Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 1-4
Description
Keynote speaker's address opens this special issue which aims to showcase the depth and breadth of Indigenous Studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Looks at relationship between colonialism and gender violence as it is manifested in federal, non-profit, and Native initiatives to eliminate violence.
American Studies (B.A.)--Wesleyan University, 2009.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 68, no. 5, March 2009, pp. 980-989
Description
Analyzes the community health of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve in Ontario, and discusses the implications of intra-community variation in health status in relation to influential health policy theories.
Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada
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Author/Creator
National Council of Welfare
Description
Chapter 6.1 from: Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada edited by J. David Hulchanski, Phillippa Campsie, Shirley B.Y. Chau, Stephen H. Hwang, Emily Paradis.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 2, Winter, 2009, pp. 41-60
Description
Contends that the situation for all Aboriginal people living with HIV is worse than for others living with HIV based on a study of 80 Aboriginal people living both on and off reserve.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 09-011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study involving eight First Nations communities selected on the basis of innovative approaches to promoting home ownership and developing support programs. A minimum of six interviews was conducted at each site with community leaders, housing professionals and home owners.
Documentary about the role clan mothers played in the conflict that took place near Caledonia, Ontario over a proposed housing development on Six Nation traditional territory.
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Duration: 43:24
Developed to accompany the National Film Board documentary Six Miles Deep which deals with the conflict that took place over land development near Caledonia, Ontario.
Our Schools / Our Selves, vol. 18, no. 3, Beyond Child's Play: Caring For and Educating Young Children in Canada, Spring, 2009, pp. 169-175
Description
Discusses the lack of supports and services for children with special needs living on reserves due to inequities in health funding resulting from interjurisdictional disputes between provincial/territorial and federal governments about which will supply the required resources, despite governments' stated commitment to Jordan's Principle.