Occasional Paper (Centre for Military and Strategic Studies) ; no. 4
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Calgary Papers in Military and Strategic Studies, vol. 4, Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security: Historical Perspectives , 2011, pp. 345-381
Description
Looks at the Canadian Rangers, developed as part of the armed forces northern strategy to be the eyes and ears of the Canadian Forces Northern Area (CFNA) in isolated areas.
Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 33, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 187-194
Description
Discusses how First Nations children on reserves receive less child welfare funding than other children in Canada despite the fact that First Nations children have higher child welfare needs.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 114-125
Description
Looks at the relationship between cannabis use in aboriginal youth and a positive identification with their CPS (Child Protection Services) caseworker.
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 2Part 3Part 4Part 5 (slide show)
Total Duration: 41:88.
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.
Examines the crucial role between media technologies and the process of Māori cultural revitalization, sustainability and development for post-settlement Ngāi Tahu.
Empowering Communities to Support School Nutrition
Population Health Intervention Research Casebook
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rhona Hanning
Kelly Skinner
Michelle Gates
Allison Gates
Len Tsuji
Description
Project was a collaboration with the communities of Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat First Nations and involved three distinct programs designed to address high rates of obesity and low diet quality.
Chapter from Population Health Intervention Research Casebook.
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.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 2011, p. 13
Description
Presents a students perspective on how Richard Henry Pratt, founder and superintendent of Carlisle residential school, planned to assimilate students, and discusses how students found ways of interpreting and mastering their environments through storytelling.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal , vol. 183, no. 10, July 12, 2011, pp. 1147-1154
Description
Discusses various factors associated with injection drug use and the transition to injection drug use to inform the development of prevention programs and policies.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 135-160
Description
Discusses how the myaamia language continues to exist in the repertoire of the Miami people, and discusses how linguistic practices have made the language different than in the past.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 17-42
Description
Explores the relationships, through policy, between the Canadian state and urban Aboriginal peoples focusing on the cities of Thompson and Brandon, Manitoba.
Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jessica Dempsey
Kevin Gould
Juanita Sundberg
Description
Advocates for promotion of private property ownership as opposed to collective ownership as the path to poverty reduction.
Chapter 12 from Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada edited by Andrew Baldwin, Laura Cameron and Audrey Kobayashi.
Survey results of program assessment found that programs serving students and communities lacked strategic planning for activities, causing concern for quality and effectiveness in future programming. Includes recommendation from the Task force.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 192-214
Description
Analyzes a speech given by Duwamish and Suquamish Indian Chief Sealth or Seattle, along with Henry Smith's account, concerning the concession of native lands to the settlers and a plea for respect of Native American rights and environmental values.
Information manual topics include: First Nations child rearing practices, developmental milestones and stages of life, healthy child development issues, strategies to promote healthy child development, how parents can be positive role models and more.
Fast Facts (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Shauna MacKinnon]
Description
Argues that while the process is not an easy one, Aboriginal control and administration of Aboriginal child welfare is essential to reduce the rates of children in care.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 1-16
Description
Contends that childcare is an essential service needed in post-secondary institutions and should be considered as important as other tools for learning.