Statistics on demographic trends, culture and language, continuous learning, work and participation in society, living arrangements and housing, and health and well-being.
Chapter six of A Portrait of Seniors in Canada 2006.
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Rural and Remote Health, vol. 7, no. 796, September 21, 2007, pp. 1-12
Description
Findings indicate that perceptions of care are informed by cultural values in five themes: passing on traditions, being chosen as caregiver, support within the circle of healers, establishing circles of care and accepting of refusing external resources.
Discusses principles to help address mental wellness in youth, socio-economic factors that increase the risk of suicide, and protective factors and strategies, services and programs offered to Indigenous youth.
National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work ; 19th, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
ManSoo Yu
Description
Examines multiple potential determinants in adolescents - psychiatric disorders, positive familial, social and cultural environments. Results will aid in intervention/prevention strategies.
Discusses the parallels between the experiences of children in residential schools with child protection practices which targeted Roma in Europe to build a case for compensation for the Romani families.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 70, no. 11, November 2016, pp. 1096-1105
Description
Uses information from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to link contemporary health and mental health conditions to residential school familial attendance.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, 2007, pp. 75-83
Description
Discusses similarities of two residential structures, government schools and foster homes, that have housed Aboriginal children when they were removed from their people. The paper is an attempt to influence child welfare practice in ways that would respect the integrity of family and Aboriginal communities.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Description
Paper discusses three topics: the process of adopting the Siyá:m System of leadership, the limitations of the system as expressed by members of the community, and the government and missionary actions which isolated and curtailed the traditional inter-village family interactions.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2007, p. 5
Description
Looks at the authors' resolutions for the New Year and her worries about the condition of the environment being passed on to the next generation.
Article located by scrolling to page 5.
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Reports a good health care strategy should include: health professions communicating in the local language, combining local knowledge with modern medicine, community control and development, and use Aboriginal concepts of health in care and policy.
Discusses the activities of the Rocky Mountain Quality Improvement Center (RMQIC) project which was designed to prevent removal and out-of-home placement of children who have become involved with the child welfare system due to parental substance abuse and child neglect.