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.
Enacting Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce Green
Description
Contends that all Canadians should be interested in the Final Report, the Executive Summary and the Calls to Action produced by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Ending Isolation?: Leprosy, Welfare and Indigenous Australians 1950-86
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charmaine Robson
Aboriginal History, vol. 40, 2016, pp. 65-88
Description
Looks at why the policy, which largely targeted Aboriginals, persisted even after effective treatment had been found for the disease and governments were pursuing assimilationist goals.
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.
Enshrined in Law: Legislative Justifications for the Removal of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Colonial and Post-Colonial Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shurlee Swain
Australian Historical Studies, vol. 47, no. 2, 2016, pp. 191-208
Description
"This article established commonalities as well as differences in both the arguments used to justify Indigenous and non-Indigenous child removal and the practices that evolved in the implementation of such legislation."
Equally Inequitable? A Cross-National Comparative Study of Racial Health Inequalities in the United States and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chantel Ramraj
Faraz Vahid Shahidi
William Darity
Ichiro Kawachi
Daniyal Zuberi ... [et al.]
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 161, July 2016, pp. 19-26
Description
Study notes that while racial inequalities exist in both the United States and Canada, the magnitude of these inequalities as well as the racial groups affected by them, differ between the two countries.
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
Errors of Commission: Canada's Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Arie Molema
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2016.
Evaluation of the Integrity and Impartiality of SPVM's Investigations of Allegations of Criminal Acts Committed by SQ Police Officers against Indigenous Women in Val-d'Or and Elsewhere: Phase 1 of the Investigations
Alternate Title
Independent Civilian Observer's Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fanny Lafontaine
Description
Independent civilian observer's mandate was to evaluate Montreal police force's investigation into allegations of sexual violence and abuse of power by the provincial police.
“An Evening’s Curiosity”: Image and Indianness in James Welch’s The Heartsong of Charging Elk
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tammy Wahpeconiah
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1 - 2, November 28, 2016, pp. 76-95
Description
Author examines how Welch’s novel reveals different elements of Indigenous identity, how those elements are negotiated by individuals, and the range of reactions demonstrated by society in response to Native American identities.
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 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.
Extracting Inuit: The of the North Controversy and the White Possessive
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruno Cornellier
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, 2016, pp. 23-48
Description
Argues that controversial film created by Dominic Gagnon reflects his colonialist attitude of white privilege. Film was a mash up of clips found on YouTube, many of which portrayed Inuit in a negative light; he also used material for which he had not gained consent.
Failing Canada's First Nations Children
Alternate Title
16x9
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hannah James
Shawnda Mamakwa
Description
Documentary about children being forced to leave their reserves in order to attend high school. Follows a student from Kingfisher Lake First Nation to Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Between 2000 and 2011 seven students from remote First Nations have been found dead in Thunder Bay.
Duration: 33:11.
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.
Feathers of Hope: Justice & Juries: A First Nations Youth Action Plan for Justice
E-Books
Author/Creator
Laura Arndt
Fred Mathews
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.
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 and Family Caring Society of Canada and Assembly of First Nations and Canadian Human Rights Commission and Attorney General of Canada (Representing the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada) and Chiefs of Ontario and Amnesty International Decision
Alternate Title
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ; 2016 CHRT2
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (for the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sophie Marchildon
Edward Lustig
Description
Proceedings look into governmental discrimination against First Nations children living on reserves for providing less support for child welfare than for those living off reserve.
File No: T1340/7008.
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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First Nations Experiences with Adoption and Reunification: A Family and Community Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Lenora Starr
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2016.
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.
Formations of United States Colonialism
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Juliana Hu Pegues
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 3, no. 1, 2016, pp. 137-139
Description
Book review of: Formations of United States Colonialism edited by Alyosha Goldstein.
Fostering Remembrance and Reconciliation Through Arts-Based Response
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenny Kay Dupuis
Kristen Ferguson
In Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Indigenous Education, Spring, 2016, pp. 127-147
Description
Looks at the impact a high school stage play, that portrayed the legacy of residential schools in Canada, had on teachers and students.
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".
[Gendered Racial Violence? R v. Barton and the Death of Cindy Gladue]
Alternate Title
[Centre for Feminist Legal Studies Lecture Series]
[CFLS Spring 2016 Lecture Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Emma Cunliffe]
Description
Discussion on the events that lead to Cindy Gladue's death, the trial and the controversial evidence presented at the trial of Bradley Barton.
Duration: 1:10:00.
Gendering Disposability
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sherene H. Razack
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 28, no. 2, [Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Conference], 2016, pp. 285-307
Description
Looks at the murder of Cindy Gladue and the significance of the introduction of her vagina as evidence at the trial.
The Good and Bad Victim: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representations of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canadian Local Press
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Josefin Aldegren
Description
Analyzes how women were portrayed in 12 articles published in the Winnipeg Free Press between 2006 and 2012 and the influence of social constructions of gender, race and class.
Human Rights Thesis (B.A.)--Lunds Universitet, 2016.
"The Ground You Walk on Belongs to My People": Lakota Community Building, Activism, and Red Power in Western Nebraska, 1917-2000
Theses
Author/Creator
David R. Christensen
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2016.
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.
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 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.
Health and Health Care Implications of Systemic Racism on Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Fact Sheet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Leyland
Janet Smylie
Madeleine Cole
Darlene Kitty
Lindsay Crowshoe ... [et al.]
Description
Brief guide to the role that systemic racism can play in patients' clinical experiences, and what physicians can do about it.
Hear Our Voice: Sharing the Land Sharing a Future
Alternate Title
Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future ; 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Forum on Reconciliation
Description
Report on a National Forum on Reconciliation marking the 20th anniversary of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Looks at developing set of recommendations for all sectors of society to move forward in the future.
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.
Honored and Thriving: The Squaw Law and Eradication of Offensive State Place-Names
Alternate Title
Honoured and Thriving: The Squaw Law and Eradication of Offensive State Place-Names
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Sockbeson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 2, 2016, pp. 123-138
Description
Looks at the policy development of LD 2418 into the law "An Act Concerning Offensive Names".
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.
"I Heard Your Singing": Ishi and Anthropological Indifference in the Last of His Tribe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Hansford C. Vest
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 3, no. 11, June 2013, pp. 95-109
Description
Looks at historical, ideological and cultural principles in the movie The Last of his tribe.