Discussion on the first step in the engagement process to obtain input on how Aboriginal economic development programs may be renovated to better meet the needs of Aboriginal Canadians.
Roundtable on Gender and Aboriginal Economic Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allan Clarke
Vera Pawis Tabobondung
Beverley O'Neil
Roberta Stout
Nadine Roach ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at the National Association of Friendship Centres and the Friendship Centre Movement perspective on urban Aboriginal economic development and the basic systemic, socio-economic and educational barriers facing urban Aboriginal women.
Comments on the status of eight strategic directions.
Collaborative initiative of the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC), Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA), The Independent First Nations (IFN) and the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO)
Coordinating Committee of Senior Officials Missing Women Working Group
Description
Contains 51 recommendations dealing with identification, investigating and prosecution of cases involving serial killers who prey on marginalized individuals.
ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance, vol. 56, no. 1, 2010, pp. 33-70
Description
Looks at how Lydia Maria Child’s writings about Native people use tropes of domesticity to address the “woman question” by way of the “Indian problem.”
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Forty-eighth Session, 17 January - 4 February 2011
Information Provided in Follow-up to the Concluding Observations of the Committee: Canada
Supplemental Information Provided to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Committee had requested additional information on measures undertaken with respect to missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
"Advance unedited version"
Public Health Reports, vol. 125, Supplement 4, 2010, p. 43–50
Description
Study identified sociocultural factors that contribute to rapid advancement of the disease; discusses the need for traditional healing practices to be included in treatment regimens.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
Brief discussion of the impact of colonialism, factors which place individuals at risk for homelessness, common life experiences of the majority of the population, government responses, and list of practices needed in the continuum of care.
Discusses government strategy which hopes to reduce the number of new infections; improve quality of life in infected individuals and reduce risk factors for acquisition of HIV infection.
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Description
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
Global Encounters Initiative, University of British Columbia
Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame March 4-6, 2010 University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Media » Film and Video
Description
Chief Councilor of the Hupacasath Nation shares her story, place of being and knowledge about ceremonies, designs on Ceremonial Curtains and her own Ceremonial Curtain.
Duration: 1:03:13.
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, vol. 52, no. 3, June 2010, pp. 285-301
Description
Looks at restorative justice practices and diversion programs aimed at street-based workers; and argues for a shift in focus, regarding the conceptualization of victim, harm, and reparation needed.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. [53]-61
Description
Discusses the impact of residential schools and the forced removal of children for the purposes of foster care or adoption. Argues that current practices and training must take into account the damage inflicted by the drive for assimilation and incorporate the Aboriginal worldview when dealing with clients.
Ethnohistory, vol. 29, no. 4, Autumn, 1982, pp. 281-306
Description
Apologia: There is no intention to offend, insult or embarrass by inclusion of this article.
Describes colonial views held of Native Americans as "uncivilized" and discusses the social standing of white and Indigenous women.
Documents the successes, challenges and transformations experienced by Pete Standing Alone and the Blood Reserve in Alberta over the past 25 years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration: 57:50.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-6
Description
Comments on the cost of mining to people and the environment, for corporate and government benefit.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Change and Continuity as Experienced by Navajo Women, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 149-169
Description
Discusses women's predisposition for innovations due to their traditional cultural backgrounds. Focus is placed on the Navajo's shift from self-sufficient agricultural work to wage-based work in the service, industrial and large farm-based industries.
Canadian Geographic Magazine, December 2010, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the community 's ongoing fight to have Indian and Northern Affairs replace the elementary school which was shut down in May 2000 due to contamination.
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Description
Looks at key law and justice issues: funding services in rural areas; national women's legal program; and women's law and justice policy development and funding issues.