Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fidji Gendron
Carrie Bourassa
Danielle Lisa Cyr
Betty McKenna
Lauren McKim
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 2013, pp. 83-97
Description
Discusses how Elders shared their knowledge with youth through a joint initiative and workshops. Outcome analysis indicated a greater level of engagement by the students.
Mental Health of Aboriginal Children and Adolescents in Violent School Environments: Protective Mediators of Violence and Psychological/Nervous Disorders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Violet Kaspar
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 81, March 2013, pp. 70-78
Description
Study shows that one-fifth, of the the 12,366 sample children, attend schools where violence is perceived as a problem.
Milo Pimatisiwin Project: Healthy Living for Mushkegowuk Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cindy Gaudet
Carmen Chilton
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 20-40
Description
Describes an initiative in the Moose Cree First Nation community which focused on the Cree philosophy milo pimatisiwin (good and healthy living). Discusses program elements which included land-based initiatives, sharing teachings over the local radio, and feedback from youth.
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.
Nindibaajimomin: Digital Storytelling on the Inter-generational Experiences of Residential Schools
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Oral History Centre
Description
Collection of six short videos from the Nindibaajimomin Summer Institute held at the Oral History Centre.
My Story by Eileen Clearsky.
My Mother's Love was in a Bowl of Porridge by Marlyn Bennett.
Reflections by Cheryl Morin.
Our Story by Priscilla Settee.
Heart and Mind by Dallas Good Water.
Okosisimaw by Lana Whiskeyjack.
Combined duration: 19:34.
Nodal Repair and Networks of Destruction: Residential Schools, Colonial Genocide, and Redress in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, February 2013 , pp. 65-81
Description
Examines the potential of and the challenges faced by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Northern and Indigenous Health and Healthcare
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Exner-Pirot
Bente Norbye
Sisko Honkala
Eino Honkala
Gert Mulvad
Lalita Bharadwaj
Lori Bradford
Angela Bowen ... Geoffrey Maina ...
Lois Berry ... [et al.]
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
Nunavut Fact Sheets [February 2018]
Alternate Title
Nunavut Community Fact Sheets
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Data Sources: Statistics Canada (2011 NHS, 2016 Census, Income Statistics Division and Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics), Nunavut Department of Education, Nunavut Department of Health, Nunavut Bureau of Statistics.
Nurturing Others in Their Grief
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Jamieson
Description
Discusses how nurturing is successfully used as a healing technique for residential school and intergenerational survivors.
An Offering: Lakota Elders Contributions to the Future of Food Security
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Paul Brewer II
Mary Kate Dennis
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Study works with 25 Elders living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to explore narratives surrounding food and food production over their lives. Four themes emerged: family homestead, food as security, food preservation, and generational gardening. Discusses potential implications for future programming to improve food security.
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
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Health Counts London
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone
Raglan Maddox
Kristen O’Brien
Chloé Xavier
Gertie Mai Muise
Brian Dokis
Janet Smylie]
Description
Surveyed over 750 Indigenous people living, working or accessing health/social services in the city. In addition to health questions, respondents were also asked about other topics such as culture and identity, criminal justice, parenting and involvement with child protection agencies, and missing persons.
Our Health Counts Toronto: An Inclusive Community-Driven Health Survey for Indigenous Peoples in Toronto: Draft
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Janet Smylie
Sara Wolfe
Cheryllee Bourgeois]
Description
Survey conducted in 2015-2016 and used Respondent Driven Sampling to achieve sample size of 908. In addition to health questions, participants were asked about other topics such as culture, identity, housing, school experience and parenting.
Our Health Counts Toronto Fact Sheets
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone
Raglan Maddox
Kelly O'Brien
Chloé Xavier
Janet Smylie
Sara Wolfe … [et al.]]
Description
Survey conducted in 2015-2016 used Respondent Driven Sampling to achieve sample size of 908. In addition to health questions respondents were asked about a wide range of topics including culture, identity, housing, school experience, and parenting.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Participation and Support - Associations with Swedish Pupils' Positive Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Warne
Kristen Snyder
Katja Gillander Gådin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1373579
Description
Looks at health-promoting influences on school environments like peer, teacher and parental support, affluence and classroom participation.
Pasifika Youth Empowerment Programme: A Potential Public Health Approach in Tackling Obesity-health Related Issues
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ridvan Tupai-Firestone
Anna Matheson
Danielle Prapavessis
Mischa Hamara
Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 63-72
Description
Describes program methodology and results. Participants identified three causes of obesity: poor diet, lack of education, and lack of physical activity, and developed preventative action plans.
Pathways to Improving Well-Being For Indigenous Peoples: How Living Conditions Decide Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeff Reading
Regine Halseth
Description
Looks at information and literature to help ascertain the impact of common social determinants on Indigenous peoples' health in Canada and other developed countries.
A Phenomenological Study of Kindergarten Suspension of Ojibwe Tribal Students in Two Rural Wisconsin Public Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
LaVonne Marie Goslin
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D)--University of Minnesota, 2013.
Photovoice: Giving Voice to Indigenous Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Jennings
John Lowe
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 3, 2013, pp. 521-537
Description
Photovoice methodology shows how Indigenous children view health and furthers the discussion for culturally relevant health education and prevention programs.
Plain Talk 8: First Nations Quality of Life
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Looks at perspective as an important aspect when defining quality of life and provides 10 components of First Nation quality of life.
Power of Place: Emerging Science Programs Help Tribal College Students Lead the Way, at Home
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joshua Zaffos
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 24, no. 3, The Science of Place, Spring, 2013
Description
Discusses the development of science programs at tribal colleges.
Predictors of Obesity Among Métis Children: Socio-economic, Behavioural and Cultural Factors
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin J. Cooke
Piotr Wilk
Kenneth W. Paul
Shelley L. H. Gonneville
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. 4, July/August 2013, pp. e298-e303
Description
Looks at household structure and income, parental education, food insecurity, language, cultural activities and parental residential school attendance as factors predicting obesity.
Primary Care Intervention to Address Cardiovascular Disease Medication Health Literacy among Indigenous Peoples: Canadian Results of a Pre-Post-Design Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Kristen O’Brien
Chloé G. Xavier
Marcia Anderson
Constance McKnight ...[et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 1, February 2018, pp. 117-127
Description
Study works with 47 Indigenous clients of the De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre (DAHC) in Ontario who are at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Each client received three educational sessions delivered by an Indigenous nurse, the clients’ health literacy was assessed prior to and following the education session and found to be greatly improved by their attendance.
Promoting Community Conversations about Research to End Suicide: Learning and Behavioural Outcomes of a Training-of-Trainers Model to Facilitate Grassroots Community Health Education to Address Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Wexler
Lucas Trout
Suzanne Rataj
Tanya Kirk
Roberta Moto ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1345277
Description
Evaluates training of intervention facilitators in Northwest Alaska to develop local capacity for early response to suicide care.
A Psychoeducational Manual for Counselling Alberta's Aboriginal Youth
Theses
Author/Creator
Christie-Dawn Ladouceur
Description
Education Thesis (MC)--University of Lethbridge, 2013.
Putting It into Context: Teaching the Canadian North to Learn About Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julia Christensen
Canadian Issues, Teaching (in) the Canadian North, Winter, 2013, pp. 10-13
Description
Looks at the many ways northern people have shaped both northern and Canadian history.
To access article scroll to p. 10.
Qaqamiigux "to hunt for food and collect plants; subsistence": Head Start Traditional Foods Preschool Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Dirks
Julia Sargent
Tracy Stewart
Suanne Unger
Description
Provides series of lessons and activities to teach nutritional value of local, traditional foods. Structured into six units according to animals and plants found in the region.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Thematic Reports and Special Studies 1950-1975
E-Books
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Inuit Association
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey - 2008: Chapter 4: Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 21 communities. Most responses divided by age group; some by geographic zone.
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Dis-ability Supports Shakonehyra:ra's ne shakoyen'okon:'a
Alternate Title
Raising a Child with Early Childhood Disability Supports
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Ineese-Nash
Yvonne Bomberry
Kathryn Underwood
Arlene Hache
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, Winter, 2018, pp. 1-14
Description
Presents findings from Indigenous participants in the Early Childhood Service System Project.
Rates of Delay and Probability Discounting of Northern Plains American Indians Discounting Indian and Majority Culture-Specific Outcomes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey N. Weatherly
J. Douglas McDonald
Adam Derenne
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 20, no. 3, 2013, pp. 23-41
Description
Study shows that American Indians were more risk averse with monetary outcomes than education outcomes.
Red Blood Cell Folate Levels in Canadian Inuit Women of Childbearing Years: Influence of Food Security, Body Mass Index, Smoking, Education, and Vitamin Use
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kait Duncan
Anders C. Erickson
Grace M. Egeland
Hope Weiler
Laura T. Arbour
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 684-691
Description
Used red blood cell folate (RBCF) levels in sample of 249 non-pregnant women from the Inuit Health Survey, 2007-2008; results suggest a need for initiatives which will improve food security, culturally relevant education on folate-rich traditional foods, access to vitamin supplements, and smoking cessation.
Redressing First Nations Historical Trauma: Theorizing Mechanisms for Indigenous Culture as Mental Health Treatment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 50, no. 5, Local Responses to Trauma and PTSD, 2013, pp. 683-706
Description
Looks at traditional cultural practices as treatment to heal a residential school survivor in a community outpatient treatment program in Manitoba.
REES: Quebec First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey: Overview of Young Parents in School
E-Books
Author/Creator
Angela Mashford-Pringle
Report: Annotated Bibliography of Available Studies on Elders in Nunavik
Alternate Title
Annotated Bibliography of Available Studies on Elders in Nunavik: Research Report Presented to the Kativik Regional Government
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Émanuèle Lapierre-Fortin
Description
Focus is research studies on and consultations done with elders from 1992 to 2012. Sources for list were interviews with scholars and institutions focused on Inuit research and keyword searches in academic journals and databases, as well as non-scientific online sources.
Report on Equality Rights of Aboriginal People
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Research Priorities for Quebec First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
Reshaping the Journey: American Indians and Alaska Natives in Medicine
E-Books
Author/Creator
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of American Indian Physicians
Residential Schools and the Effects on Indigenous Health and Well-Being in Canada: A Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Piotr Wilk
Alana Maltby
Martin Cooke
Public Health Reviews, vol. 38, no. 8, 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Looks at the negative health effects on residential school survivors and successive generations.
Resource Development and Well-Being in Northern Canada
Alternate Title
ReSDA Gap Analysis Report ; no.7
Resource Development and Well-Being in Northern Canada: Myth or Opportunity
Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic Workshop Report ; no.7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Parlee
Description
Discusses if resource development will improve the well-being of people in the northern communities or add to the growing gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Results of a Utilization-focused Evaluation of a Right to Play Program for Indigenous Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexandra Arellano
Tanya Halsall
Tanya Forneris
Cindy Gaudet
Evaluation and Program Planning, vol. 66, 2018, pp. 156-164
Description
Looks at the program Promoting Life Skills for Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) which is focused helping youth gain skills to become leaders in their communities.
[Richard Wagamese and his novel Indian Horse]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with the author of a book about racism, residential schools, hockey and broken spirits.
Duration: 33:18.
[Richard Wagamese - Indian Horse]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Description
Author speaks about the book and the experiences of its main character, Saul Indian Horse.
Duration: 57:10.
Rights Before We Talk Reconciliation: Reporting on Indigenous Issues in Canada
Alternate Title
Clissold Lecture ; 2018
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Toronto Star journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths, Tanya Talaga, talks about how she came to write the book about the deaths of seven First Nations high school students, the story of Chanie Wenjack, who died while running away from a residential school and what these stories say about Canadian society and history.
Duration: 1:13:35.
The Sacred Relationship
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Greg Miller
Allen Benson
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Description
Documentary on relationship between Aboriginal people and the land, water and rest of Canada.
Duration: 52:00.