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 .
Administrative Office of the Courts. Center for Families
Children & The Courts
Description
Looks at project (NACJP) that assesses the needs of Native American victims of family violence in California. Provides key findings, identifies solutions and next steps.
Website includes links to scholarly papers that discuss and explore Indigenous issues, observations, policies, and perspectives in relation to current social conditions and trends.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1984, pp. 67-83
Description
Examines patterns of interpersonal relationships established during the "Nortran Training Program" which was introduced by petroleum companies in 1974.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 55-61
Description
Assesses birth outcomes and infant mortality, by neighborhood socioeconomic status, among First Nations and non-First Nations in Manitoba.
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.
No Action, No Progress: FAFIA’s Report on Canada’s Progress in Implementing the 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Description
"Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action Report on Canada's Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations Made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2008".
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.
Assessment focuses on developing a community profile of the local food system in order to provide a base for capacity building for food related security initiatives.
Related material: Appendices.
Provides an overview of health and living circumstances and includes data on community characteristics, non-medical determinants of health and health status.
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Contends that the Government of British Columbia stands in violation of its obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
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.
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.
Award-winning documentary about Aboriginal rights and the response to the Australian Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention which exerts compulsory control over 73 communities.
Duration: 1:13:42.
Accompanied by Study Guide
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.
Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Judie Bobb
Rian van Bruggen
Shylah Elliott
Lyda Fuller
Mira Hache ... [et al.]
Description
Results of interviews or focus group sessions with 205 women (66 in the Northwest Territories, 66 in Yukon and 73 in Nunavut). Fifty-three percent were Inuit, 30 percent First Nations, 10 percent Caucasian, 5 percent Inuvialuit, 1 percent Métis, and 1 percent immigrant.
Chapter 4.5 of Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada edited by J. David Hulchanski, Phillippa Campsie, Shirley B.Y. Chau ... [et al.].
Canadian Social Trends, no. 90, Winter, 2010, pp. 49-56
Description
Study examines factors that may be associated with participation in extracurricular activities. Data taken from the children and youth section of the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS).