Alternate Title
Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mahasin Cecelia Owens-Sabir
The Elephant in the Room: Using Humor to Acknowledge One's Stigmatized Identity and Reduce Prejudice
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth S. Focella
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2013.
Eliminating Discrimination Against Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Employment and Occupation: A Guide to ILO Convention no. 111
E-Books
Author/Creator
PRO169 and the Equality Team
International Labour Standards Department
Emergency Department Problems Raised at Sinclair Inquest
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dan Lett
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 185, no. 17, November 19, 2013, p. 1483
Description
Brief article reports on the findings of the inquest into the death of an aboriginal patient at a Winnipeg, Manitoba hospital.
Enacted Stigma and HIV Risk Behaviours among Sexual Minority Indigenous Youth in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Saewyc
Terryann Clark
Lucy Barney
Dana Brunanski
Yuko Homma
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 3, 2013, pp. 411-420
Description
Examines how gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens are targeted and stigmatized, and how this influences their coping and risk behaviours.
Encountering the Other: Racism Against Aboriginal People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David McLaren
Description
Discusses racism against First Nations peoples and suggests what a new relationship between First Nations peoples and Euro-Canada might look like.
Ending the Legacy Of Racism in Sports & the Era of Harmful “Indian” Sports Mascots
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Congress of American Indians
Description
Discusses how the Washington Redskins' name is a reflection of the team's legacy and history and why sports teams should shed Indian nicknames.
The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frances Henry
Enakshi Dua
Carl E. James
Audrey Kobayashi
Peter Li
Howard Ramos
Malinda S. Smith
Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal Employment in the South Australian Public Sector: Accompanying Report I: Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Barnett
Description
Topics include quantity and quality of employment, closed and open gateways to employment, and governments as gatekeepers to public service employment.
Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal Employment in the South Australian Public Sector: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Barnett
John Spoehr
Eric Parnis
Description
Discussion of the nature of Aboriginal employment and barriers to achieving the desired number and level of appointments and retaining those hired to fill positions.
Ethnocide and Identity in the Mexican Exile of the Guatemalan Maya
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carlos Camacho Nassar
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Migration, 2007, pp. 18-25
Description
Looks at different migrations and changes to the Mayan identity as a result of violence in the 1980s and their return to Guatemala to rebuild their society.
To access this article, scroll down to page 18.
Eugenics as Indian Removal: Sociohistorical Processes and the De(con)struction of American Indians in the Southeast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Gonzales
Judy Kertész
Gabrielle Tayac
The Public Historian, vol. 29, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 53-67
Description
Discusses how Southern legislators and administrators refused to acknowledge American Indians as a distinct society and lumped them with blacks as a method of cultural erasure.
Examining Disproportionality in School Discipline Practices For Students With Aboriginal Status In Canada's Schools Implementing PBIS
Theses
Author/Creator
Sara Greflund
Description
School Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2013.
Examining Practice for Colonialism and Racism: A Self-Study of White-Centric Practices in Adult Education for Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Bobbi Smith
Description
Adult Education Thesis (MAdEd)--St. Francis Xavier University, 2013.
Examining the Climate for Aboriginal Mothers in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs): An Exploratory Qualitative Study About Views of Health Care Professionals
Theses
Author/Creator
Minette Marcotte
Description
Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2017.
Expectations among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada Regarding the Potential Impacts of a Government Apology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Bombay
Kimberly Matheson
Hymie Anisman
Political Psychology, vol. 34, no. 3, June 2013, pp. 443-460
Description
Study looks at unmet expectations of apology for improved quality of life, level of perceived discrimination, and intergroup trust.
Exploring Prejudice Toward Aboriginal People: Interviews With White Canadian University Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Melanie Brockman
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013.
Expressions of Policy Effects: Hearing Memories of Indian Residential Schools
Alternate Title
Productive Remembering and Social Agency
Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lyn Daniels
Description
Compares the treatment of Jewish people in the fictional story of Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald with children's experiences in residential schools in Canada, and Indian boarding schools in the United States.
Chapter from Productive Remembering and Social Agency edited by Teresa Strong-Wilson, Claudia Mitchell, Susann Allnutt, and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan.
External Identity Classification: Its Effects on Saami Identity in Sweden, With a Comparison to First Nations People in Canada
Alternate Title
External Identity Classification: Its Effects on Sami Identity in Sweden, With a Comparison to First Nations People in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Catarina Elisabet Klevén
Description
Canadian Studies And Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2007.
External Review: Tubal Ligation in the Saskatoon Health Region: The Lived Experience of Aboriginal Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Judith Bartlett
Description
Report confirms allegations of coerced tubal ligations with consent being sought from Indigenous women during labour.
Facing Australia's History: Truth and Reconciliation for the Stolen Generations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ramona Vijeyarasa
SUR International Journal on Human Rights, vol. 7, no. 4, 2007, pp. 127-150
Description
Comments on the ongoing consequences suffered by the descendants of the Stolen Generation.
Factors Associated with Reduced Depression and Suicide Risk among Maori High School Students New Zealand
Theses
Author/Creator
Terryann Coralie Clark
Description
[Nursing] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2007.
A Fair Country?: A Feminist and Postcolonial Reading of Canada's Colonial Encounter
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel Loewen Walker
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 117-131
Description
Examines John Ralston Saul's book A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada and declares that Canadian nationalism started in opposition to, and not in support of the Indigenous way of life.
Fifth Anniversary of the National Apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Report on the 2013 Micro-Grant Funding Round
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Healing Foundation
Description
Comments on the 132 events held to commemorate and celebrate the anniversary of the National Apology.
Film, Representation and the Exclusion of Aboriginal Identity: Examples from Australian Cinema
Alternate Title
[Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Comparisons, Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association, 2007]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suneeti Rekhari
Description
Discussion on issues of Indigenous representation and authenticity in mainstream cinema.
Finding TADODA:HÔ: An Autoethnography of Healing Historical Trauma
Theses
Author/Creator
Gloria Jean Thomas
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2013.
A First Nation Community's Perspectives of Tuberculosis
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Moffatt
Description
Experimental Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2013.
First Nations Child Welfare: Understanding Canada's Stance on Equitable Funding
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Melissa Jackson
Description
Integrated Studies Project Essay (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2013.
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A First Nations Woman With Disabilities: “Listen To What I Am Saying!”
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Douglas Durst
Georgina Morin
Sharon Wall
Mary Bluechardt
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 57-77
Description
Looks at the life story of resistance and resiliency of a First Nations woman against multiple forms of oppression and her concern for the improved well-being of Aboriginal people with disabilities.
Flooding in Kashechewan First Nation: Is it an Environmental Justice Issue?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arshi Shaikh
Carol Kauppi
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.
Forgotten War
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jonathan Richards
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 155-156
Description
Book review of: Forgotten War by Henry Reynolds.
Scroll down to page 155 to read review.
Framing Pseudo-Indian Mascots: The Case of Cleveland
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Renee Jacobs
Description
[Sociology?] Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2007.
Framing the Past
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Colin Reid
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".
Gene Boy Came Home
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Eugene Benedict
Description
Aboriginal veteran Eugene Benedict's account of his time in Vietnam, his rejection when he returned, and his journey back to his Odanak home. This film deals with scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 24:31.
Getting On With The Job: A Focus On Indigenous Solutions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Judy Atkinson
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 5, September/October 2007, pp. 13-17
Description
Proposes Indigenous solutions to the 'crisis' highlighted in the Northern Territory report, Little Children are Sacred.
Good Things in Indian Country Barely Noticed
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, June 29, 2007, p. A11
Description
Discusses two education success stories and the relative lack of positive media exposure.
Guilty by Design: A Critical Race Analysis of the Over-Incarceration of Indigenous Peoples in an Era of Reconciliation
Theses
Author/Creator
Karlie Gurski
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
Harm Reduction Policies and Programs for Persons of Aboriginal Descent
Alternate Title
Harm Reduction for Special Populations in Canada ; 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Colleen Anne Dell
Tara Lyons
The Harmful Psychological Effects of the Washington Football Mascot
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael A. Friedman
Description
Discusses the mental health consequences to Native Americans caused by the derogatory use of the Washington football team's name.
Healing Hidden Wounds
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nieves Gomez
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Description
Comments on the necessity of a reparations program that will address the psychosocial affects of abuse, although the atrocities will never be forgotten.
[Healing Histories: Stories from Canada's Indian Hospitals]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Hankard
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 181-183
Description
Book review of: Healing Histories by Laurie Meijer Drees.
Healing Racism in Canadian Health Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
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.
"A Hell of a Warrior": Remembering Sergeant Thomas George Prince
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Journal of Historical Biography, vol. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. [27]-78
Description
Biography one of the most decorated soldiers in Canadian history focuses on his time in the military, his activities between the Second World War and the Korean war, and contends that his inability to adjust once he had left the military was due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Historical Erasure and Cultural Recovery: Indigenous People in the Connecticut River Valley
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret M. Bruchac
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2007.
Historical Trauma and Its Effects on a Ni Mii Puu Family: Finding Story - Healing Wounds
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Lynn Tow-le-kit-we-son-my Paul
Description
Professional Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Gonzaga University, 2007.
A History of Marginalisation: Maori Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Monique Gemmell
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2013.
Homeless & Street-Involved Indigenous LGBTQ2S Youth in British Columbia: Intersectionality, Challenges, Resilience & Cues for Action
Alternate Title
Where Am I Going to Go?: Intersectional Approaches to Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada & the U.S.
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Saewyc
Brooke Mounsey
Jessica Tourand
Dana Brunanski
David Kirk … [et al.]
Description
Uses data collected as part of the 2014 BC Homeless & Street-Involved Youth Survey. Three types of analysis were done: descriptive data, compared Indigenous LGBTQ2S to their heterosexual Indigenous peers, and to non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S youth.
Housing Discrimination among a Sample of Aboriginal People in Winnipeg and Thompson, Manitoba
Alternate Title
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Irwin M. Cohen
Raymond R. Corrado
vol. 1
Description
Looks at perceived housing discrimination and the reactions and effects.
Chapter six from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Human Rights Complaints
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Schulze
Dionne Schulze
Description
Report for the PBLI Canadian Aboriginal Law 2013 Forum, held November 25 and 27, 2013 in Ottawa. Explains the Canadian Human Rights Act, sec. 67 and Aboriginal inequality.