifery. Following the presentation are some comments on it by Commissioners Mary Sillet and Rene Dussault.
File contains a presentation by Bryan Pearson. Pearson discusses problems faced by Inuit communities in the fields of health and education. Pearson also discusses the cultural gap between Inuit and Euro-Canadians and the problems that can cause in implementing social policy. Following this presentation the Commission's sitting for the day is officially ended with a closing prayer.
File contains a presentation by Ineaq Korgak, executive assistant for the Baffin Regional Health Board. Korgak discusses many of the social issues facing the Inuit people of Baffin Island, including high mortality rates, low life expectancy, drug abuse, AIDS, alcoholism, gambling, poor nutrition, and a lack of economic opportunities. He also discusses midwifery and makes some suggestions on how these subjects can be addressed in a productive manner. Following the presentation Korgak discusses some of these issues with Commissioner Dussault.
File contains a presentation by Laverne Cook. Cook explains how she has been hired by the Port Alberni Friendship Centre to do a survey of "the disabled natives in the Port Alberni area" and how she feels that their needs in areas such as transportation, housing, and medicine need to be addressed.
File contains a brief presentation by Marge Lalonde, speaking on behalf of the elders of Iqaluit. She expresses concern for the high cost of food year-round and the difficulty of providing healthy meals for families with food often already spoiled upon shipping.
File contains a presentation by Mary Charleson of Victoria, British Columbia, via sign language interpreter. Charleson attended the Jericho Hill School for the Deaf in Vancouver where there were few Aboriginal people. She would like to see a program for assisting hearing-impaired Aboriginal people who want to return to their reserve. A discussion with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
File contains a presentation by Mary Jane Litchard, Baleen Artist. Litchard, an Inuit-Comanche woman from Alaska, discusses her experiences in Canada and issues with the international border, her difficulties transporting the Baleen she works on as a medium across boundaries, language issues, midwifery, tuberculosis and other health issues, prejudice, and the value of community counselling and healing services. Following the presentation is a conversation between Litchard and Commissioners Dussault and Sillet on some of the issues raised.
File contains a presentation by Phil Hall, Skowkale Reserve, Chillwack, British Columbia. Hall feels that social issues for Aboriginal people must be given priority over other issues such as land claims and self-government. He acknowledges that he is a survivor of sexual abuse as a child and believes the Canadian government should "take a look at our own backdoor" and address social issues among Aboriginal and also non-Aboriginal people as well. Following the presentation is a discussion with the Commissioners.
File contains a presentation by Rhoda Fiander, social worker at Waterford Hospital, St. John's, Newfoundland. Waterford Hospital has the only psychiatric facility in Newfoundland. She presents five recommendations to assist in the treatment of mental health issues for Aboriginal people, including improved access to interpreting services, training of social work staff that includes Aboriginal culture issues, and support and advocacy must be given to Aboriginal peoples' desire to heal themselves. Following the presentation is a discussion with the Commissioners.
File contains a presentation by Violet Monday, Wife of the Chief Councillor of the Ucluelet First Nation for Health Affairs. Monday reads a presentation compiled by the First Nations' family care worker and health worker for the Commission.
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes a presentation of the Vancouver Native Health Society by Alan Kennard and Deborah Mearns concerning health care systems and services in the Aboriginal Community. Questions from the assembled Commissioners follow the presentation.