Supreme Court Law Review, vol. 40, Second Series, 2008, pp. [655]-686
Description
Maintains that although possibilities for reform exist, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has yet to produce substantial improvements in the situation of Aboriginals.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 121-140
Description
Author argues that the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States doctrines contain no legal basis for regulating or eliminating the use of Indigenous symbols, images, or stereotypes as mascots or logos in sports and/or business.
Discusses the changes that have taken place when the findings of the 2008 study are compared to those of the 2002 study on the academic biases and government policies toward American Indian criminal justice and criminology literature.
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Subcommittee produced extensive report which examined the history of residential, tribal and public education and made numerous recommendations to improve the system.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Pre-Session Working Group, Forty-second Session, 20 October-7 November 2008
[Responses to the List of Issues and Questions with Regard to the Consideration of the Combined Sixth and Seventh Periodic Reports: Canada]
[United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Documents & Presentations
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Government of Canada
Description
Many of the questions refer specifically to Aboriginal women: violence against, missing or murdered, participation in governance, education, employment, Indian status, matrimonial real property, etc.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 77-89
Description
Author describes the measures in place to ensure employment equity and the barriers still existing in the workplace.