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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandni Desai
Andy Clarno
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 96-98
Description
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.
Never Until Now: Indigenous & Racialized Women's Experiences Working in Yukon & Northern British Columbia Mine Camps
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sue Moodie
Aja Mason
Lois Moorcroft
Description
Research consisted of survey and semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions with 22 respondents. Study found: limited job opportunityand longevity of employment, inadequate pay scale for hours worked, uequal work expectations, limited opportunities for advancement, inadequate harm prevention, gender or race harassement/discrimination with absence of grievance mechanisms, poor environmental practices, and limited economic benefits to Indigenous people.
News Reporting on Aboriginal Child Welfare: Discourses of White Guilt, Reverse Racism, and Failed Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Harding
Canadian Social Work Review , vol. 26, no. 1, 2009, pp. 25-41
Description
Compares coverage of the deaths of two children, one Aboriginal and one non-Aboriginal. Four newspapers were surveyed: Globe and Mail, National Post, Winnipeg Free Press and Telegram (St. John's).
No More Stolen Sisters: The Need For A Comprehensive Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Looks at racism and marginalization of Indigenous women and lack of access to services and support to get away from violence.
Nothing to Report: A Report on Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations made by the Committee in its 2008 Concluding Observations on Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Contends that the Government of British Columbia stands in violation of its obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
"Object Lessons": Domesticity and Display in Native American Assimilation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane E. Simonsen
American Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 75-99
Description
Looks at the promotion of home-building programs on reservations, from the white imagination to the realities of tribal life, by examining instances of attempted domestic reform.
Offending Outcomes for Māori and Non-Māori, an Investigation of Ethnic Bias in the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from a New Zealand Birth Cohort
Alternate Title
Offending Outcomes for Maori and Non-Maori, an Investigation of Ethnic Bias in the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from a New Zealand Birth Cohort
Theses
Author/Creator
Bridgette L. Jones
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Canterbury, 2016.
Oh, Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Cherrington
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Describes abuses suffered by children in residential schools, the settlement process and the system for "grading" abuses in determining reparations.
Otherness and Human Trafficking: The Vulnerability of Indigenous Women to Sexual Exploitation
Theses
Author/Creator
Nora Loozen
Description
Human Rights and Democratization Thesis (E.Ma.)--University of Seville, 2013.
Otherness and Human Trafficking: The Vulnerability of Indigenous Women to Sexual Exploitation
Theses
Author/Creator
Nora Loozen
Description
Human Rights and Democratisation Thesis (EMA)--University of Seville, 2013.
Our Children, Our Dreaming: A Call for a More Just Approach for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Healing Foundation
Description
Comments on the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in statutory child protection services across Australia.
Our Generation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sinem Saban
Damien Curtis
Description
Award-winning documentary about Aboriginal rights and the response to the Australian Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention which exerts compulsory control over 73 communities.
Duration: 1:13:42.
Accompanied by Study Guide
Our Health Counts Thunder Bay Factsheets
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michael Rotondi]
[Stephanie McConkey]
[Michelle Firestone]
[Ramanpreet Brar]
[M. Hardy}
... [et.al]
Description
Survey conducted using Respondent-Driven Sampling resulted in 601 adult and 229 child surveys being completed. In addition to health questions respondents were asked about other topics such as culture, identity, housing, discrimination, and access to justice.
Our Health Counts Toronto: An Inclusive Community-Driven Health Survey for Indigenous Peoples in Toronto: Draft
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Janet Smylie
Sara Wolfe
Cheryllee Bourgeois]
Description
Survey conducted in 2015-2016 and used Respondent Driven Sampling to achieve sample size of 908. In addition to health questions, participants were asked about other topics such as culture, identity, housing, school experience and parenting.
Our Men, Our Healing: Creating Hope, Respect and Reconnection. Evaluation Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation
Our Resistance Will Not Stop
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rucha Chitinis
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Comments on corporate and government-led land grabs and other injustices that threaten the survival, dignity, and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Gender, Indigenous Rights, and Energy Development in Northeast British Columbia, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Report makes recommendations to: the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, to the RCMP, to local governments in Northeast British Columbia, and to private industry.
Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System: Causes and Responses
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Clark
Description
Literature review includes topics of colonialism, socio-economic marginalization, culture clash, systemic discrimination in policing, courts and corrections, and initiatives such as Gladue courts and changes to sentencing policy. Identifies gaps in efforts to reduce overrepresentation and suggests ways to improve the situation.
Paying the Price: The Human Cost of Racial Profiling: Inquiry Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Human Rights Commission
Description
Includes discussion of harmful effects, specific section on Aboriginal peoples and list of relevant major reports.
Person(s) of Interest and Missing Women: Legal Abandonment in the Downtown Eastside
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine Craig
McGill Law Journal, vol. 60, no. 1, June 6, 2014, pp. 1-42
Description
Looks at the criminal prosecution of Robert Pickton in terms of judicial representation of victims, implications of jury's decision, and impact of trial on families of the murdered women.
Philippines Cordillera Youth: Continuing the Legacy for the Defense of Ancestral Land and Self-Determination
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lilette Fatima R. Raquel
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, pp. 33-41
Description
Reports on safeguarding Cordillera heritage through youth activism.
To access this article, scroll down to page 33.
Practising Reconciliation?: The Politics of Reconciliation in the Australian Parliament, 1991–2000
E-Books
Author/Creator
Angela Pratt
Preparatory Report from the Sami Parliament in Sweden/Sámediggi/Sámedigge/Saemiedigkie/Sametinget for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Ms.Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Prior to Her 2015 August visit to Sápmi and Sweden
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
India Reed Bowers
Description
Some of issues discussed are women's rights and circumstances, resource extraction, lack of legal-political structures for self-determination and Sweden's Race Biology and eugenics programs.
Preventing Aboriginal Youth Gang Involvement in Canada: A Gendered Approach
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 8
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 3rd, 2009
Exploring the Urban Landscape
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mark Totten
Description
Examines the gendered nature of gangs, risk factors that contribute to Aboriginal gang involvement; and prevention approaches needed to help young women to leave the gang lifestyle.
Excerpt from Exploring the Urban Landscape edited by Jerry P. White and Jodi Bruhn.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Prince Albert - Indians
Archival » Archival Items
Description
File contains information on activism, agriculture, reserve life, medical services, drug prescriptions, land claims, the Indian Act, Metis, Indigenous rights, chiefs, sterilization of indigenous women, the "Red Paper", discrimination, treaties 8 and 11, recreation, Liquor Act, provincial law, housing, Local Initiatives Programs, utilities on reserves, and poverty.
Prospective Cost Benefit Analysis of Healing Centres
E-Books
Author/Creator
Healing Foundation
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.
Puao-te-ata-tu = Day Break: The Report of the Ministerial Committee on a Maori Perspective for the Department of Social Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Te Rangi-Aniwaniwa Rangihau
Emarina Manuel. Donna Marie Tai Tokerau Hall
Hori Brennan
Peter Wilson Boag ... [et al.]
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
Pushed to the Edge of Extinction: Racism Against Indigenous Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Joanna Birenbaum
Andrew Orkin
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
Race Matters: Indigenous Australians and ‘Our’ Society
E-Books
Author/Creator
Barry Morris
Gillian Cowlishaw
Tony Birch
Julie Marcus
Roberta James ... [et al.]
Race Relations: Native Peoples and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Canada's Challenge
Theses
Author/Creator
Ian Harold Band
Description
Political Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1993.
Racialization of Poverty: Indigenous Women, the Indian Act and Systemic Oppression: Reasons for Resistance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrea Stratford
Description
Outlines women's traditional roles and discusses how churches and various Canadian government policies and legislation have created their current disadvantaged position.
Racism in Winnipeg
Alternate Title
About Canada: Poverty
In Their Own Voices: Building Urban Aboriginal Communities
Moving Forward, Giving Back: Transformative Aboriginal Adult Education
Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police
Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin: An Aboriginal Approach to Helping
Walking This Path Together: Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare Practice
“Indians Wear Red”: Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Hart
Darlene Klyne
Joan Hay
Parvin Shorashi
Jim Silver ... [et al.]
Description
Excerpts from books previously published by the same publisher.
Racism's Frontier: The Untold Story of Discrimination and Division in Alaska
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alaska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Description
Reports on education, economic opportunity and employment, and administration of justice regarding Alaskan Natives. Provides recommendations for change.
Racism, Sexism, and Colonialism: The Impact on the Health of Aboriginal Women in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Hampton
Carrie Bourassa
Kim McKay-McNabb
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, Womens Health and Well-Being, Fall, 2005, pp. 23-29
Description
Argues that because Aboriginal women suffer from multiple oppressions there are even greater impacts on their health than that of Aboriginal men.
(Re)Presenting Indigenous Women: A Critical Analysis of Two Reports on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Christy Anderson
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
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 1a
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
Reclaiming Power and Place Volume 2: A Supplementary Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; Kepek--Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Recognition, Redistribution, and Representation: Assessing the Transformative Potential of Reparations for the Indian Residential Schools Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Konstantin Petoukhov
McGill Sociological Review, vol. 3, February 2013, pp. 73-91
Description
Questions whether the federal government`s attempts at apology, reconciliation and redress have the ability to challenge colonial foundations.
Reconceptualising Mobility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Alternate Title
CRC-REP Working Paper ; CW015
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alfred Michael Dockery
Reconciliation: Facilitating Ethical Space between Indigenous Women and Girls of a Drum Circle and White, Settler Men of a Police Chorus
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly I. Laurila
Description
Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wilfred Laurier University, 2018.
Reconciliation in Australia: The Relationship Between Indigenous Peoples and the Wider Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean Brennan
The Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 11, no. 1, Summer/Fall, 2004, pp. 149-161
Description
Looks at the process aimed to reconcile Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and discusses the challenges and recommendations for all Australians to work together as equal partners.
Reconstructing Australia’s Shameful Past: The Stolen Generations in Life-Writing, Fiction and Film
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Barrett
Lignes, no. 2, 2005, pp. 1-13
Description
Discusses how Indigenous authors narrate personal experiences to document the removal of Aboriginal children from their parents.
Red Clay in History
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Morgan Wooten