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Alternate Title
Focus on Middle and High School Issues
National Research Symposium on Limited English Proficient Student Issues ; 3rd
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Edward A. Tennant
Description
Describes a cultural awareness program that uses weekly bulletins to alert teachers to contrasting cultural values and a course for high-school students that teaches them how to recognize and cope with contrasting cultural values.
[Fact Sheets for Nourishing the Learning Spirit]
Alternate Title
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Early Childhood Learning
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners and Gender
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners in Care of Social Services
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners with (Dis)abilities
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners: Thoughts on Holistic Lifelong Learning
Holistics Health and Wellness and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners
Indigenous Heritage Languages and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners
K-12 Education and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit in Canada
Post-Secondary Education, Lifelong Learning, and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners
The Learning Spirit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Education Research Centre
Description
Explores the potential humans have for learning both as individuals and in groups. Presents brief overviews of 10 resources.
Factors Facilitating and Impeding Implementation of a Prevention Program in an Innu Elementary School in Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie-Christine Cotton
Myriam Laventure
Jacques Joly
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 29-47
Description
Research summary of a study of an Innu school-based drug and alcohol prevention program intended to identify barriers and facilitators for substance use prevention strategies and education. Major barriers identified include: overloaded staff and difficulty scheduling training.
Factors That Support Indigenous Involvement in Multi-actor Environmental Stewardship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle P. Whyte
Deborah McGregor
M. A. (Peggy) Smith
James F. Jenkins
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, 2017, pp. 58-68
Description
Discusses the results of a cross-case study of 39 regional partnerships in the Great Lakes region. Found six factors influence willingness to stay engaged: respect for Indigenous knowledge, control of knowledge mobilization, intergenerational involvement, self-determination, cross-cultural education, and early involvement.
Far From City Lights: Current TCJ Staff Brings Variety of Talents, Enthusiasm For Their Work
Alternate Title
Far From City Lights: Current Tribal Council Journal Staff Brings Variety of Talents, Enthusiasm For Their Work
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patty Talahongva
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal College Journals 20th Anniversary, Fall, 2009
Description
Profiles some of the employees of the Tribal College Journal, and describes how they have contributed to its success.
A Far-Reaching Strategy For Success
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Canadian Nurse, vol. 105, no. 5, May 2009, p. 20
Description
Describes the partnership formed between the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and the staff at Nunavut Arctic College (NAC), to recruit and retain nurses in Nunavut.
Federal Budget a Mixed Bag for First Nations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, January 30, 2009, p. A9
Description
Contends that funds for housing, health care, and skills training are not enough.
Federal Data Scan: Aboriginal Data in Statistics Canada's Education Data Sources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Education Statistics
Description
Synthesis of information gathered from fifteen key and four secondary Statistics Canada surveys.
Fifth Third Year Djirruwang Presentations and Conference: Wagga Wagga Campus, Charles Sturt University
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Muk Muk Burke
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 18-21
Description
Reports on individual health project presentations at the research conference.
The Filmic Indian and Cultural Tourism: Indian Representations During the Period of Allotment and Forced Assimilation (1887-1928)
Theses
Author/Creator
Kenneth E. Melichar
Description
[Religion] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Georgia, 2009.
Financial Literacy and Superannuation Awareness of Indigenous Australians: Pilot Study Results
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Gerrans
Marilyn Clark-Murphy
Keith Truscott
Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 44, no. 4, Summer, 2009, pp. 417-439
Description
Provides information from a survey on knowledge of superannuation and data from Australian National Survey of Financial Literacy (ANZ 2003) and Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy 2003.
Financing Post-Secondary Education
Alternate Title
Indspire Knowledge Research Nest
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indspire
Description
Looks at how students enrolled in undergraduate degree programs were funding their education by using information from Indspire's Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships and Awards (BBF) and 2020 National Education Survey (NES).
Finding Dawn: A Guide for Teaching and Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fay Blaney
Description
Guide to accompany film, Finding Dawn. Oriented toward Aboriginal groups, professionals and students; contains discussion questions and activities for each group which relate to key learning objectives and discussion themes.
Finding Indigenous Discourse Survivance And Sending It Forward
Theses
Author/Creator
Gail Ann MacKay
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
Findings Associated With a Novel Program Designed to Support Indigenous Faculty Members of U.S. Health Professions Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia A. Carney
Cynthia Taylor
Allison Empey
Dove Spector
Amanda Bruegl ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 54-71
Description
Looks at the development of a program created to address the challenges of Indigenous faculty at American colleges.
"The Fire That is Beginning to Stand": Teaching Historical Trauma at Stone Child College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
V. P. Allery
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Indigenous Peoples History, Spring, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses a comprehensive curriculum on historical trauma with the ultimate goal being individual and community healing.
Firing Up White Clay
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kurt Umbhau
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, K-12 Education, Winter, 2009
Description
Describes the White Clay Language Immersion School in Harlem, Montana and its mandate to preserve the nearly lost language of A'ani.
First Nations and Economic Prosperity in the Coming Decade
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Perrin
Thorau & Associates Ltd.
Description
Discusses the need for governments to remove barriers to First Nations economic activity and how more needs to be done to ensure that Aboriginal youth complete skills training, K-12 schooling and post-secondary education.
First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On-Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Description
Data sources: 2011 to 2016 First Nations and Inuit Health Branch program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database. Data from the First Nations Information Governance Centre, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency are also included.
First Nations Children Count: Enveloping Quantitative Research in an Indigenous Envelope
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 135-143
Description
Discusses the goals of Indigenous quantitative research and how Indigenous ways of knowing and being can be used to improve the typical western approach to social science.
First Nations Education and Minnis' Rentier Mentality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Deer
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009, pp. 94-104, 116
Description
Examines the appropriateness of the rentier theory as an explanation for educational underachievement in First Nations in Canada.
First Nations Educational Governance: A Fractured Mirror
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheila Carr-Stewart
Larry Steeves
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 97, December 10, 2009, pp. [1]-16
Description
Argues that despite the fact that on-reserve schools seem to provide an education equivalent to that obtained through provincial systems, in reality they fall short of this objective. The paper also explores the issues that remain since control has shifted to First Nations Peoples.
First Nations Funding Woes Will Be Exacerbated
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, September 18, 2009, p. A13
Description
Contends that First Nations funding falls short, and with the recession, and growing deficit there will be further cuts to programs that are already underfunded.
First Nations Health and Wellness Colouring Book
Alternate Title
First Nations Health and Wellness Coloring Book
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mackenzie Anderson
Erin Anderson-Bruce
Leo Beam
Cliff Bear
Emma Jane Bedard ... [et al.]
First Nations, Inuit, Métis Health Core Competencies: A Curriculum Framework for Continuing Medical Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
IPAC-RCPSC Advisory Committee on Improving the Health of First Nations
Inuit and Métis Populations Through Enhancements to PGME & CME Programming
Description
Lists seven key competencies along with enabling competencies (objectives) in seven aspects of practice: physician as medical expert, communicator, collaborator, manager, health advocate, scholar, and professional.
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Growth Chart Literacy Prompts: K-8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Description
Includes book summaries, literacy prompt questions, and enrichment activities for books appropriate to each grade. Revised Version.
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Presence in the Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Godlewska
John Rose
Laura Schaefli
Sheila Freake
Jennifer Massey
Race, Ethnicity and Education, vol. 20, no. 4, 2017, pp. 446-462
Description
"Article provides guidance to curriculum designers, textbook writers, teachers and administrators participating in the decolonization of education in Canada".
First Nations Pedagogy Online
Alternate Title
First Nations Pedagogy for Online Learning
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Contains links to resources for use in the K-12 classroom.
First Nations Population Health & Wellness Agenda
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer British Columbia
First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Description
Related material: Summary of Findings.
First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey (FNREEES): Peoples Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario
Description
Information for four age groups: adults (over 18), youth (12-17), and parents or guardians of children age 0 to 5 and 6 to 11. Thirty First Nations from Ontario participated and survey was conducted between November 2013 and May 2015.
First Nations Women and Postsecondary Education: Findings from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelly Milligan
Evelyne Bougie
Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, vol. 6, no. 4, October 28, 2009, p. [?]
Description
Statistics on women aged 25 to 64.
First Nations Women and Postsecondary Education in Canada: Snapshots from the Census
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelly Milligan
Evelyne Bougie
Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, vol. 6, no. 4, October 28, 2009, p. [?]
Description
Data from 2001 and 2006 censuses.
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2017 Report Card on Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Formula
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2017 Report Card on Recommendations [Detailed]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Formula
Fish Soup for the Indigenous Soul: A Tool Kit For Siem Smun'eem Research and Training Network For Indigenous Well-Being. "Honoring Indigenous Knowledge and Practice"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacquie Green
Rebecca Taylor
Description
Looks at a research network developed through the collaboration of universities, agencies and communities in British Columbia to provide research training and resources for Indigenous people working in Indigenous child well-being and research.
Flourishing on the Margins: A Study of Babies and Belonging in an Australian Aboriginal Community Childcare Centre
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda J. Harrison
Jennifer Sumsion
Ben Bradley
Karen Letsch
Andi Salamon
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, Perspectives from Young Children on the Margins, 2017, pp. 189-205
Description
Describes how relations to family, community and culture are Incorporated into day-to-day interactions at Multifunctional Aboriginal Children's Service (MACS) in Queensland, Australia.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
FNUC Must Make Students, Academics Priority
Alternate Title
First Nations University of Canada Must Make Students, Academics Priority
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, June 26, 2009, p. A11
Description
Discusses the need to make students and academic excellence the first priority above political and financial issues at the First Nations University of Canada.
Focusing INAC's PSE Program: Targets and Impacts
Alternate Title
Focusing Indian and Northern Affairs Canada’s Post Secondary Education Program: Targets and Impacts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bert Waslander
Description
Discusses causes of current disparities in educational attainment, future goals for enrolment and graduation, and economic gains from higher education.
Final draft.
Focusing INAC's PSE Program: Targets and Impacts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bert Waslander
Description
Looks at the enrolment gap between First Nation people and other Canadians and the need for improvement in high school completion as a precondition for greater participation in post-secondary education.
Follow-up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador
E-Books
Author/Creator
Celeste McKay Consulting
Donald McRae
Description
Related material: 2002 Report.
Following in the Footsteps of the Wolf: Connecting Scholarly Minds to Ancestors in Indigenous Language Revitalization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T’łat’łaḵuł Patricia Rosborough
čuucqa Layla Rorick
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 11-17
Description
Authors discuss their experiences as language learners and importance of using a holistic approach.
Fontaine Leaves AFN With Strong Foundation
Alternate Title
Fontaine Leaves Assembly of First Nations With Strong Foundation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, July 10, 2009, p. A7
Description
Discusses the task of electing a new national chief for the Assembly of First Nations formerly filled by Phil Fontaine. Fontaine was the first high-profile First Nations leader to reveal the abuse he suffered in a residential school which eventually led to compensation payments and an official apology from the Prime Minister.
Fontaine Says Audience With Pope Closes The Circle
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 5, May 2009, p. 7
Description
Comments on the historic meeting of First Nations delegates with Pope Benedict XVI to discuss the abuse some children experienced in residential schools and the need for reconciliation.
Article located by scrolling to page 7.
Foreword
Alternate Title
Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Georges Henry Erasmus
Description
Introduces the subject of the book.
Foreword from Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.
To locate article, scroll to page xi.
Formative Evaluation of the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership Program: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Evaluation Directorate
Strategic Policy and Research
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Former Student Gives Settlement to Homeless
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal, vol. 135, no. 5, May 2009, p. 3,10
Description
Discusses the donation a former student of the Elkhorn Indian Residential School has made to a homeless shelter in Winnipeg.
Fort Belknap Earns 10 Years of Accreditation
Alternate Title
Fort Belknap Earns Ten Years of Accreditation
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Reports the affirmation for accreditation awarded to Fort Belknap College, in July 2008, by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).
Fort Berthold Plans New Bachelor's in Education
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 4, Tribal College Leadership and Vision, Summer, 2009
Description
Comments on a program, scheduled to begin spring of 2010, to launch a four year baccalaureate program in elementary education with a minor in middle school science or mathematics.
Forts, Curriculum, and Indigenous Métissage: Imagining Decolonization of Aboriginal-Canadian Relations in Educational Contexts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dwayne Trevor Donald
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-24
Description
Argues that the fort is a significant mythic symbol that reinforces colonial divides that continue to affect Aboriginal-Canada relations.