Focused on whether the Department had reasonable assurance that its programs for eligible individuals had a positive effect on their oral health.
Audit covered the period between September 2013 and December 2016.
Summarizes key decisions relevant to industry and project proponents and discusses how they effect carrying out the duty to consult with Indigenous peoples.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 79th, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
Description
Looks at the arguments put forward in support of the claim that Aboriginal peoples exhibit an inherent ecological consciousness; and examines the policy implications of expanding Aboriginal jurisdiction over environmental protection.
Social Sciences and Medicine, vol. 64, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 125-137
Description
Looks at how Australian politicians have shaped decades of health policy and influenced health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia.
Looks at the historical, cultural and political context of American Indian philanthropic traditions and relationships with the United States government.
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [163]-182
Description
"This article addresses the challenges associated with present-day usage of residential school photographs, the ways in which these photographs can contribute to ongoing discussions about healing and reconciliation, and the use of archival photographs within the residential school survivor community".
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.
Presents an introduction to Aboriginal title and how it is a collective right by an Aboriginal group for the exclusive use of occupation of land which may, or may not, be traditional use.
Podcast of Interview with artist about his exhibition Awareness Series which focuses on the government's policy of issuing numbered disks to Inuit rather than referring to them by name.
Duration: 6:54.
"The bill repeals section 67 of the federal human rights statute, which has restricted access to its redress mechanisms with respect to "any provision on the Indian Act or any provision made under or pursuant to that Act."
Report looks at increased financial costs associated with amendments to Bill S-3, which could potentially raise the number of Status Indians by 670,000.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop".
Duration: 1:19:21.
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop". Edited version of the original.
Duration: 45:00.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 117-135
Description
Argues that the Government of Canada has not learned from previous mistakes and its failure to change its behaviour has led to the ongoing trauma inflicted by residential schools and the high number of missing and murdered women.
Examines whether the rejected claim was properly resolved. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, 2017, pp. 289-310
Description
Discusses failure of new protocols put in place to ensure safe drinking water on reserves and contrasts the response to the failure of water system in Walkerton, Ontario, which took place the same year.