Looks at the effects of government policy in both Australia and Canada and the lack of progress addressing long term solutions for Aboriginal communities.
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 2012, pp. 43-66
Description
Comments on the unacceptability of the high rate of food insecurity, the lack of safe drinking water, the need for healthy, and other necessary infrastructure for healthy living.
BMC Public Health, vol. 13, October 18, 2013, p. article no. 970
Description
Study found that users were more likely to be housing insecure, female, middle-aged, unemployed, Aboriginal and lack a high school education. Compares results with those from a previous study conducted in Iqaliut, Nunavut.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 105, no. 3, March 2015, pp. e122-e132
Description
Study conducted between 2005 and 2010 with 292 participants living in 14 Nunavik communities found that likelihood of reducing size of children's meals was higher in crowded households.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 251-261
Description
Describes a training program that upgraded homes at the Fort Albany First Nation and provided educational and employment opportunities, all on a limited budget.
A photograph of a teepee structure set up as a fish drying rack. There is a covering on the back half of the teepee and a group of people seated inside. On the back of the photo is written: Salt River in the Northwest.
Discusses various effects that climate change will have on First Nations communities such as transportation, water quality, infrastructure, housing, and many more.
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 133-154
Description
Looks at the example of innovative and cost-effective solutions for food and housing gaps caused by economic growth and industrial development in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Sigurdur
Description
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Elizabeth Metis Settlement, Alberta. This portion includes a presentation for the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement by Mike Sigurdur concerning the health system, services and programs of the Metis community.
British Columbia Heritage Series. Series 1, Our Native Peoples ; vol. 3
Social Studies Bulletin
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Provincial Archives [of British Columbia]
Description
Booklet relating to the Tsimshian people of northern coastal BC, describing various aspects of Tsimshian culture such as daily subsistence, spirituality, shamanism, family life and legends.
Looks at the incidence rate, determinants of tuberculosis infection and social determinants of health.
Chapter 14 from Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 7th edition.