Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 43, no. 6, Indigenous Health, June 1, 2017, pp. 120-124
Description
Includes discussion of pilot projects, literature review, and results of consultations with staff from the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority and physicians serving in northern communities.
Recommendations include: expansion of information on food costs and their drivers, support for consumption of traditional foods, improving Nutrition North Canada subsidy, and replacement of social assistance with basic income administered through the tax system.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3-4, July-October 1992, pp. [417]-434
Description
Compares methods of dealing with crime on-reserve (communities with a majority Aboriginal population) which may not involve formal processes and off-reserve (communities with a minority Aboriginal population) which are dealt with through the criminal justice system.
Comparative investigation reveals that declines have been recorded in total volume and per capita availability of wild foods in most settlements compared to the early 1980s.
Project involved organizing gathering of families in order to hear their stories and opinions, and interviewing front line workers and police officers working in Nunavik.