Reports on findings from two surveys: Phase I was conducted in February 2017 and had 85 participants, mainly living off-reserve; Phase II was conducted from June-August 2017 and had 96 participants. Themes which emerged were regulations around mental health and addictions, training and education, creating safe spaces, and funding. Concludes with recommendations.
[Appendix A: Portrait of the Situation for English-speaking First Nations: Accessing Health and Social Services in English in the Province of Quebec]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coalition of English-speaking First Nations in Quebec (CESFNCQ)
Description
Discusses broad issues and challenges as well as difficulties associated with residing in a predominantly francophone province and identifies key priority areas. Includes community profiles and results of survey of residents.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 87-101
Description
Brief historical background of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation; looks at the social and economic change in remote hunting and trapping communities in Northwestern Ontario; and examines how the First Nations have increased the ability to address health and social service problems locally by assuming control of their health services.
Discusses typology of gangs with four levels of progression through violence and intention. Makes recommendations based on five themes which emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 25, no. 1, Special Issue, 2018, pp. 3-18
Description
Discusses the tribally owned and operated Southcentral Foundation's (SCF) Nuka system of care, approach to research, efforts to engage community, and system of communicating findings.
Discusses main barriers that seniors and those with chronic illness face in accessing services and facilities and the need for programs and practices which are adapted to First Nations culture and values. Committee conducted eight public hearings, heard 48 witnesses, and were presented five briefs.
"42nd Parliament, 1st Session"
Author of Clearing the Plains speaks about how government policy, use of food as a weapon to force First Nations to sign treaties, and its failure to fulfill treaty obligations contributed to the famine and disease which decimated Indigenous population.
Duration: 1:40: 58.
Author considers different estimates for the pre-contact population in the Western Hemisphere as a means of estimating the number of lives lost to colonial factors of violence in the ongoing Indigenous Holocaust. Primarily focuses on United States.
Journal of Rehabilitation, vol. 63, no. 4, October-December 1997, pp. 38-45
Description
Discusses satisfaction with community response to needs of persons with disabilities and compares response groups. Suggests empowerment is from local level up because solutions are driven by the people.
Provides description of program and evaluation, and reports findings under five issues: continued need for the program; alignment with government and First Nation priorities; alignment with Federal roles and responsibilities; achievement of expected outcomes; and demonstration of economy and efficiency.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 11, March 19, 2018, p. E341–E342.
Description
Discusses the health-related allocations of the 2018 Canadian Federal Budget, including: Tuberculosis prevention and treatment, culturally informed addiction treatment, clean drinking water on reserves, a Métis national health strategy, medical services in remote communities.
Primary focus of recommendations was education. The seven youths had relocated to Thunder Bay from their home communities in order to complete high school.
Indigenous Children, Youth and Families in the Next 150 Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Special Edition Children and Youth: Indigenous Children, Youth and Families in the Next 150 Years, 2018, pp. 6-27
Description
Special issue features artwork, creative writing, short essays and poetry by Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and youth.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, May/June 1997, p. 29
Description
Draft summary makes recommendations to increase efforts to record Indigenous health information accurately in a standardized method for meaningful comparisons.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 3, Fall, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Excerpt from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Strategic Plan for Indian Justice; advocates a system that restores traditions, is community driven and promotes healing.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur
Secrétariat à la condition
Description
Discusses provincial government's past and present relationship with Aboriginal peoples, and interactions between the Aboriginal population and provincial ministries and agencies such as the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Public Security, Correctional Services, Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 157, no. 4, August 15, 1997, p. 361
Description
Short paragraph stating that the Government of Manitoba will provide some two million dollars over the next three years to fund an Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre in Winnipeg.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 145-164
Description
Authors conduct a review of literature relating to the disparity experienced by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit youth in need of metal heath care and discusses systemic issues that need to be addressed in order to provide equity of care.
[Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)
Government of British Columbia]
Description
Data for Indigenous and general population on: admissions to care; provincial CYIC (Children and Youth in Care) admissions; new Out-of-Care (OCO) / Agreements; and fatalities.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 87, no. 9, September 1997, pp. 1547-1551
Description
Compares incidence and hospitalization rates for shigetlosis between Indians and the rest of the population in Manitoba, and also examines the relationship between shigellosis and environmental conditions on reserves.