Theses
Author/Creator
Shamim Adam Abdulla
Description
First Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2013.
Focuses on R. v. O'Connor criminal case, the Blackwater v. et al v. Plint et al civil case adjudication, and Hollow Water Community Holistic Circle Healing initiative.
Kaupapa Māori Approaches in Contests Related to Youth Offending / Environmental Scan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Evidence Centre - Te Pokapū Taunakitanga
Description
Looks at features of 22 programs which operate to address issues in the areas of conduct problems, reducing re-offending, remand, rehabilitation, and mental health and substance abuse.
The Legacy of Phoenix Sinclair: Achieving the Best for All Our Children
Alternate Title
[Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry Report]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ted Hughes
Description
Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair, a five-year-old First Nations child who was beaten to death by her mother and her boyfriend. Specifically investigated whether the child welfare system had been negligent.
Access to Volume 2
Access to Volume 3
Linking Arms Together 2013: AM Session Residential School Survivor Panel [Part 4]
Alternate Title
Linking Arms Together (Part 4): Residential School Survivor Panel
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Margaret Tourville
Michael Cheena
Murray Crow
Description
Three survivors of residential schools, Margaret Tourville, Michael Cheena, and Murray Crow speak about their experiences at panel session from Linking Arms Together Symposium held York University June 28, 2013.
Duration: 1:12:53.
Literature Review: Companion to the Youth Program Model: Kwanlin Dün First Nation Land-Based Healing Program Research Assistance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jenn Redvers
Description
Literature search on contributing factors and causes related to high Aboriginal youth involvement in the criminal justice system including: cultural and familial disconnect, intergenerational and childhood trauma, mental health and addictions, and other health challenges.
Literature Review on Urban Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network
Description
Majority of literature cited published between 2003 and 2012.
Mentoring Programs for Indigenous Youth at Risk
Alternate Title
Resource Sheet (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 22
E-Books
Author/Creator
Vicki-Ann Ware
Métis Perspectives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and LGBTQ2S+ People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak = Women of the Métis Nation
Moving Beyond the Simple: Addressing the "Misuse" of the FASD-Gang Link in Public Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Henry
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 2, 2013, pp. 241-254
Description
Argues that researchers and the media have focused on a tenuous biomedical link while ignoring social issues such poverty and housing. Also argues that this has created a culture of fear which targets Aboriginals.
Nodal Repair and Networks of Destruction: Residential Schools, Colonial Genocide, and Redress in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, February 2013 , pp. 65-81
Description
Examines the potential of and the challenges faced by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Our Greatest Challenge: Aboriginal Children and Human Rights
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rani Kerin
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 179-180
Description
Book review of: Our Greatest Challenge by Hannah McGlade.
Scroll down to page 179 to read review.
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.
Our Story: The Made-in-BC Tripartite Health Transformation Journey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority
Description
Discusses governance and health system transformation, building partnerships, community engagement, and the establishment of the First Nations Health Authority.
Overincarceration of Indigenous People: A Health Crisis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Davinder Singh
Sarah Prowse
Marcia Anderson
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 18, May 06, 2019, pp. E487-E488
Description
Authors argue that incarceration is a social determinant of health and that it disproportionately affects Indigenous people because of disparities in rates of incarceration; cite statistical analysis that indicate the specific effects of incarceration and notes historic and contemporary calls to address the situation.
Pathway to Hope: An Indigenous Approach to Healing Child Sexual Abuse
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Payne
Kimber Olson
Jared W. Parrish
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21067
Description
Article describes the Pathway to Hope (PTH) program, an indigenous approach which encourages multigenerational healing.
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
West Coast LEAF
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elba Bendo
Sharnelle JenkinsThompson
Isabelle Busby
Emily Beier
Description
Focuses on seven topics: eight principles of Indigenous child welfare, understanding the overrepresentation of children in care, legal context, root causes, discrepancies in delivery of services, current approaches and recommendations in the area of family violence, current approaches and recommendations in the area of substance use, and improving financial supports for families.
The Peyote Controversy and the Demise of the Society of American Indian
Alternate Title
American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas C. Maroukis
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. 159-180
Description
Discusses how members' disagreements over whether or not the use and possession of the psychoactive substance should be criminalized affected the organization.
Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 159.
Pharmaceutical Health Care and Inuit Language Communications in Nunavut, Canada
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra J. Romain
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21409
Description
Explores the challenges of complying with the, Inuit Language Protection Act and the Official Languages Act to provide pharmacy services without Inuit language proficient pharmacists.
A Place Where It Feels Like Home: The Story of Tina Fontaine
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daphne Penrose
Description
Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth's report on the investigation into several service agencies' involvement with a troubled teen who was eventually found murdered.
Policing Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Metropolitan Environments
Alternate Title
Monograph Series (National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF)) ; no. 48
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tracy Cussen
Jason Payne
David Marks
Poonā Yétum: Shatter Justice Barriers Through Forgiving
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John E. Charlton
John G. Hansen
The Quint, vol. 5, no. 4, September 2013, pp. 7-20
Description
Discusses restorative justice and Swampy Cree beliefs.
Scroll down to page 7 to read article.
Portrait of the Situation for English-speaking First Nations: Accessing Health and Social Services in English in the Province of Québec: Final Research Report
Alternate Title
Expanding and Building Our Partnerships to Improve Access Health Canada: Health Services Integration Fund (HSIF) Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amy Chamberlin
Description
Focus groups, interviews and questionnaires were used to gather information about general access and language and culture issues, positive experiences accessing services and suggestions for improvement.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
NISPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Firelight Research
Description
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes 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. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
The Psychiatrization of Our Children, or, an Autoethnographic Narrative of Perpetuating First Nations Genocide Through ‘Benevolent’ Institutions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda A. LeFrançois
Decolonization, vol. 2, no. 1, 2013, pp. 108-123
Description
Explores the writer's personal experience with the inequalities for Indigenous people in the child welfare system.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Pursuing Human Rights for Community-Level Resilience: The Jordan's Principle Case, Process, and Initiative as Resilient Community Action
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Andrea Auger
International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 84-87
Description
Outlines how death of Jordan River Anderson brought attention to denial or delay of services to First Nations children due to juristictional disputes and inspired passage of the child first and needs-based principle, and discusses federal and provincial governments' continuing failure to implement it properly.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Thematic Reports and Special Studies 1950-1975
E-Books
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Inuit Association
A Qualitative Study on Stigma and Discrimination Experienced by Indigenous Peoples Living with HIV or Having TB at Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Secretariat of the International Indigenous HIV and AIDS Working Group
Quebec First Nations' Health and Social Services Governance Process: Effective Governance for the Wellness of First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Georges A. Legault
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey - 2008: Chapter 6: Community Well-Being
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 21 communities. Most responses divided by age group; some by geographic zone.
RCMP Slammed With Report on Rapes, Violence in B.C.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 8
Description
Brief report on the allegations brought forward to the RCMP by the Human Rights Watch Report.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Reclaiming Power and Place: Executive Summary of the Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1b
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
Description
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
Report on Equality Rights of Aboriginal People
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Resilience and Enculturation: Strengths Among Young Offenders With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder [FASD]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Billie Joe Rogers
Kaitlyn McLachlan
Ronald Roesch
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), 2013, pp. 62-81
Description
Chronicles a study involving 94 young offenders that suggests that FASD did not have an influence on their history of offences.
Responses to Domestic Violence in Tribal Communities: Regional Survey of Northern California
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bryn A. Herrschaft
Stephanie Dolan
Description
Reports results from an adult and a youth survey regarding personal experiences, and nine focus groups. Themes and findings included victimization, the role of alcohol and drugs, reporting of incidents, perceptions of law enforcement and court responses, appropriate court sanctions, youth and teen dating violence, services and community awareness.
A Review of Best Practices in Child Welfare
Alternate Title
[Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alexandra Wright
Description
Focuses on the areas of system, community, organization, and practice. Each section includes key points and recommendations.
Material presented as exhibit 42 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
The Rights of First Nations Children in Canada
Alternate Title
Child, Youth and Family Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlyn Bennett
Andrea Auger
Description
Looks at at the welfare of First Nations children and the continuing disproportionate levels of risks they face compared to non-Aboriginal children.
The Role of Community Patrols in Improving Safety in Indigenous Communities
Alternate Title
Resource Sheet (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Closing the Gap Clearinghouse
Roots of Resilience: Overcoming Inequities in Aboriginal Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Council on Social Determinants of Health
Seasonality and Ambient Temperature at Time of Conception in Term-Born Individuals: Influences on Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity in Adult Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadja Schreier
Elena Moltchanova
Tom Forsén
Eero Kajantie
Johan G. Eriksson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 21466
Description
Findings suggest that ambient temperature does have an effect on weight and high blood pressure, more research is recommended.
Sources of Stress among Midwest American Indian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica H. L. Elm
Melissa L. Walls
Benjamin D. Aronson
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 33-62
Description
Report uses an inductive/deductive analytical approach to analyze focus group transcripts from five tribal communities; constructs a Continuum of American Indian Stressor Model from categorization of nineteen stressor categories within four domains. Also identified poverty, genocide, and colonization as fundamental causes of contemporary stress and health outcomes and notes that stressors are generally experienced as chronic.
Standing with Our American Indian and Alaska Native Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People: Exploring the Impact of and Resources for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenna P. Stumblingbear-Riddle
Ann K. Burlew
Daniel Gaztambide
Michelle R. Madore
Helen Neville
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, 2019, p. Article 1
Description
Authors use an intersectional and trauma-informed approach to engage with the consequences of human trafficking for Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people; they then consider resiliency factors, and make culturally informed recommendations to assist psychologists in working with survivors of trafficking.
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2013: Events of 2012: Focus on Health
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paul Hunt
Corinne Lennox
Viviana Crivelli
Juan Hautecoeur
Coll Hutchinson ... [et al.]
A Strength Based Approach: Responding to Violence Against Indigenous Women Case Study: North Point Douglas Women’s Centre, Winnipeg
Theses
Author/Creator
Juliana Coughlin
Description
Peace and Conflict Studies (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2019.
The Student Body: A History of the Stewart Indian School, 1890-1940
Theses
Author/Creator
Bonnie Thompson
Description
[History] Thesis (Ph. D.)--Arizona State University, 2013.