Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, December 1989, pp. 7-8
Description
Major problems identified include lack of co-ordination between health, housing, employment and education systems and the Government and State/Territories and community agencies .
Based on use of culturally relevant course materials and teaching methods, examines if Native American students in charter schools perform better than in public schools .
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 97-113
Description
Examines the research project on Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal use of western health care systems and summarizes the viewpoints and research on the utilization patterns.
Website includes links to scholarly papers that discuss and explore Indigenous issues, observations, policies, and perspectives in relation to current social conditions and trends.
Summarizes published materials on commercial exploitation in Canada and the U.S. and discusses issues related to legal protection and victim support systems.
New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation [British Columbia]
Description
Measures and reports on five keys areas: improving Crown - Aboriginal relationships, education, housing and infrastructure, health and economic opportunities. Includes data for Métis and urban Aboriginal people.
Related material: Annual Report on Progress, 2010-2011.
Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice ; no. 405
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Matthew Willis]
Description
Examines various reasons for non-disclosure from distrust of the law and justice system to issues at the community and personal level, and makes suggestions in terms of services, training and education and local responses.
Provides an overview of health and living circumstances and includes data on community characteristics, non-medical determinants of health and health status.
Highlights statistics for housing stock and tenure, state of dwelling, crowding, and telephone and internet access. Survey conducted between November 2009 and June 2010.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 11, December 2011, p. 16
Description
Looks at the goal of Chief Gloria Shepherd, of the Ocean Man First Nation, to have every member of her community employed and not receiving social assistance.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres Submission to the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario--2011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Makes recommendations to deal with five issues: reasonable expectation and necessary supports to employment, appropriate benefit structure, ease of understanding, long-term viability, and integrated income security.
Old house located west of Duck Lake from which the Metis fired during the Northwest Resistance. Trees and shrubs in foreground; side view of house in background.
Missing Women, Missing News: Covering Crisis in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
David Hugill
Description
Discusses the lack of attention paid by authorities and the press to the number of women who had gone missing from the Downtown Eastside.
Introduction from Missing Women, Missing News: Covering Crisis in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside by David Hugill.
Submission presented on the development of the Muskrat Falls Hydro-Electric Development project voices concerns about the socio-economic impacts, inferior Environmental Impact Assessment by NALCOR, and provides suggestions for preventing negative social impacts on women and communities in the Upper Lake Melville region.
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Description
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
Highlights several successful initiatives across Canada which help individuals fund the purchase, or building, of a home. Many have set up a system of band-controlled revolving funds to deal with the restrictions of the Indian Act.
[Chapter 9] in the book: Architecture and the Canadian Fabric edited by Rhodri Windsor Liscombe.
Looks at the history of the architectural design by Ralph Erskine of Resolute Bay.
Annual report outlining strategies and actions for economic development, improvement of well-being, employment, land claim obligations, and improvement of programs and services.
Side view of Inuk man with hand up to face; two ships in background. "Caption by Dommasch: "BeauDril 40 km off shore, Arctic Ocean, 24 hour watch polar bear monitor". [Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.]
Analyzes the kinds of art that are deemed acceptable as Aboriginal and discusses the ways the Barkindji people in Wilcannia deal with issues pertaining to the politics of culture, cultural subjectivity and identity.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 10, November 2011, p. 19
Description
Comments on an agreement between the potash industry and the Saskatoon Tribal Council geared towards improving employment and training opportunities for First Nations.
Article located by scrolling to page 19.