Reports responses of 319 individuals who were asked questions about family life, income nd employment, education, housing and homeless, public accommodation, harassment and violence, police interactions and prisons, health and identity documents.
Related material:
2008 Survey Results.
Looks at the economic outlook globally, in Canada generally, and in Alberta specifically and how it might affect Métis employment in the province.
Related material:
2015 Report.
2019 Report.
Focused on whether the Department had reasonable assurance that its programs for eligible individuals had a positive effect on their oral health.
Audit covered the period between September 2013 and December 2016.
Panelists discuss Tasha Hubbard's documentary about the notorious "starlight tours", which involved Saskatoon police officers transporting Aboriginal men to the outskirts of the city and abandoning them during sub-zero temperatures.
Duration: 50:54.
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [147]-162
Description
Evidence suggests that due to the nutritional deprivations experienced by children in residential schools, there is a high prevalence of metabolic risk factors among Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC) held meetings to identify mining-related issues, opportunities, concerns and discuss projects, which would meet the needs of the communities.
Examines issues and options regarding the development of culturally appropriate accreditation standards. Consists of literature review and survey of 28 organizations, of which 15 were Aboriginal agencies involved in provision of child and family services.
Aboriginal Health, Healing, and Wellness in the Downtown Eastside Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kinwa Bluesky
Description
Goal of study was to gather information on extent of culturally appropriate health supports and to make recommendations that would increase integration of traditional, spiritual and cultural practices into existing services and programming.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 6, November/December 1995, pp. 15-17
Description
Reviews presentations at the Aboriginal Health: Social and Cultural Transitions Conference held Sept 28-30 at the Northern Territory University in Darwin.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 10-11
Description
Paper presented at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Forum on Sexual Health, May 14-17, 1995. Reports Aboriginal health workers are not recognized for the part they play in the primary health care system and are over worked and under paid.
Aboriginal and Islander health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 6, November/December 1995, pp. 26-28
Description
Researches issues of discrimination between white social workers in ACT Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, prompting changes and the hiring of an Aboriginal Liaison Officer.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, January/February 1995, pp. 12-17
Description
Discusses the process of learning from permanence of objects, permanence of feelings and cognitive development. Follows a boy named Peter from infancy to preschool.
Part I: Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Walker
Clarine Ostrove
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [13]-28
Description
Article outlines one possible legal response to the imminent export of a scared object under the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.
Regroupement des centres d’amitié autochtones du Québec (RCAAQ)
Description
Position paper submitted to the Guébec's Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones as part of the consultation process on a government action plan on Aboriginal social development.
The Journal of Human Justice, vol. 6, no. 2, March 1995, pp. 79-104
Description
Looks at an alternative correction centre outside of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan for First Nations women, that practices traditional healing and the contradictions between spiritual and penal philosophies.
Includes discussion of the context of colonization, barriers to justice, needs of survivors, and promising practices and innovative models, as well as a case law review and analysis, and suggestions for moving forward.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 1, October 1988, pp. [1-8]
Description
College graduates responses to questionnaire indicated family motivation and encouragement were the most important factors contributing to academic success.
Health Reports, vol. 28, no. 7, July 2017, pp. 11-17
Description
Data from the 2006 Census was linked it to 2006/2007-to-2008/2009 Discharge Abstract Database. Found that age standardized rates were consistently higher than those for non-Aboriginal counterparts.
Article reports on the findings of three case studies conducted in Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand; shows that health systems in these countries have not addressed barriers to health care arising from multiple factors (or aggravated forms) of discrimination, such as the intersection between disability and indigeneity. Makes recommendations for improvement.