Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 2, no. 1, Population Health: Risk and Resistance, March 2005, pp. 26-33
Description
Study's goals were to define social capital, create culturally-appropriate ways of quantifying it, and determine its relationshp with health in the community.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 395-416
Description
Finds addressing the problem based on need perpetuates an old model of charity, failing to recognize there the larger issue of socio-economic disparity and need to incorporate self-determination and self-government into programming.
Social Epidemiology of Trauma Among Two American Indian Reservation Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Spero M. Manson
Janette Beals
Suzell A. Klein
Calvin D. Croy
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 851-856
Description
Concludes that Aboriginal people in the United States live in an adverse and violent environment that places them at higher risk for exposure to traumatic experiences.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 97-111
Description
Asserts that withholding knowledge is an act of resistance and argues that to fully understand Native American people is how a dominant society gains a sense of mastery and control.
Report on mental health and addictions services provides background information, lists, mental health and addiction research, and explanation of recommendations.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 12, December 2005, pp. 2122-2123
Description
Response to the article "Social Epidemiology of Trauma Among 2 American Indians Reservation Populations" in the American Journal of Public Health 2005 vol. 95, no. 12, at pages 851 to 859.
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1990, pp. 127-142
Description
Study suggests a correlation between increased economic opportunities among First Nation communities and decreased rates of suicide and careless death.
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 50, no. 12, October 2005, pp. 762-768
Description
Population based study showing trends, associated factors and rates. Shows younger females, single or divorced, with an Aboriginal background and low level of education, were at a higher risk of attempting suicide.
Document relies extensively on interviews with workers and professionals in two northern communities, and finds the administration of justice to be cumbersome and inadequate. Recommendations are appropriate systems relative to culture, education and socio-economic reality.
Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Shirley Thompson
Description
Discusses importance of the impact of environmental change on food security due to widespread poverty, contamination causing toxic impacts, and government policies restricting access to land and resources.
Chapter 3 from Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Huebert, Helen Fast, Micheline Manseau, Alan Diduck.
Highlights the dysfunctional and atrocious living conditions on First Nations reserves, arguing that solutions must be locally driven and urban migration only creates different social issues.
Brief summary of study which involved interviews with 75 individuals representing First Nations, provincial and federal governments and industry. Discusses progress to-date, pressures, barriers, and recommendations. Includes case study of Saskatchewan.
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-026
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chignecto Consulting Group
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Study investigated why this type of accommodation was needed, challenges faced, whether needs were being met, and what improvements were desirable. Includes survey of users and twelve cases studies conducted in northwestern Ontario.
Includes research highlight and full report.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-026
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Supportive housing is related to accessing medical care, education and other vital services. Summary of study which involved literature review, survey of users in four Ontario communities, and case studies of 12 providers.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, pp. 42-49
Description
Looks at the history of urban migration and discusses livelihoods and tribal people dealing with situations encountered in a new environment.
To access this article, scroll down to page 42.
Clinical Insight: Toward an Understanding of Suicide in First-Nation Canadians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John R. Cutcliffe
Crisis, vol. 26, no. 3, 2005, pp. 141-145
Description
Argues that to understand suicide in First Nations there must be more of a shift away from the current quantitative methods to that of qualitative, including listening to the voices of the people themselves.
Discussion of the Okanagan Nation Transition Emergency House (ONTEH) which provides women and children access to healing, counselling and employment programs.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 30, no. 1, October 1990, pp. [8-16]
Description
Study examined four aspects of instructional accommodation: what faculty were willing to provide, whether provision compromised academic integrity, had students requested it and had it been provided in the past.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 759-761
Description
Argues that the United States has a legal and moral obligation to meet quality health services, and for many low income Aboriginal Americans the Indian Health Service (IHS) is the only source of coverage.
Report divided into two parts: Part one: Voices of Front-line AECD (Aboriginal Early Childhood Development) Workers in BC; Part 2: Communities Working Together for a Common Goal: Integration and Coordination of AECD Programs .