Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 3, March/April 2015, pp. 147-153
Description
Looks at awareness and use of the Good Food Junction located in Station 20 West. Sample consisted of 365 residents of King George, Pleasant Hill, Riversdale and Westmount neighbourhoods.
Education Matters, vol. 3, no. 1, Special Themed Issue: Indigenizing Education, 2015, pp. 1-17
Description
Describes the challenges and tensions experienced by two newly appointed faculty members at the University of Saskatchewan while introducing teacher candidates to Indigenous knowledge and its incorporation into science education.
Assesses levels of concurrence in understanding regarding the salmon fishery among the Ahtna, an Alaska Native people, commercial fishers, and fishery biologists.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 77-99
Description
Discusses a model for economic development designed for the unique needs of Indigenous communities. Involves combination of four factors: community, spirituality, sustainability, and entrepreneurship.
JMIR Serious Games, vol. 3, no. 1, 2015, pp. [1-13]
Description
Using interviews with Māori youth to examine their views on the free online game, Smart, Positive, Active, Realistic, X-Factors (SPARX), designed to help with their mental health.
Social Determinants of Food and Nutrition: Determinants of Diet for Urban Aboriginal Youth: Implications for Health Promotion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Serene T. Kerpan
M. Louise Humbert
Carol J. Henry
Health Promotion Practice, vol. 16, no. 3, May 2015, pp. 392-400
Description
Two themes emerged: positive cultural influences including family, food sharing, school and traditional food; and barriers such as lack of transportation, location of residence and income.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 95, no. 6, June 1995, pp. 676-683
Description
Investigation revealed increased carbohydrate and fat intake resulted in higher rates of non-insulin-dependent diabetes, these individuals also had higher obesity rates.
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, vol. 28, no. 3, June 2015, pp. 246-261
Description
Looked at 24 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2004 and 2014; summarizes tools and methodologies used in measurements, identifies knowledge gaps and suggests areas for future research.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, June 2015, pp. 1-19
Description
Looks at how technical infrastructures, social relationships, policies and procedures, and human resource capacities combine to support community data management.
Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Waterloo, 2015.
Looks at the Mohawk Institute Residential School, Birtle Indian Residential School, Brandon Indian Residential School, and Shingwauk Indian Residential School.
Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Linda Hogan
Description
Author explores her lifelong love of the living world and all its inhabitants.
Chapter from Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World by Linda Hogan.
Library & Information Science Research, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 49-67
Description
Analyzed the literature on gaming and natural resource exploitation in terms of authors, publication forms, type of source, titles of frequently cited works, and age of publication. Compared results to previous study by Metoyer-Duran.
Describes the current state of crime and violence in Inuit communities and the programs and services that exist to reduce or eliminate violence against women and girls.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, June 2015, pp. 1-19
Description
Looks at the need for reducing the prevalence and burden of disease for Maori and other Indigenous populations through biobanking initiatives and genetic research.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, 1995, pp. 1-124
Description
When law suits arose claiming that there had been damage done to Native culture by the March 1989 oil spill, the Exxon Corporation responded that Aboriginal culture had already been "smashed" and that the small differences between Natives and non-Natives in the spill area were "ethnic" and not cultural in nature.
BC Studies, no. 187, These Outer Shores, Autumn, 2015, pp. 21-50
Description
Looks at area where people and land otters lived over the past fifty-five hundred years and explains why Tlingit have a cultural tie to the land otter.
Reterritorialising Social Media: Indigenous People Rise Up
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leesa Watego
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 2, Reterritorialising Social Media: Indigenous People Rise Up, 2015
Description
Creator of deadlybloggers.com discusses the use of blogs and other forms of social media as an avenue to for Indigenous represent themselves, results of survey of bloggers who use the site.
Duration: 40:38.