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Author/Creator
Cliff Thorstenson
Darwin Hanna
Cynthia Callison
Description
2nd edition
Addressing Inuit Women’s Economic Security and Prosperity in the Resource Extraction Industry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Reports results of literature search and qualitative and quantitative survey data from 29 women living in Arviat, Salluit, Inuvik, and Baker Lake. Study's focus was sexual violence and harassment in the workplace, and identifying gaps, opportunities and recommendations to ensure women's safety and economic security.
Related material: Literature Review.
Assessing the Evidence on Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: A Focus on the 2002 NATSISS
Alternate Title
Assessing the Evidence on Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: A Focus on the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Assessing Recent Evidence
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 26
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tim Rowse
Jon Altman
John Taylor
Andrew Webster
Alistair Rogers … [et al.]
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
Description
Papers from the conference Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Assessing Recent Evidence.
Building Community Support for the Prevention of Youth Suicide and Personal Injury: Response to the Youth Bridging Project Survey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Cochrane
Karen Ogen
Krysta Cochrane
Lisa Caillier
Description
Comments on strategies that may be the most effective tools to help decrease suicide and suicide attempt including community wellness and cultural competence strategies.
Concepts of "Community" in Community Economic Development: The Social Dynamics of Community-Based Development in Winnipeg's Inner City
Theses
Author/Creator
Sara Paige Stephens
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2006.
Conference Report: The Path to the Good Life: Aboriginal Women's Conference
Alternate Title
The Path to the Good Life: Conference Report
Documents & Presentations
Description
Goals of the conference were to share stories, discuss what is being done and what can be done in Aboriginal communities and discuss plans and priorities for lasting change with each other and government leaders. Conference held March 13-15, 2006.
Detailed Plan of Action Comes Out of FMM [First Ministers' Meeting]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 10, January 2006, p. 8
Description
Prime Minister Paul Martin met with premiers and Aboriginal leaders to discuss plans to improve health, education, housing, and economic opportunities for Aboriginal people in Canada.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.
A Disproportionate Burden: COVID-19 Labour Market Impacts on Indigenous and Racialized Workers in Canada
Alternate Title
A Disproportionate Burden: COVID-19 Labor Market Impacts on Indigenous and Racialized Workers in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Angele Alook
Sheila Block
Grace-Edward Galabuzi
Editorial: [Indigenous Affairs: Africa and the Millennium Development Goals]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jens Dahl
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Africa and the Millennium Development Goals, 2006, pp. 4-5
Description
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on developmental aid from a cultural point of view and examples of rights-based approaches.
To access this article, scroll down to page 4.
Editors' Introduction: Lessons From Research [Volume 5, Number 1]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 5, no. 1, Fall, 2006, pp. 23-25
Description
Introduction to the research section of this journal offering articles on Aboriginal business, community, and economic development.
Final Report and Recommendations of the Commission on Improving Work Opportunities for Saskatchewan Residents: February 2006
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
V. Lynne Pearson
Frederick H. Cuddington
Deb Thorn
p. 164
Description
Commission was established to make recommendations to help improve access by part-time and vulnerable workers to job opportunites, employment income and benefits. Chapter three deals with Aboriginal employment.
First Nations Families Negotiating Current Economic & Social Transitions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kim Dertien
Description
Looks at strategies used by families to handle chronic shortages of shelter, food, and economic income in the Gitxaała Nation.
First Nations' Wholistic Approach to Indicators
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations
Description
"Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Indicators of Well-Being, 22-23 March 2006, Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, Ottawa".
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]
The "Grab-a-Hoe" Indians: The Canadian State and the Procurement of Aboriginal Labour for the Southern Alberta Sugar Beet Industry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Laliberte
Prairie Forum, vol. 31, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 305-323
Description
Describes the poor conditions Aboriginal farm labourers faced while employed on sugar beet farms.
Impact of the Model Schools Literacy Project on Literacy and Fiscal Outcomes in First Nations in Canada
Alternate Title
CSLS Research Report ; 2021-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Simon Lapointe
CSLS Research Report
Description
Contains a review of the literature discussing socio-economic outcomes associated with improved literacy in the areas of employment, wages, crime, health and social engagement, and projections about the effects of expanding the Martin Family Initiative to communities across Canada.
Nishnawbe-Aski Nation: Part 1
Alternate Title
Confrontations Over Resources Development: Ipperwash Inquiry
Part 1: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wally M. McKay
Description
Discusses resource development, blockades and social problems.
Nunavik in Figures 2020
Alternate Title
Nunavik Statistics Program
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gérard Duhaime
Andrée Caron
Karen Everett
Description
Related material: Nunavik in Figures 2020 -- Sources.
Putting the Community in Community Engagement in an Urban Indigenous Context
Theses
Author/Creator
Lori-Anne Sokoluk
Description
Community Engagement Thesis (M.A)--University of Alberta, 2021.
Quality of Life of Aboriginal People in Canada: An Analysis of Current Research
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Quality of Life [Series]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daniel Salée
IRPP Choices, vol. 12, no. 6, November 2006, pp. 4-38
Description
Survey of literature dealing with issues such as health, income, employment, and education.
Residential School: Impact on Aboriginal Students' Academic and Cognitive Development
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rosemary Barnes
Nina Josefowitz
Ester Cole
Canadian Journal of School Psychology, vol. 21, no. 1/2, December 2006, pp. 18-32
Description
Uses psychological research and theory to explain the consequences of the school system in terms of: poor academic performance and inability to continue education, which in turn affects employment opportunities and future income.
A Snapshot: Status First Nations People in Canada
Alternate Title
[Indigenous Peoples Thematic Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Training the Excluded for Work: Access and Equity for Women, Immigrants, First Nations, Youth, and People with Low Income.
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christina Gabriel
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 39, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 187-189
Description
Book review of: Training the Excluded for Work edited by Marjorie Griffin Cohen.
Understanding the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hillmarè Schulze
Urvashi Yadav