Analyzes current expenditures, spending over the previous decade, how funds were allocated in comparison to the provinces, and provides forward projections.
Follows up on Parliamentary Budget Officer's reports of 2009 and 2013.
Numbers primarily derived from Public Accounts data of government bodies stated in 1992/93 dollars; in some cases Main Estimates and departmental Annual Reports were also consulted. Demographic statistics derived from 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
Primary focus is the lack of co-operation the Truth and Reconciliation Commission received when trying to collect statements given during the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) and the records of the Common Experience Payment program, despite the fact that this was part of its mandate as laid out in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA).
Book review of: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Volume One by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 167.
Tells the story of Peter Bryce, Chief Medical Office for the Department of Indian Affairs who reported health abuses and high death rates in Residential Schools as early as 1907, drawing attending to the overcrowding, poor sanitation and ventilation. Concludes with middle school children speaking about their feelings.
Duration 14:12.
Urban and Regional Planning Project (M.PL.)--Queen's University, 2016.
Includes case studies of Westbank First Nation, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, and Long Plain First Nation.
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (for the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sophie Marchildon
Edward Lustig
Description
Proceedings look into governmental discrimination against First Nations children living on reserves for providing less support for child welfare than for those living off reserve.
File No: T1340/7008.
Investigates types of models that could be used to successfully devolve First Nations Inuit Health Branch programs and services to First Nations. Provides overview of existing models of control over federal health resources in Canada and internationally as well as models that exist in other service areas.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 188, no. 9, June 14, 2016, pp. E165-E166
Description
Family physician from Sioux Lookout, Ontario testifies before the House of Common's Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development in April 2016.
Purpose of study was to examine the development, impact and effectives of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's Post-Secondary, Indian Studies, and University and College Entrance programs. Research design included literature review, database analysis, regional survey reviews, national telephone survey, and national analysis.
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 6, no. 4, October 2016, pp. 317-338
Description
Examines how Canada investigated and distorted Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's band finances as a way to discredit her demands that governments respect her community's treaty rights.
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 8, October 2000, p. 1
Description
Alvin Tolley, an Algonquin who attended a residential school, forms Organization of United Reborn Survivors with the goal of forming alliance with churches to demand establishment of independent tribunal.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indochina, October/November/December 2000, pp. 56-65
Description
Analyzes demographic, environmental and economic changes that have impacted the indigenous people of Vietnam's Central Highlands.
To access this article scroll down to page 56.
Canadian Bar Review, vol. 79, no. 1, February 2000, pp. 196-224
Description
Argues that the Crown has a repsponsility to make good faith efforts to negotiate agreements specifiying the rights of the parties when it engages in actions which effect Aboriginal interests so that disputes do not end up in litigation.
Superior Court of Quebec ruled that several paragraphs and one sub-section relating to Indian registration (status) under section 6 of the Indian Act violated equality provisions under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Found difference of treatment between women and men and their respective descendants.
Compares Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs spending to federal program spending from 1946/47 through 2013/14. Per-person comparisons date from 1949/50. Also statistics on Health Canada and provincial spending from 1994/95 to 2013/14.
Provides information on services and benefits that are covered or can be accessed through Canada's Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) when the goods and services are not covered by provincial health or third party health plans.
Revision of 2013 edition.
For each source of funding lists focus, eligibility for projects and applicants, recent actions, and links to official government websites and other sources of further information. Current as of 2016.
Examines truth commissions in general and specifically the Truth and Reconciliation and states that compensation will only work if the government is open to alternative context-specific forms of justice.
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2000.
Argues that the efforts to empower First Nation people by granting them a significant role in the governance of their own lands and people comes as a mixed blessing.
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 9, October 2000, p. 7
Description
Bishop declines to participate in campaign aimed at federal government urging resolution of residential schools issue because wording implied diocese directly involved.
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Links to material related to the complaint laid against the Government of Canada alleging inequitable funding for provision of welfare services to First Nations children living on reserves.