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Author/Creator
[John Wiersema]
Description
The audit covered the years 2002 to 2010. Audit work completed on November 1, 2010.
Aboriginal Curriculum Integration Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Curriculum Integration Project
Description
Lesson plans for K-12 in the areas of: English, Social Studies, Math, Science and Physical Education. Includes some instructional videos.
Aboriginal Dental Health - Shining Bright
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, July/August 2001, p. 35
Description
Reports on five South Eastern Sydney, Australian schools receiving $1,000 each to address dental health issues.
Aboriginal Horizontal Framework
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Horizontal Framework: Programs and Spending Overview
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Treasury Board Secretariat
Government of Canada]
Description
Overview of Aboriginal-direct programming and spending offered by the Government of Canada. The 360 programs and services are arranged under seven thematic headings: Health, Lifelong Learning, Housing, Safe and Sustainable Communities, Economic Opportunities, Lands and Resources and Governance and Relationships.
Aboriginal Roundtable
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations
Description
Contains links to background papers and summary of outcomes from sectoral sessions which covered the topics of: self-government, economic development, housing, education and health.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Alternate Title
British Columbia First Peoples: Teacher Resource Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association
A Brief History of Federal Inuit Policy Development: Lessons in Consultation and Cultural Competence
Alternate Title
A History of Treaties and Policies
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 7
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 3rd, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Erik Anderson
Sarah Bonesteel
Description
Looks at shortcomings in consultation and introduction of social policies and programs designed for the south.
Chapter from A History of Treaties and Policies, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy; Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 6: Reconciliation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
BC Studies, no. 191, Autumn, 2016, pp. 169-175
Description
Reviews of:
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials
Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy
Canada's Residential Schools.
Closing the Gap Ministerial Statement
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kevin Rudd
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 25-29
Description
Presents a speech, delivered by the Prime Minister of Australia, addressing narrowing the gap in life expectancy and life opportunities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Closing the Gap: Prime Minister's Report 2014
Alternate Title
Closing the Gap Report 2014
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tony Abbot
Description
Outlines the targets made by the Australian government to close the gap in life expectancy, early childhood health, education, and employment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Creating Choices: Rethinking Aboriginal Policy
Alternate Title
Policy Study (C.D. Howe Institute) ; 43
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
no. 43
Detailed Provincial Results: Albertans React to the Discovery of Remains at Residential School
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Abacus Data
Description
Results from survey conducted with 463 Albertan adults between June 4 and June 8, 2021.
Detailed Results: Canadians React to the Discovery of Remains at Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Abacus Data
Description
Results of a survey conducted with 3,00 Canadian adults between June 4 and June 8, 2021.
[Government of Canada 2018 Update on Response to Recommendations of the Chief Coroner of Ontario's Recommendations from Inquest into Deaths of Seven First Nations Youths]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Services Canada
Description
Primary focus of recommendations was education. The seven youths had relocated to Thunder Bay from their home communities in order to complete high school.
[Government of Canada 2019 Update on Response to Recommendations of the Chief Coroner of Ontario's Recommendations from Inquest into Deaths of Seven First Nations Youths]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Indigenous Services Canada]
Description
Primary focus of recommendations was education, both on and off-reserve. The youths had relocated from their home communities to Thunder Bay in order to complete high school.
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies (40S): A Course for Independent Study
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education
Description
"Field Validation Version."
Guide to the Community Histories and Special Studies of the Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Inuit Association
Description
Outlines work of the Commission and provides synopsis of each of the documents produced for it.
Hunger, Human Experimentation and the Legacy of Residential Schools
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ian Mosby
Description
Presentation on the history of a series of nutrition experiments conducted on residential school students between 1948 and 1952.
Duration: 49:34.
I Dream of Yesterday and Tomorrow: A Celebration of the James Bay Cree
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Boult
Brian Craik
Jennifer Latham
Andrew Orkin
Boyce Richardson
Geoff Quaile
Andrew Webster
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic/Syndemic on Indigenous Peoples in Canada & USA
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Niigaan Sinclair
Kiera Ladner
Valerie Gideon
Evan Adams
Bonnie Healy
Courtney Skye
Kim Pate
Julliette Nicolet
Megan Minoka Hill
Damien Lee
Description
Online conference consists of two panels which address the questions "How might data better help us understand the unequal effects of COVID-19 and ensure Indigenous capacity, preparedness and resilience?' and 'How has the community experienced COVID-19?'.
Duration: 3:04:32.
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12: Book 2: The Documentary Evidence
Alternate Title
150 Years' Relationship: Documentary Evidence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Documents relating to the “Indian Question”, residential schools, The Bryce Report (health conditions in the schools), the McKenna McBride Commission, further restrictions imposed by the Indian Act, post-war activism, etc.
Backgrounders and primary sources for topics covered in Book One.
"Investing in the Future": First Nations Education in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
A Journey towards Reconciliation: A Shared History
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rainy River District School Board
Description
Lesson plans for use in intermediate level classrooms.
Media Representations of Policies Concerning Education Access and Their Roles in Seven First Nations Students' Deaths in Northern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Gardam
Audrey R. Giles
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2016, pp. 1-18
Description
Uses critical discourse analysis to study the treatment of the students' deaths in non-First Nations and First Nations media.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Northern Nishnawbe Education Council & Dennis Franklin
Cromarty High School’s First Annual Joint Report on the
Status & Implementation of Jury Recommendations from
the Inquest into the Deaths of Seven First Nations Youth [2017]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School
Description
The youths had relocated from remote communities to Thunder Bay in order to attend high school.
2018 Report.
2019 Report
Northern Territory Emergency Response: Evaluation Report 2011
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Department of Families
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs]
Ontario's Responses to Jury Recommendations Seven First Nations Youth Inquest 2016-26 (Jethro Anderson, Reggie Bushie, Robyn Harper, Kyle Morrisseau, Paul Panacheese, Curran Strang & Jordan Wabasse) [2017]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Government of Ontario]
Description
Inquest looked into the deaths of youths had relocated from remote communities to Thunder Bay in order to attend high school.
2018 Report
2019 Report
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
The Politics of Policy Development to End Obesity for
Aboriginal Youth in the Educational Environment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Spurr
First Peoples Child & Family Services, vol. 3, no. 3, 2007, pp. 72-83
Description
Highlights the tools outlined in Deborah Stone's book ,Policy Parodox: The Art of Political Decision Making, to demonstrate why school policies should be developed to prevent obesity in schools.
Reconciliation: The Children's Version
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Speaker talks about need for continued advocacy for First Nations children's right to the same level of services as other Canadian children and the human rights complaint against the Federal government.
Duration: 55:04.
The Road to Nunavut: The Progress of the Eastern Arctic Inuit Since the Second World War
E-Books
Author/Creator
R. Quinn Duffy
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Cold Water Band School
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by the Coldwater Band School. School. The presentation is made up of comments by multiple students at both the elementary and secondary level highlighting collective concerns such as the physical, mental, and environmental well-being of their community. 15 students and staff speak in total. Following the presentations are comments by Commissioners Dussault and Chartrand thanking the presenters for their contributions.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Villebrun, Canadian Mental Health Association
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlene Villebrun
Description
Villebrun discusses discrimination and low self-esteem issues; alcohol and drug abuse; the need to make Aboriginal history mandatory and a priority in Canadian schools; the intergenerational effects of cultural deprivation; and the need to better equip youth for "living in two cultures."
St. Anne's Indian Residential School, Fort Albany, Ontario Treaty 9 (1905-1906): Photo Album [Extended Version]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Shingwauk Project Residential School Research
Archive and Visitor Centre
Description
General discussion of the establishment and operations of schools and student life, followed by in-depth look at St. Anne's and 41 pages of photographs of students.
Study Guide: Shannen and the Dream for a School
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janet Wilson
Description
To accompany book about the young activist from Attawapiskat, Ontario who campaigned for a new school to replace one that had been contaminated by a massive diesel leak in the late 1970s.
Related material Still Waiting in Attawapiskat video.
Summaries of Reports by Federal Bodies and Aboriginal Organizations
Alternate Title
Public Policy and Aboriginal Peoples, 1965-1992 ; vol. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Centre for Policy and Program Assessment
School of Public Administration
Carleton University
Using the Legal System to Advance Equality for Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA People
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alana Robert
Voice of the Drum: Indigenous Education and Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marie Eshkibok-Trudeau
Paula MaIlea
Dale Lakevold
Darrell Racine
James [Sa'ke'j] Youngblood Henderson ...
Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley
Brenda Isabel Wastasecoot
Carolyn Kenny
Cathy Wheaton ...
Natalie Tays ...
Paul Chartrand ...
Marlene Brant Castellano