Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2016, p. [?]
Description
Looks at how imposition of programs such as Family Allowance, Foodmail, and Nutrition North Canada, in conjunction with criminalization of hunting and harvesting have created food insecurity.
Policy Paper (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
[Policy Series (Frontier Centre for Public Policy) ; no. 189]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Lee Harding
Description
Examines practices of 21 First Nations who scored highly on Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' 2011 Community Well-being Index. Used data related to incomes, labour market participation, educational achievement and housing quality.
LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Will Roscoe
Description
Overview of the various characteristics, roles and meanings ascribed to two spirit people followed by brief biographies of four historical figures.
Chapter from LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History edited by Megan E. Springate.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 28, no. 2, [Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Conference], 2016, pp. i-iv
Description
Introduction to the journal articles, presented at a symposium held January 30-31, 2016, that explore the prospect of a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 159-176
Description
Introduces a peer-led pilot intervention that takes a strengths-based approach to promoting Indigenous youth sexual health in a culturally safe context.
Website for multimedia exhibition developed by families of two murdered women, Sonya Cywink and Patricia Carpenter, and eight Ryerson media Production students. Family members share memories of the women and what their loss means to them.
PLoS One, vol. 11, no. 3, 2016, p. article e0150250
Description
Looked at two different strategies: one provided immediate response to need for food; the other targeted improving social cohesion and ability to manage nutrition.
Investigation into the death of a sixteen year old youth who became ill while incarcerated at a Youth Residence and was denied entitlement to healthcare services and reasonable accommodation based on a hearing impairment.
The Northern Review, no. 42, Northern Inequalities - Global Processes, Local Legacies, 2016, pp. 109-129
Description
Identifies schools issues including: student attendance, the legacy of residential schools, lack of resources to promote the Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun language and transient teachers.
The Skirt Project: Resources for TEachers and Communities
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Natalia Sudeyko
Description
Blog uses a discussion of the "skirt protocol" (the practice which, in some Indigenous communities, requires women wear long skirts to participate in spiritual ceremonies) as starting point to explore how clothing is related to culture, religion, tradition, gender, colonialism, and identity.
Includes links to lesson plan, backgrounder, activities, teaching resources, and consolidated materials.
Purpose of report is to provide update on the planning and activities undertaken by government that would indicate progress was being made in implementing each recommendation.
Phoenix Sinclair was a five-year-old First Nations child who was beaten to death by her mother and her boyfriend. Inquiry specifically investigated whether the child welfare system had been negligent.
Analysis of early contact along the Overland Stock Route using accounts by explorers and overlanders, police and volunteer police parties, and later travellers.
Critical paper which uses international Human Rights Law to examine the legal arguments made by Vizenor in his 1991 novel; discusses the relationship between Indigenous speculative fictions (SF) and international law at the end of the twentieth century.
Focuses on the attitudes of the most senior public servant responsible for the administration of Western Australia's Aboriginal population and his role as an advocate for citizenship rights, access to social security benefits, housing and education.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2016, pp. 4-31
Description
Profiles Inuit people relocated to Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Montreal. Looks at income, employment, education, health, housing, crime and safety, and culture and language.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2016, pp. 136-148
Description
Recommends improvements for data collection to include reviewing the definition of Métis, developing ways to include reserves and institutions fully, including transient and homeless persons, and providing past and present background information.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion in Circumpolar North, 2016, p. article no. 31812
Description
Looks at access to care and intervention support for youth through interviews and using the Piliriqatigiinniq Partnership Community Health Research Model for data.
Textile, vol. 14, no. 1, Crafting Community, 2016, pp. 84-97
Description
Discussion of the commemorative installation comprised of embellished moccasin vamps or tongues created in memory of missing and murdered women. Project was initiated by artist Christi Belcourt and currently consists of over 1700 pairs.