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.”
Explores the possibility of creating these reserves as solution to the housing issues facing First Nation members in Saskatoon. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Ecology and Society, vol. 19, no. 3, Rebuilding Fisheries and Threatened Communities: The Social-Ecology of a Particular Wicked Problem, September 2014, pp. 39-48
Description
Examines the history of two fjords and the fisheries-dependent Sámi coastal settlements facing a decline in local fish stocks.
In the Way of Development: Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization
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Author/Creator
Dawn Martin-Hill
Description
Presents life stories from the women of Lubicon Cree Nation.
Chapter 18 from In the Way of Development: Indigenous Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization edited by Mario Blaser, Harvey A. Feit and Glenn McRae.
Background Paper (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ;
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Jed Chong
Description
Looks at the location, size and geology of the area, federal jurisdiction, economic benefits of mining development, ecosystem sensitivity and infrastructure, and initiatives by the federal and provincial governments.
"Revised 29 May 2014."
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
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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"
Includes a general overview of restorative justice principles and processes, and discusses the complexity of balancing enforcement, victim issues and rehabilitation.
Lists sources dealing with causes and effects of domestic violence, studies which have measured the effectiveness of restorative justice, key concerns, and discussion on the efficacy of restorative justice in cases of violence against and abuse of female intimate partners.
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 133-154
Description
Looks at the example of innovative and cost-effective solutions for food and housing gaps caused by economic growth and industrial development in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
Public Policy Paper (Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy) ; no. 28
SIPP Public Policy Paper ; no. 28
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Author/Creator
Janice Stokes
Ian Peach
Raymond B. Blake
Description
Discussion of urbanization and the limitations of services to off-reserve people. Argues that past policies and programs have not met with real success.
Reports on health care disparities, progress made during the previous five years, demographics, management of care, and new initiatives. Includes 10 conclusions and recommendations.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 04-033
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Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
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Summary of project focused on identifying approaches which were innovative, could supplement more conventional teaching methods and be successfully applied in the future.
Highlights from research report of same name.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 137-188
Description
Book reviews of:
America’s Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 by Ruth Spack.
Anthropologists and Indians in the New South edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 292-297
Description
Concludes that differences previously acknowledged in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rate can only be partially explained, more investigation is needed.
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.
ICNGD (International Centre for Northern Governance and Deveopment) Report
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; August 2014
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 6338]
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Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner-Pirot
Joe Garcea
Thierry Rodon
Rebecca Schiff
Graham White Gary Wilson
Description
Examines the transitions in governance in the territories and Northern provincial regions; and discusses the accomplishments, challenges and opportunities facing organizations in Northern communities.
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.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 8-13
Description
Examines effects of colonization on a community of San in eastern Namibia and how gender relations have been altered.
To access this article, scroll down to page 9.
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.
Survey conducted to gather information missing from census data and City of Saskatoon Aboriginal Neighbourhood Profiles and also provided an opportunity to express opinions and relate experiences. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Brief overview of the Project including nine pictures. Produced for the Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) Project. Forms part of The Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing site.
Dorchester Review, vol. 4, no. 2, Autumn/Winter, 2014, pp. 25-29
Description
Argues that it might be time refocus attention away from residential schools, and incorporate three elements into conversations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people: roots of marginalization (including residential schools), contemporary social, economic and cultural challenges, and significant examples of success.