Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues: Digital Companion, vol. 1, 2014, pp. 32-47
Description
Summarizes statistics complied through the Sisters in Spirit initiative, discusses obligations arising from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and provides timeline of reports and recommendations and the Canadian government's responses.
Outlines the targets made by the Australian government to close the gap in life expectancy, early childhood health, education, and employment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Review of the federal government's policies and programs designed for Aboriginal preschool aged children 2.5 to 6 years of age established from 1994 to 2005.
Findings suggest that media coverage perpetuated stereotyping.
Honors paper towards undergraduate degree in Environment, Sustainability, and Society--Dalhousie University, 2014.
Two chapters deal specifically with Aboriginals:
Chapter 3: Helpers, Not Helpless: Honouring the Strength, Wisdom and Vision of Aboriginal Women Experiencing Homelessness or Marginal Housing by Billie Allan and Izumi Sakamoto,
Chapter 4: Homelessness and Health in the Crowded Canadian Arctic: Inuit Arctic Experiences by Nathanael Lauster and Frank Tester.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, The Governance of Indigenous Information, 2014, pp. 1-32
Description
Looks at the efforts to improve the governance of data between governments and Indigenous organizations and communities and presents a selection of initiatives undertaken in Canada, the United States and Australia.
Report (Carleton Centre for Community Innovation) ; R14-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Senada Delic
Description
Investigates academic research, statistics and government reports to find out what is causing a mismatch between employment opportunities and the Aboriginal youth work force in northern Canada.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Description
Provides overview of the current state of public health evidence and identifies information on national organizations working in public health to the end of 2012.
[Income Research Paper Series (Statistics Canada) ; no. 13]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maryanne Webber
Description
Examines low income rates based on Low Income Cutoff (LICO) or Low Income Measure (LIM), neither are intended as a poverty line, but they are sometimes used as such.
A submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Reports Canadian government policy is in breach of basic fundamental rights and is keeping Aboriginal people living in poverty.