International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, 2010, pp. 1-27
Description
Discusses how cultural workforce perspectives based on kinship, disadvantage Aboriginal residents in the non-Indigenous workforce which is based on employment as identity.
Histoire Sociale / Social history, vol. 43, no. 85, May 2010, pp. 165-191
Description
Looks at First Nations patients' views on two of Canada's Indian hospitals, on the patients' interactions with the nurses and doctors and on the treatments they received.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 2, Spring, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Tradition from Maori community discussed and perspectives on its use and adoption in justice institutions and policies in Canada.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
No Action, No Progress: FAFIA’s Report on Canada’s Progress in Implementing the 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Description
"Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action Report on Canada's Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations Made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2008".
Overview of the actions taken by the Government of Canada with respect to Aboriginal issues of education, reconciliation, governance and self-government, economic development, empowering citizens and protecting the vulnerable, and resolution of land issues.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
[Working Group on the Reduction of the Cost of Living in Nunavik]
Description
Provides information on socio-economic context, evaluates effectiveness and efficiency of existing measures and programs, and makes recommendations for improvements.
Discussion with the Manager of Vancouver Tennant Assistance Program and Executive Director of St. James Society Community Services on the agencies available to address the needs of Vancouver's homeless people.
Duration: 27:40.
Brief discussion of the impact of colonialism, factors which place individuals at risk for homelessness, common life experiences of the majority of the population, government responses, and list of practices needed in the continuum of care.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter H. Russell
Description
Argues that while RCAP may be seen as a failure in terms of its recommendations being implemented, as an attempt to establish consensual understanding of the relationship between Aboriginal people and other Canadians, it was a success.
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Description
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 9, September 1997, pp. 1547-1551
Description
Compares incidence and hospitalization rates for shigetlosis between Indians and the rest of the population in Manitoba, and also examines the relationship between shigellosis and environmental conditions on reserves.
Looks at the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families and its effects and discusses the shifts in child welfare policy, and amendment to adoption laws.
Looks at the success, implementation and relevance of an initiative developed in response to an increasing rate of suicide among First Nations and Inuit youth.
Canadian Geographic Magazine, December 2010, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the community 's ongoing fight to have Indian and Northern Affairs replace the elementary school which was shut down in May 2000 due to contamination.
Argues that the Federal government has failed to provide adequate support to First Nations children (both on and off-reserve) in terms of programs for birth and adoptive parents, has not implemented Jordan's principle, and does not monitor international adoption placements.
Video of representative from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner speaking at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference.
Five parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part.
Total duration: 59:10.
George Wright Forum, The, vol. 27, no. 2, 2010, p. 222–233
Description
Examines the unique legal and constitutional relationship with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and Parks Canada including the legislative policy and corporate changes that have occurred over the last 30 years.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 10-14
Description
Modified speech by Chief Wayne Christian talking about the history of his community, and how state policies, legislation and laws have affected a way of life for his people. The article also illustrates, through narrative, the importance of re-learning cultural practices.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 119-136
Description
Discussion, at the structural level, about the kind of education that is provided to Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The article also discusses a social activist, Shannen Koostachin, and her campaign to engage in social action in order to pressure the federal government to build a new school.
Report, based on five years of research into missing and murdered Aboriginal females in Canada, explores circumstances, root causes and trends of violence, numbers of missing/murdered women, and questions why this is occurring.
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Forum on Indigenous Child and Youth Rights, Vancouver, Canada, March 2-5, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Submission presents evidence of failure to provide equitable and culturally based welfare and education on reserves, and outlines the complaint currently before the Tribunal and the government's response, which is aimed at preserving the status quo.