Looks into what progress has been made towards encouraging and supporting First Nations Schools to undertake sustainability programming and initiatives.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 17, [Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Education], 2012, pp. 148-158
Description
Argues that place-based education can promote greater cross-cultural understanding between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, promote social and ecological justice, and act as a site for Indigenous resurgence.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 6-25
Description
Examines how cultural and traditional Aboriginal knowledge can improve social work and human service field education for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 7-22, 222
Description
Discusses the discourses of history for Indigenous education and how reconceptualizing Métis history is important to transforming educational institutions.
Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 1-17
Description
Presents an overview of First Nations and post-secondary education followed by a case study of two programs developed by the Simon Fraser University's Integrated Studies Program: Aboriginal Community Economic Development and Aboriginal Community Economic Development and Business Studies.
Looks at population, tribal economies, tribal lands, public safety and security, energy on tribal lands, housing and infrastructure, forestry, health disparities, and education.
[Detecting Developmental Delays in Young Children of a North American Indian Community]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carmen Dionne
Suzie McKinnon
Jane Squires
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 117-123
Description
Study used a sample of 12 teachers involved with 213 Mohawk children between the ages of 29-60 months who attended the Step by Step Child and Family Center of Kahnawake, Quebec. Goal was to assess the Ages and Stages questionnaire as a culturally appropriate tool to recognize young children at risk for social or emotional difficulties.
Article in French.
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 282-295
Description
Argues that current interventions into child welfare are a continuation of past patriarchal attitudes and actions which in turn have produced unhealthy families and communities.
Argumentation and Advocacy, vol. 49, no. 1, Summer, 2012, pp. 16-38
Description
Comments on the sincerity of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apology for the Indian Residential School System and points out issues that were missing from the apology.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 38, no. 1, 2012, pp. 141-159
Description
An overview of interviews conducted by Daniel Coleman with Indigenous humanities scholars to examine the historical role that the humanities had as a tool for colonialism.
Dissecting Internal Community Barriers and Subsequent Devaluation of Indigenous Graduates: A Discussion on Stereotypes, Knowledge, Power and Social Space Based on an
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 303-316
Description
Examines the belief systems about diabetes in American Indian elders with two practice models, one an Indigenous model, valuing traditional American Indian culture, the other a mainstream model, aligned with western biomedicine.