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Aboriginal Horizontal Framework: Programs and Spending Overview
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Treasury Board Secretariat
Government of Canada]
Description
Overview of Aboriginal-direct programming and spending offered by the Government of Canada. The 360 programs and services are arranged under seven thematic headings: Health, Lifelong Learning, Housing, Safe and Sustainable Communities, Economic Opportunities, Lands and Resources and Governance and Relationships.
Aboriginal Language Use and Socioeconomic Well-Being: A Multilevel Analysis
Theses
Author/Creator
Erin O'Sullivan
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2010.
Aboriginal People in Manitoba [2012]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal and Northern Affairs]
Description
Based on Manitoba government program data and statistics gathered from Government of Canada's 2006 Census.
Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006: Inuit Health and Social Conditions
Alternate Title
Analytical Paper (Statistics Canada) ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Tait
Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006: School Experiences of Off-Reserve First Nations Children Aged 6 to 14
Alternate Title
Analytical Paper (Statistics Canada) ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Evelyne Bougie
Aboriginal Populations: Social, Demographic, and Epidemiological Perspectives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anatole Romaniuk
Gustave J. Goldmann
Senada Delic
Ravi B.P. Verma
Eric Guimond ... [et al.]
Aboriginal Seniors in Canada
Alternate Title
A Portrait of Seniors in Canada 2006
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Martin Turcotte
Grant Schellenberg
Description
Statistics on demographic trends, culture and language, continuous learning, work and participation in society, living arrangements and housing, and health and well-being.
Chapter six of A Portrait of Seniors in Canada 2006.
Scroll to page 221 to read chapter.
American Indian Reservations and COVID-19: Correlates
of Early Infection Rates in the Pandemic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear
Nicolás E. Barceló
Randall Akee
Stephanie Russo Carroll
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 26, no. 4, July/August 2020, pp. 371-377
Description
Study looked at household characteristics most closely associated with variations in incidence in 287 reservations and tribal homelands which had a total of 861 cases. Found that lack of complete indoor plumbing and access to potable water could be an important determinant, as well as relevant information communicated in the language spoken by most tribal members, but that household overcrowding did not appear to be associated with spread of the disease.
American Indians at Risk
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Ian Ross
Adrienne Freng
Stan Weeber
M. George Eichenberg
Sidney L. Harring ... [et al.]
An Annual Report on the State of Inuit Culture and Society 2002-2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Social Development Council
Nunavut Tunngavik
Description
Covers issues such as social housing, childcare, education, language, and health.
Assessing the Evidence on Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: A Focus on the 2002 NATSISS
Alternate Title
Assessing the Evidence on Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: A Focus on the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Assessing Recent Evidence
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 26
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tim Rowse
Jon Altman
John Taylor
Andrew Webster
Alistair Rogers … [et al.]
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
Description
Papers from the conference Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Assessing Recent Evidence.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Alternate Title
British Columbia First Peoples: Teacher Resource Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2019 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2020 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2023 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2022 Status Update on Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eva Jewell
Ian Mosby
Description
Looks at which of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call2 to Action have been completed. 2023 Report, 2022 Report, 2020 Report.
Canada's Residential Schools: The Legacy: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 5
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 80-86
[Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples Rights: What Is the Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples' Rights?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United Nations Human Rights
Office of the High Commissioner
Description
Focuses on health and access to healthcare, participation and consultation, access to information, livelihoods, territories, land and resources, and access to clean water and sanitation facilities. Under each topic lists promising practices and key actions for States and other stakeholders.
Daily Life of the Inuit
Alternate Title
Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pamela R. Stern
Demographic Profile of Indian Country
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NCAI Policy Research Center
Description
Looks at population, tribal economies, tribal lands, public safety and security, energy on tribal lands, housing and infrastructure, forestry, health disparities, and education.
[Fact Sheets for Nourishing the Learning Spirit]
Alternate Title
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Early Childhood Learning
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners and Gender
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners in Care of Social Services
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners with (Dis)abilities
First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners: Thoughts on Holistic Lifelong Learning
Holistics Health and Wellness and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners
Indigenous Heritage Languages and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners
K-12 Education and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit in Canada
Post-Secondary Education, Lifelong Learning, and First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Learners
The Learning Spirit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Education Research Centre
Description
Explores the potential humans have for learning both as individuals and in groups. Presents brief overviews of 10 resources.
First Nations People, Métis and Inuit in Canada: Diverse and Growing Populations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Information from the 2016 Census of Population.
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) 2008/10: Alberta Report 2012
E-Books
Author/Creator
Deborah Pace
Anita E. Konczi
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) 2008/10: National Report on Adults Living in First Nations Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) 2002/03: Report on Selected Indicators by Gender
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Centre at NAHO (National Aboriginal Health Organization)
Description
Statistics on demographics, socioeconomic and household characteristics, healthcare, cultural involvement, substance use, nutrition and sexual activity.
First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) 2002/03: The Peoples' Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
RHS [Regional Health Survey] National Team
Description
Revised second edition.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Forty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1924-25
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Walter Fewkes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
Social Organization and Social Usages of the Indians of the Creek Confederacy by John R. Swanton
Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians by John R. Swanton
Aboriginal Culture of the Southeast by John R. Swanton
Indian Trails of the Southeast by William Edward Myer
Forty Years of Cultural Change Among the Inuit in Alaska, Canada and Greenland: Some Reflections
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marianne Stenbaek
Arctic, vol. 40, no. 3, Fortieth Anniversary Special, December 1987, pp. 300-309
Description
Interviews well-know Inuit leaders about their perceptions on the major cultural changes over the past forty years.
Gathering Strength
Alternate Title
Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples ; Vol. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Description
Volume 3 of Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Healthy Children, Healthy Families, Healthy Communities: The Road to Wellness: BC First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002/2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mark S. Dockstator
Andrea J. Williams
Heather Spuniarsky
Kienan Williams
Description
Summary of results and findings. Sample consisted of 712 adults, 566 youth and 666 children.
Housing Needs and Challenges for Rural and Urban (Off-Reserve) Indigenous Peoples
Alternate Title
Phase 2: Data Analysis Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Big River Analytics
Description
Utilizes data from the Census of Population, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) and the Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
Ile a la Crosse Community Study for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Governance Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Bouvier
Carlos Daigneault
Dwayne Desjarlais
Lillian McLean
Jolene Roy
Marie Symes-Grehan
Description
Reports results of 215 interviews about status, health issues, family and social services, language, land use and prospects for self-government.
The Indigenous World 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Olga Murashko
Johannes Rohr
Stephen Hendrie
Jennifer Preston
Frank Sejersen
Marianne Lykke Thomsen ... [et al.]]
International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012: Proceedings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Piotr Wolski
Heather Gifford
Amohia Boulton
Sue Triggs
Chris Cunningham ... [et al.]
An Inuit Education: Honouring a Past, Creating a Future
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasing Corporation
Description
A group of articles and video clips from the CBC Archives provides an overview of the changing patterns and issues in the communities in the Arctic from circa 1950 to 2002.
Inuit Health: Selected Findings From the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan Wallace
Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008: Nunavut
Alternate Title
International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey: Health in Transition and Resiliency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
G. M. Egeland
Description
Summarizes results for adults.
Inuit Statistical Profile [2006]
Alternate Title
Inuit in Canada: A Statistical Profile
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Tait
Melissa Nepton-Riverin
Craig Clark]
Description
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, perceptions of water quality, harvesting and country food, education, employment, and use of communication technology.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami 2012-2013 [Annual Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports on the the Amaujaq National Centre for Inuit education, health and social development, environment and wildlife, and the Inuit Knowledge Centre.
Inuvialuit Social Indicators: Applying Arctic Social Indicators Framework to Study Well-Being in the Inuvialuit Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrey Petrov
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 167-185
Description
Study employs the Arctic Social Indicators (ASI) framework to assess the health of six communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR). Indicators assessed include: health and population, material well-being cultural vitality, closeness to nature, education, and fate control.
"Investing in the Future": First Nations Education in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Know Your Speech Community: III. Anger And Aggression
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rodney D. Morice
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1977, pp. 35-40
Description
Provides definitions and context to Aboriginal terminology for assisting non-Aboriginal health care workers to properly care for their clients.
Land and Language: Exploring the Uses of The Ktunaxa Nation Network in British Columbia, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Heather Henley
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--The University of Manitoba, 2010.
Literature Review for the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples: Off-Reserve Indigenous Housing Needs and Challenges in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Big River Analytics
Description
Review conducted to "identify the relationships, correlations, and possible causations between housing and four socio-economic outcomes: education, health, the labour market, and Indigenous languages."
Main Findings of the 2015 RHS
Alternate Title
Main Findings of the 2015 Regional Health Survey [Quebec]
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Summary of results from Quebec portion of the Phase 3 First Nations Regional Health Survey.
Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) Report (2002/03)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Elias
Jeff LaPlante
Description
Statistics for adults, youth and children.
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2021: Focus on COVID-19
E-Books
Author/Creator
Minority Rights Group International
[Native Voices in the City]
Alternate Title
[Chicago American Indian Oral History Pilot Project]
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Chicago American Indian Oral History Pilot Project]
Description
Unpublished transcript of excerpts from interviews with 23 Indian residents of Chicago.
Navigating Government Services: The "Lived Experience" of Urban Aboriginal Families in Fredericton, New Brunswick: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa Jodoin
Description
Study involved interviews and focus groups with 32 community members and front-line service providers both in Aboriginal organizations and government. Themes which emerged were health, parenting supports, mobility, and employment, as well as three overarching issues: service gaps and barriers, funding gaps, and impermanence of programs and funding.
The Northwest Coast
Alternate Title
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter H. Stephenson
Steven Acheson
Description
Focuses on the peoples of the northern area of the Northwest Coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
Chapter from Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures edited by Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember.
Nunavik in Figures 2020
Alternate Title
Nunavik Statistics Program
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gérard Duhaime
Andrée Caron
Karen Everett
Description
Related material: Nunavik in Figures 2020 -- Sources.