International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2012, pp. 67-78
Description
Professor discusses revisions he has made to formal writing requirements for his classes. Changes were undertaken to force students to think more deeply about the underlying racism which perpetuates the current status of Aboriginals in Canada.
Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,
Outlines steps in the process of dehumanizing "the Other" and discusses the techniques Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars have used to counteract Eurocentric practices. Brief discussion of the matriarchal character in Maracle's works.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 182.
Includes sections on historiography and colonialism in the context of Africa, South and East Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Central Steppes, and North America.
Address the questions "What is the state of public discrimination against Aboriginal people in urban centres?" and "What is the nature of public understanding of discrimination against Aboriginal people in urban areas?"
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 12, no. 1891, February 27, 2012, pp. 1-10
Description
Discusses need for respect, non-discrimination, privacy, confidentiality, competence, and daily risk-benefit analysis for general practitioners in rural Aboriginal communities.
Journal of American Indian Education , vol. 51, no. 2, 2012, pp. 24-41
Description
Interview findings indicated that interviewees faced challenges relating to identity development, racism, and difficult circumstances at home and at school.
First Nations Summit Submission to Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Summit
Description
Shadow report submitted to the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination regarding Canada's 19th and 20th reports on the United Nations' International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 105-130
Description
Examines the reoccurring flooding in Kashechewan as a case study; finds that the repeated flooding and the corresponding damage to housing and community resources is a result of colonial practices, disregard for traditional knowledge, and forced relocations of First Nations people to flood zones.
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, p. 8
Description
Editor's introductory article to issue comments on the exploitation of Indigenous peoples in the late 1800s by photographers looking to capture, "cowboys and Indians".
Dr. Grace Woo, author of the book Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada, discusses the continued colonization of Indigenous Canadians enabled within the judicial system.
Duration: 28:12
Part 1 of 2. Link to Part 2 record: Ghost Dancing With Colonialism Part 2
Dr. Grace Woo, author of the book Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada, discusses the continued colonization of Indigenous Canadians enabled within the judicial system.
Duration: 30:56
Part 1 of 2. Link to Part 1 record: Ghost Dancing With Colonialism Part 1
Report developed through consultation those trying to establish or already operating healing centres for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
Description
Highlights Saskatoon Health Region's external review into allegations of Indigenous women being coerced into having tubal ligations, and the interim report on the death of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.