Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 09-024
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Households that fail to meet one or more standards for adequacy, suitability or affordability and whose income is insufficient to afford rental housing that meets standards are considered to be in need.
Outlines the history of alcoholism in Aboriginal communities, and looks at combining western medicine and traditional healing methods to help Aboriginal people rebuild and sustain a healthy lifestyle.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 5, May 2009, pp. 22-23
Description
Discussion on the necessity of tapping into the non-traditional workforce, including women, visible minorities and Aboriginal people, with the goal to fulfill the need for skilled employees in the mining industry over the next decade.
Article located by scrolling to page 22 and 23.
Looks at the colonization and assimilation of Aboriginal peoples in the education system; and discusses the problems, prospects, and future direction of Aboriginal learning in Canada.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summarizes study which investigated whether housing was culturally appropriate and conducted site visits to locations where local resources had been used in construction.
Revised edition.
Presents historical, judicial and policy arguments to support the devolution of provincial authority over housing to the Aboriginal Housing Management Association and provides four examples of self-government initiatives and lessons learned from the successes or failures of such models.
Listing of the healing lodges operated by Correctional Service of Canada; positive results have been observed in the areas recidivism, conditional release and revocation.
Purpose of report is to provide overview of best practices and highlight recurring issues in British Columbia, other parts of Canada and Australia. Looked at annual and symposium reports, internal documents and literature reviews.
Looks at the growing alignment of economic interests between the Aboriginal population and the country’s business sector including Aboriginal communities seeking out opportunities in the market economy; Canadian companies employing Aboriginal people and partnering with Aboriginal communities; and federal and provincial governments addressing the economic and social challenges of the Aboriginal population.
Looks at a survey of Aboriginal poverty in Canada; discusses the political nature of Aboriginal poverty; and examines the actual state practices that condition Aboriginal life chances and welfare state practices.
Provides an overview of the current situation, describing five pathways to involvement, critiques present preventative/intervention methods and discusses alternate approaches.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 152-160
Description
Outlines programs and strategies to prevent Aboriginal youth gangs, and discusses positive opportunities for youth to interact with community role models and participate in community programs.
Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
Description
Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
Rural Social Work & Community Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, December 2009, pp. 38-48
Description
Contends that a Federal government policy change from welfare focused transfer payments to one of economic development is required to benefit Canadian First Nation communities.
Describes the psychosocial and behavioral characteristics of 30 consecutive adult suicides from four communities derived from interviews with a family member.
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 2, Ke Ala Hou: Breaking Trail in Hawaiian Research and Development, 2009, pp. 138-155
Description
Discusses the origin and overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and examines how the Ali'i (native Hawaiian chiefs) used their knowledge of law to advance their own existing Indigenous structure.