Honoring the Seasons of Your Life: Planning Holistically for Your Retirement and Journey as an Elder
Honouring the Seasons of Your Life: Planning Holistically for Your Retirement and Journey as an Elder: Workshop Curriculum Developed for Aboriginal Non-Profit Sector Agencies: Participant Workbook
Looks at the organization's participation in economic projects using program data, survey research, and a comparative case study and discusses critical success factors, barriers, and limitations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 299-335
Description
Traces women's political activities from the 1950s through the 1970s to the Splatsín te Secwépemc child welfare bylaw and Indian Child Caravan in 1980.
Cultural Preservation for Indigenous Communities through Libraries & Archives
Governance of Cultural Policy Conference
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Deborah Lee
Tasha Hubbard
Carol Greyeyes
Dorothy Myo
Description
Indigenous Studies librarian discusses cultural preservation initiatives; director of Two Worlds Colliding discusses importance of the arts; coordinator of U of S Aboriginal Theatre Program discusses role of collaboration in furthering culture; and president of the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre discusses culture as a way of life.
Duration: 51:11.
Reports results from a survey of 135 housing providers to check status of Indigenous employment, obtain information on training experiences, and gauge how organizations were coping as housing agreements expired.
Includes 11 case studies: Lloydminster Métis Housing Group; Tawaak Housing Association; Native People of Sudbury Development Corporation; Native Inter-Tribal Housing Co-operative; Kinew Housing Incorporated; Namerind Housing Corporation; Centre d’Amité Autochtone de Val d’Or; Metis Urban Housing Corporation; Cariboo Friendship Society; Grey Mountain Housing Society; and Skigen-Elnoog H
Brief overview of the demographic, social, economic, cultural and political environment of the urban population and Native Friendship Centres' role in providing services.
Brief business case study discusses the background and activities of for-profit organization which promotes economic development in Innu communities located in Newfoundland and Labrador.
John Emms was an Indian agent for the federal government. He talks about work in the Kamsack area as a community development officer. He also disusses attitudes within the Indian Affairs department and the CCF/NDP governments' plans for the Indian and Metis peoples of Saskatchewan.
Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women (LSC)
Description
Comments on the pre-inquiry consultation process which was structured around questions prepared by the federal government that sought input on who to include in the inquiry process, how best to support participants in an inquiry and what key issues should be addressed in the inquiry.
Provides information for Indigenous service organizations wishing to develop a mentoring strategy, including: deciding upon guiding principles and values, applications for mentoring and mentors, contracts to work together, joint obligations, expectations, and conflict resolution.
Presents findings and recommendations resulting from six regional Sharing Circles, 23 key informant interviews, survey of 81 respondents, and a focused literature review.
Wahkootowin as Methodology: How Archival Records Reveal a Metis Kinscape
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Big Historical Data: Strategies for Leveraging Colonial History]
[Métis Identification and Registry]
[The Daniels Decision, Métis Registries, and Métis Research]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brenda Macdougall
Mike Evans
Ryan Shackleton
Tracee Mcfeeters
Description
Presenters discuss importance of family relationships and kinship rather than just bloodlines, the Métis Nation of British Columbia's BC Métis Mapping Research Project, and administration of the Métis Nation of Alberta's identification and registration process.
Duration: 1:32:26.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
"This essay will explore the historic roots that have influenced the growing violence against MMIW, the contemporary social movements that have take place, and today's political influences on the issue".
Chapter One article from Empowering Emerging Voices in Undergraduate Research. Conference Proceedings edited by Jessica Riddell, Tabitha Hartropp, Rosemin Nathoo, Antoine Airoldi, Delphine Belhumeur ... [et al.]
Entire book on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.
Victims of Crime Research Digest, no. 10, 2017, pp. 23-28
Description
Discusses the collaboration between Statistics Canada's Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) and the Department of Justice Canada's Research and Statistics Division (RSD) on a special analysis of Homicide Survey data with the goal to further examine specific aspects of "casual acquaintance" murders.
Scroll to p. 23.
Analyses includes background and context, investment and impact in the sector, estimates and values of the change created, key lessons, and the alignment between services' impact and the Government's priorities.
Tensions in the Design of a National Inquiry on Murders and Disappearances of Indigenous Women and Girls
[Special Lectures, 2015-2016]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shelagh Day
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the Canadian Feminist Alliance on International Action regarding what an inquiry would look like and the issue of tensions in the design of a national inquiry.
Duration: 1:15:52.
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 97, no. 3, 2016, pp. [217]-233
Description
"This paper examines the structural constraints and contradictory roles of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), with a particular focus on state funding".
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 67-87
Description
Looks at organization lobbying for sovereignty and how Indigenous peoples perspectives of sovereignty use specific tribal understanding of self-government and territoriality.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 48-62
Description
"Focuses on and discusses two organizations that formed during this global time period: the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association (AAPA) in Australia and the Mission Indian Federation (MIF) in the United States".
Developed as primer for mentoring in the workplace for employers, employees, Elders and volunteers working in Aboriginal non-profit service organizations.
1 file containing Volume 9, Number 2 of the Saskatchewan Indian magazine; House of Commons debates regarding the protection of Indian treaty; Letter to Hon. Bud Cullen, Minister of Employment and Immigration, from Chief Harold Kingfisher of the Sturgeon Lake Band and Doug Cuthand, requesting that the government explain why the Sturgeon Lake Band has not received any Canada Works funding in the past three years
Developed as part of the Aboriginal Nonprofit (ANP) BC Strategy to assist service organizations in developing human resource capacity and creating workforce supports.