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Building Critical Community Engagement through Scholarship: Three Case Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Marie Lovrod
Elizabeth Quinlan
Ulrich Teucher
Alexander K. Sayok ... [et al.]
Engaged Scholar Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Building Engaged Scholarship in Canada, 20105, pp. 33-50
Description
Using an interdisciplinary approach to examines the various ways the term "community" is defined in regards to Indigenous community engagement.
Building Domestic Violence Health Care Responses in Indian Country: A Promising Practices Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Marjavi
Vicki Ybanez
Description
Shares lessons learned from the Indian Health Service and Administration for Children and Families Domestic Violence Project.
Building on Success: Strategies for Promoting Economic Development in the North: Written Submission for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Alternate Title
http://www.naedb-cndea.com/reports/anaedb-submission-to-the-standing-committee-on-aboriginal-affairs-and-northern-development.pdf
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
Description
Discussion on the development of the Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development; recent Federal measures including the Northern Strategy; a series of agreements between government and Aboriginal communities, including self-government and Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements; and examines how they can play a central role in strengthening the northern economy.
Building on the Resilience of Aboriginal People in Risk Reduction Initiatives Targeting Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-borne Viruses: The Aboriginal Community Resilience to AIDS (ACRA)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Neil Andersson
Bev Shea
Chris Archibald
Tom Wong
Kevin Barlow
Georges Sioui
Pimatisiwin, vol. 6, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 89-110
Description
Insights into the health, well-being and resilience of youth as it relates to sexual and injecting behaviour.
Busy Schedules Deny Kids Effective Parenting
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winona Wheeler
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 3, March 2010, p. 5
Description
Looks at the importance of teaching children responsibility and self-discipline.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
"But it doesn't look Indian": Objects, Archetypes and Objectified Others in Native American Art, Culture and Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Ann Croteau
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2008.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. I: North America, pt. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Nabokov
Wilcomb E. Washburn
Bruce G. Trigger
Dean R. Snow
Linda S. Cordell ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1996.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. I: North America, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Loretta Fowler
Howard R. Lamar
Sam Truett
Robin Fisher
Frederick E. Hoxie ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1996.
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. II: Mesoamerica, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Murdo J. MacLeod
Susan M. Deeds
David Frye
Eric Van Young
Sarah L. Cline ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 2000.
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas; vol. III: South America, pt. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Juan Carlos Garavaglia
Thierry Saignes
Kristine L. Jones
Anne Christine Taylor
James Schofield Saeger ... [et al.]
Description
Originally published 1999.
Can Arts-Researchers Go Where Artists Go? Questions of Interpretation and Practice as Played Out In, and Through the Work of the Canadian Artist, Rebecca Belmore
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donal O'Donoghue
Working Papers in Art and Design, vol. 5, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the performance piece entitled Vigil, which was a commentary on the murdered and missing women from Vancouver's downtown Eastside.
Can the Sled Dog Sleep? Postcolonialism, Cultural Transformation and the Consumption of Inuit Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
New Proposals, vol. 3, no. 3, June 2010, pp. 7-19
Description
Looks at the change to Inuit life from one based on relationships and ritual to one of secular commodification as demonstrated by the fate of the sled dog.
Canada: 'Closer to the Goal of Regulated Midwifery Across the Country'
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kerstin Martin
Rosalind Lydiate
International Midwifery, vol. 21, no. 1, March 2008, p. 13
Description
Article update on the status on midwifery regulation in the Canadian provinces.
Canada, Inc.
The Relevance of Ideology to the Emergence of a Capitalist Social Formation in Rupert's Land and the "Indian Territories" of British North American, 1852 to 1885
Theses
Author/Creator
Storm Lee Sanders
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Univerisity of Saskatchewan, 2010.
Canada's Aboriginal People, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & The Criminal Justice System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Denis C. Bracken
British Journal of Community Justice, vol. 6, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 21-33
Description
Examines the broader connection between health, social development issues and incarceration.
Canada's Emerging Aboriginal Millennials: A National Survey Reading of Aboriginal Teens & Other Teens
E-Books
Author/Creator
Reginald W. Bibby
Terri-Lynn Fox
James Penner
Canada's Indian Residential School System: Historical Trauma and the Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wayne K. Spear
Visions, vol. 5, no. 1, Aboriginal People, Summer, 2008, pp. 26-27
Description
Presents a brief overview of the work of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.
Canada's Relationship with Inuit: A History of Policy and Program Development
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sarah Bonesteel
Public History Inc.
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Demographic and Social Characteristics of the Population Living in Iiyiyiu Aschii
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ellen Bobet
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Health Status, Life Expectancy, and Limitation of Activities
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gilles Légaré
David Dannenbaum
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Lifestyles Related to Alcohol Consumption, Drugs and Gambling
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mélanie Anctil
Serge Chevalier
Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1: Iiyiyiu Aschii, 2003: Preventive Practices and Changes for Improving Health
Alternate Title
Cree Health Survey 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nathalie Auger
Gilles Légaré
Canadian Cultural Exchange / Échanges Culturels au Canada: Translation and Transculturation / Traduction et Transculturation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sherry Simon
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 131-133
Description
Book review of: Canadian Cultural Exchange / Échanges Culturels au Canada: Translation and Transculturation / Traduction et Transculturation edited by Norman Cheadle and Lucien Pelletier.
Canadians Have Favorable Opinion of Aboriginals in Canada: Especially Those in Contact with Members of Aboriginal Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jack Jedwab
Description
Presents results of survey commissioned by the Association for Canadian Studies.
Canadians Not Ready to Elect Aboriginal as PM
Alternate Title
Canadians Not Ready to Elect Aboriginal as Prime Minister
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, November 7, 2008, p. A15
Description
Explores the possibility of an Aboriginal Canadian Prime Minister after Barack Obama was elected President in the United States.
Capacity For What? Capacity For Whom? Aboriginal Capactiy and Canada's Forest Sector
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marc G. Stevenson
Pamela Perreault
Captain Death Strikes Again: Tuberculosis and the Stó:lõ 1871-1907
Theses
Author/Creator
MacKinley Darlington
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Univerity of Saskatchewan, 2010.
Captive Sisters: Cultural Intermediaries on the Pennsylvania Frontier
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lynn Miller
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--North Carolina University, 2008.
Care for the ‘Racially Careless’: Indian Hospitals in the Canadian West, 1920–1950s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maureen K. Lux
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 91, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 407-434
Description
Discussion on the rationalization and justification of coerced and racially segregated hospitals.
Caribou Inuit Traders of the Kivalliq
Theses
Author/Creator
Matthew D. Walls
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2008.
Caring Across Boundaries: Is This Our Canada?
Alternate Title
Is This Our Canada? How Racial Discrimination in Children's Services Undermines the Potential of This Generation of First Nations Children and What You Can do to Help
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Executive Director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada speaks on inequities in funding for Aboriginal children, focusing on Jordan's Principle, Shannen's Dream, and the discrimination complaint lodged with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5 (slide show)
Total Duration: 41:88.
Caring, Sharing in the Big Sky: Writer, Photographer Explore Five of Montana's Tribal Colleges
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jerry Worley
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Crossing Borders, Winter, 2010
Description
Comments and observations from a writer and photographer, who toured five tribal colleges in Montana, including noting a strong female presence in leadership roles and feeling very welcomed by all campuses.
Caroline Tait: Aboriginal Health Researcher
Alternate Title
Engaging Minds: Profiles of Discovery and Creativity at the U of S
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Caroline Tait
Description
Short video on researcher's interests in Indigenous health, social justice, and the challenges faced by women.
Carry the Kettle Elder Honoured by Province
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 1, January 2008, p. 2
Description
Looks at Elder Cora Thomson receiving the highest provincial honour, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, and her sage advice to others.
Article located on page 2.
Carrying the Burden of Peace: The Mohawks, the Canadian Forces, and the Oka Crisis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, Winter, 2008, pp. [1]-71
Description
Chronicles the history and circumstances leading up to the Crisis, including issues with governments, the rise of the Mohawk War Society (Rotishkenhrakete), and the provincial and federal governments' response in terms of police and military presence during the conflict.
Case 2: Globalization, Gender, Indigenous Peoples, and Type 2 Diabetes
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Gender and Health Collaborative Curriculum Project
Description
Provides information for health care professionals on the linkage between gender, globalization and health. Diabetes module presents case study of three possible questions.
The Case Of Te Karaka: Ngāi Tahu Print Media Before And After Settlement
Alternate Title
The Case Of Te Karaka
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jo Smith
Katharina Ruckstuhl
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 1, 2010, pp. 25-37
Description
Examines the crucial role between media technologies and the process of Māori cultural revitalization, sustainability and development for post-settlement Ngāi Tahu.
Case Study of the Development of the 1998 Tribal State Agreement in Minnesota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn Campbell
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 45-52
Description
Discusses the history of the American Indian women who initiated legislative changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act, and looks at recommendations to address the problems associated with the lack of compliance to current legislation across Canada and the United States.
The Cedar Project: A Comparison of HIV-related Vulnerabilities Amongst Young Aboriginal Women Surviving Drug Use and Sex Work in Two Canadian Cities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Azar Mehrabadi
Kevin J. P. Craib
Katharina Patterson
Warner Adam
Akm Moniruzzaman
Barbara Ward-Burkitt
Martin T. Schechter
Patricia M. Spittal
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 19, no. 2, Special Issue: Women and Harm Reduction, April 2008, pp. 159-168
Description
Study uses socio-demographics, drug use patterns, injections practices, sexual experiences, and HIV and HCV prevalence to compare women using drugs and in the sex trade with women who are not.
The Cedar Project: Acknowledging the Pain of Our Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne M. Christian
Patricia M. Spittal
Lancet, vol. 372, no. 9644, September 27, 2008, pp. 1132-1133
Description
Brief comment on a study which revealed links between intergenerational trauma and the rates of HIV and Hepatitis C in young Aboriginal people in British Columbia.
The Cedar Project: Historical Trauma, Sexual Abuse and HIV Risk Among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Injection and Non-injection Drugs in Two Canadian Cities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
For the Cedar Project Partnership
Margo E. Pearce
Wayne M. Christian
Katharina Patterson
Kat Norris
et al.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 66, no. 11, June 2008, pp. 2185-2194
Description
Examines the link between sexual abuse and negative health outcomes such as mental, sexual and drug-related vulnerabilities.
The Cedar Project: Vulnerability to Recidivism Among Aboriginal Young People Who Use Drugs
Theses
Author/Creator
Allison Dunnet
Description
Public Policy Thesis (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2008.
Celebrate, 'Ohana1
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimo A. Cashman
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010, pp. 152-154
Description
Discussion on the power of family caring and love.
Celebrated at First, Then Implied and Finally Denied: The Erosion of Aboriginal Identity in Circus, 1851-1960
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Valentine St Leon
Aboriginal History , vol. 32, 2008, pp. [63]-81
Description
Discusses the social standing of circus performers and the proportion of Aborigines compared to the total population.
Celebrating Birth: Aboriginal Midwifery in Canada
Alternate Title
Celebrating Birth: Aboriginal Midwifery in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
Description
Includes topics such as the history of Aboriginal midwifery in Canada, contemporary practices, current Initiatives, training options and programs.
Celebrating Birth: Exploring the Role of Social Support in Labour and Delivery for First Nations Women and Families
Alternate Title
Exploring the Role of Social Support in Labour and Delivery for First Nations Women and Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel Olson
Description
Discussion of the potential role of doulas in First Nations Communities.
Celebrating Strengths: Aboriginal Students and Their Stories of Success in Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Education Research Committee
Lina Arruda
Betty Ash
Amy Carpenter
Jeremy Daniels
Sherri Denysuik ... [et al.]
Description
Reports on the Seven Oaks School Division study on Aboriginal perspectives of education by former students.
Celebrating the Local, Negotiating the School: Language and Literacy in Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Battiste
Margaret Kovach
Geraldine Balzer
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 4-12
Description
Examines the language challenges students face in the classroom and explores how literacies develop and function in local communities.