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2009 New South Wales Inmate Health Survey: Aboriginal Health Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Devon Indig
Elizabeth McEntyre
Jude Page
Bronwen Ross
Aboriginal Children and Youth in Canada: Canada Must Do Better
Alternate Title
Position Paper: Aboriginal Children and Youth in Canada: Canada Must Do Better
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council of Provincial Child and Youth Advocates
Description
Report highlights significant key indicators and gaps affecting Aboriginal children and makes recommendations to improve their living conditions and well-being.
Aboriginal Crime and Justice in Canada: Statistics and Facts
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Statista Research Department
Description
Statistical tables for the general situation, custodial sentencing and disciplinary action, and parole and probation.
Aboriginal Peoples Technical Report, 2006 Census, Second Edition
Alternate Title
Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 92-569-XWE
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Deals with ancestry, identity, registered Indian status, and band or First Nation membership.
Aboriginals' Primary and Secondary Control Over and Satisfaction With the Canadian Justice System
Theses
Author/Creator
Glynnis A. Lieb
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.
Beyond the Indian Act: [Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Christopher Alcantara
Andre Le Dressay
Description
Looks at the least prosperous demographic group in Canada.
Introduction from: Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights by Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, Andre Le Dressay.
Bridges and Barriers 2010: Yukon Experiences with Poverty, Social Exclusion and Inclusion
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel Westfall
Description
Reports on information gathered at Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Workshop and through interviews with community members and service providers.
Child and Youth Mental Health Intervention, Research and Community Advocacy Project in Nunavut: Child and Youth Mental Health Services in Nunavut Needs Assessment
Alternate Title
Needs Assessment of Child and Youth Mental Health Services in Nunavut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
Description
Overview of first phase of multi-year program includes environmental scan, questionnaires and literature review for assessment.
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Infants in Canada in 2019
Alternate Title
First Nations/Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2019
FN/CIS 2019
FN/CIS 2019: Focus on Developmental Stages Series
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged One to Three Years Old in Canada in 2019
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged Four to Seven Years Old in Canada In 2019
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 8-11 Years Old in Canada in 2019
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 220
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 220
CWRP Information Sheet ; no 221
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 221
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 222
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 222
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 223
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 223
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 12-15 Years Old in Canada in 2019
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 224
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 224
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Fallon
Nicolette Joh-Carnella
Marie Saint-Girons
Community Safety in Australian Indigenous Communities: Service Providers' Perceptions
Alternate Title
AIC Reports. Research and Public Policy Series ; 110
Report (Australian Institute of Criminology)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Matthew Willis
Report (Australian Institute of Criminology)
A Compendium of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research
E-Books
Author/Creator
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Description
Abstracts of works in the Research Series.
Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton.
Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.
Complementary Research on Traditional and Customary Child Care Practices/Adoption within Aboriginal Communities in Quebec: Presented to Working Group on Customary Adoption in Aboriginal Communities, Justice Québec
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Québec Native Women Inc.
Description
Results of qualitative survey conducted in response to amendments to the Youth Protection Act which gives courts the power to issue permanent placement orders outside of the immediate family.
Cultivating Ignorance of Aboriginal Realities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Godlewska
Jackie Moore
C. Drew Bednasek
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 417-440
Description
Looks at Canadian and world studies at an Ontario secondary school and the need for more inclusive perceptions of Aboriginal People within geography related curriculums.
Estimating the Magnitude of Rape and Sexual Assault Against American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronet Bachman
Heather Zaykowkis
Christina Lanier
Margarita Poteyeva
Rachel Kallmyer
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 43, no. 2, August 2010, pp. 199-222
Description
Looks at review of research that has attempted to measure levels of rape and examines National Crime Victimization Survey for context of differences between ethnicities.
Fact Sheet: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Based on five years of quantitative research drawn from Sisters In Spirit database; looks at situation in the province compared to the national context.
Fact Sheet: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Based on five years of quantitative research drawn from Sisters In Spirit database; looks at situation in the province compared to the national context.
Fact Sheet: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in Quebec
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Based on five years of quantitative research drawn from Sisters In Spirit database; looks at situation in the province compared to the national context.
Fact Sheet: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in Saskatchewan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Based on five years of quantitative research drawn from Sisters In Spirit database; looks at situation in the province compared to the national context.
Fact Sheet: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in the Atlantic Region
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Finding the Indian Child Welfare Act in Unexpected Places: Applicability in Private Non-Parent Custody Actions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jill E. Tompkins
University of Colorado Law Review, vol. 81, no. 4, Symposium Issue: The Next Generation of American Indian Law Judges, 2010, pp. [1119]-1185
Description
Overview of the history and intent of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and the growing urban Indian population.
Global Transitions: Implications for a Regional Social Work Agenda
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mason Durie
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 2, December 2010, pp. 1-9
Description
Discusses the challenges facing the social work profession.
Hand-in-Hand: A Review of First Nations Child Welfare in New Brunswick
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bernard Richard
Happiness as a Quality of Life Indicator
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alberto Chirif
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 64-69
Description
Discusses measuring the concept of happiness by considering the indicators that national and international organizations use to measure poverty or development.
To access this article, scroll down to page 64.
HCR33 Report: Idaho’s Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Melanie L. Fillmore
Lane K. Gillespie
Description
Uses information from the National Crime Information Center, Idaho Missing Persons Clearinghouse, National Center for Missing and Exploited children, and the National Missing and unidentified Person System.
Impact of the Model Schools Literacy Project on Literacy and Fiscal Outcomes in First Nations in Canada
Alternate Title
CSLS Research Report ; 2021-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Simon Lapointe
CSLS Research Report
Description
Contains a review of the literature discussing socio-economic outcomes associated with improved literacy in the areas of employment, wages, crime, health and social engagement, and projections about the effects of expanding the Martin Family Initiative to communities across Canada.
Independent Review of Policing in Remote Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory: Policing Further into Remote Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Allen Consulting Group
Indian Education: Did the No Child Left Behind Act Leave Indian Students Behind? Hearing Before the Committee on Indian Affairs United States Senate: One Hundred Eleventh Congress: Second Session: June 17, 2010
Alternate Title
Senate Hearing ; 111-713
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Byron L. Dorgan
John Barrasso
Daniel K. Inouye
Kent Conrad
Daniel K. Akaka ... [et al.]
Description
Discussion on Indian education and the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement's Common Experience Payment and Healing: A Qualitative Study Exploring Impacts on Recipients
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gwen Reimer
Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series
Indigenous Women's Offending Patterns: A Literature Review
Alternate Title
AIC Reports. Research and Public Policy Series ; 107
Report (Australian Institute of Criminology)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lorana Bartels
Report (Australian Institute of Criminology)
Indigenous World 2021
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Belkacem Lounes
Robert K. Hitchcock
Judith Frost
Issa Diallo
Hawe Hamman Bouba … [et al.]]
Interpersonal Violence and Community Safety
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard Bélanger
Gina Muckle
Anne-Julie Lafrenaye-Dugas
Natalia Poliakova
Mylene Riva … [et al.]
Description
Intimate Partner Violence: Experiences of First Nations, Métis, Inuit women in Canada, 2018
Alternate Title
Juristat
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Loanna Heidinger
Description
Statistics gathered from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS) which asked about experiences since the age of 15 and the 12 months preceding the survey.
Jails in Indian Country, 2019–2020 and the Impact of COVID-19 on the Tribal Jail Population
Alternate Title
Bulletin (Bureau of Justice Statistics) ; NCJ 300801
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Todd D. Minton
[Michael B. Field
E. Ann Carson]
Meeting Survivors’ Needs: Gender-Based Violence against Inuit Women and the Criminal Justice System Response: Online Survey Results
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Related Material: Environmental Scan; Final Report.
Missing & Murdered Indigenous People: Statewide Report Wyoming
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center
University of Wyoming
Description
Topics include administrative data, media coverage, and results from listening and truth gathering interviews.
A Modern Trail of Tears: The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Crisis in the US
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. Skylar Joseph
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, vol. 79, 2021, p. 102136
Description
An examination of the root causes for the high levels of violence against Indigenous women and some of the hot spots in the US.
The National Crime Information Center (NCIC)--Missing Person File
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell J. Myers
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 43-45
Description
A description of the National Crime Information Center database and how to submit a missing person record.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 43.
National Survey Estimates of Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
André B. Rosay
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 91-102
Description
A review of three surveys that provide information about the prevalence and incidence violence: the National Crime Victimization Survey, the National Violence Against Women Survey, and the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.
The Navajo Nation Report on the Impact of State COVID-19 Recovery Laws and Policies on Indigenous Peoples to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Alternate Title
Navajo Population Profile 2010 U.S. Census
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Navajo Nation
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.
Police-reported Crime in Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
Catalogue No. 85-561-M, no. 20
Crime and Justice Research Paper Series
Research Paper (Statistics Canada); no.20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mathieu Charron
Christopher Penney
Sacha Senécal
Research Paper (Statistics Canada)
Quality of Life and Perceptions of Crime in Saskatoon,
Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kitchen
Allison Williams
Social Indicators Research , vol. 95, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 33-61
Description
Looks at the relationship between crime and quality of life in Saskatoon, and discusses how perceptions of crime and safety affect the quality of life of residents living in different neighbourhoods.
Reframing the Issues: Emerging Questions for Métis, Non-Status Indian and Urban Aboriginal Policy Research: Workshop Summary Report
Alternate Title
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences ; 79th
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
Aboriginal Policy Research
Description
Information on a workshop that explored the issues raised by current scholarly research; provides a general sense of the issues relevant to Aboriginal peoples.
A Snapshot: Status First Nations People in Canada
Alternate Title
[Indigenous Peoples Thematic Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Sociocultural Determinants of Health and Wellness: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gina Muckle
Christopher Fletcher
Mylene Riva
Mireille Desrochers-Couture
Camille Pepin … [et al.]
Description
A Statistical Analysis of the Manifestation of Structural Violence as Interpersonal Violence
Theses
Author/Creator
Tonya Simpson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2021.
Summary Review of Aboriginal Over-representation in the Child Welfare System: Final
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Valerie J. Galley
Description
Provides statistics on number of children in care, and child abuse and neglect; discusses factors contributing to removal and highlights successful programs.
Survey Report on the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Southern Chief's Organization [Manitoba]
Description
Reports findings of survey which asked 23 questions about the Calls to Justice. Topics were: culture, health and wellness, policing, corrections, media and social influencers, education, child welfare, natural resource extraction, human security, and rights.
"They failed to protect me": Enhancing Response to and Surveillance of Domestic & Intimate Partner Violence and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People of California During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Annita Lucchesi
Michaela Madrid
Carla Cheney
Lenny Hayes
Aryn Fisher … [et al.]]
Toward Thriving Northern Communities
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; December 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-128]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ashley Sisco
Carole Stonebridge
Description
Insights into how sustainable prosperity can be achieved in the North.