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Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Makes six recommendations: improve and expand healthcare delivery in Inuit Nunangat, increase numbers of Inuit healthcare providers, support traditional midwifery approaches, foster wrap-around care services for specialized care, ensure cultural competency training, and preserve traditional language rights.
Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Description
CBC website tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.
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.
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.
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]
A House of Healing: The Importance of Friendship Centres to Urban Aboriginal Populations
Theses
Author/Creator
Emily Pitts
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.
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.
Indigenous Health Indicators: A Participatory Approach to Co-designing Indicators to Monitor and Measure First Nations Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paulette Fox
Description
Describes the process of developing indicators based on the concept of biocultural diversity, which incorporates linkages between language, environment, and culture.
Indigenous Language Revitalization Efforts in Canada during COVID-19: Facilitating and Maintaining Connections Using Digital Technologies
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Gallant
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Western University, 2021.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Guide
Alternate Title
Canadian Geographic Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Geographic Education
Description
Includes discussion questions and activity ideas for each volume of the atlas.
Inuit Statistical Profile 2018
E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
Description
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, suicide rates, food insecurity, harvesting country food, education, and strength of family ties.
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.
#KeepOurLanguagesStrong: Indigenous Language Revitalization on Social Media During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kari A. B. Chew
Language Documentation & Conservation, vol. 15, 2021, pp. 239-266
Description
Analysis of posts from March through July 2020 identified six themes: language promotion, using language to talk about COVID, training to support revitalization, language education, creating and sharing resources, and general information.
Language Barriers Restricting Access to Health Care for Indigenous Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Webster
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 24, June 24, 2018, pp. E754-E755
Description
Article examines the obstacles to obtaining quality health care faced by non-English speaking Inuit and First Nations; notes that speaking one’s Indigenous language is a protective factor all mental health outcomes and recommends that the profession focus on recruiting and training professionals that speak Indigenous languages.
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.
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2021: Focus on COVID-19
E-Books
Author/Creator
Minority Rights Group International
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.
Nunavut Fact Sheets [February 2018]
Alternate Title
Nunavut Community Fact Sheets
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Data Sources: Statistics Canada (2011 NHS, 2016 Census, Income Statistics Division and Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics), Nunavut Department of Education, Nunavut Department of Health, Nunavut Bureau of Statistics.
Report on Implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs
Government of New Brunswick
Sami Statistics Speak: Numbers and Commentary
Alternate Title
Raporta/Rapport 1/2018
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jon Todal
Magritt Brustad
Svanhild Andersen
Torunn Pettersen
Øyvind Rustad … [et al.]
Social and Economic Well-Being: A First Nations Gender-Balanced Analysis
Alternate Title
FNIGC Research Series
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Teacher Guide: Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian McCallum
Description
For use with the CBC website which tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.