[What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2011-12: Appendixes B-D]
Alternate Title
Summary of Research and Evaluation Register Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Closing the Gap Clearinghouse]
Description
Appendixes to accompany What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2011-2012.
When Talk Trumped Service: A Decade of Lost Opportunity for Aboriginal Children and Youth in B.C.
Alternate Title
Special Report (Representative for Children and Youth)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Description
Critiques government spending, mainly channelled through the Ministry of Children and Family Development, on initiatives that have not produced concrete, successful outcomes through delivery of front-line services.
When the Trickster Meets 'the big Other' Coyote Goes Cosmic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Revie
International Journal of Zizek Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, 2013, pp. 1-20
Description
Comments on two authors' use of the trickster to tackle contemporary problems within hegemonic racist and colonizing contexts.
"When You Change the Life of a Woman, You Change a Nation": Analyzing the Experiences of Indigenous Women's Organizations and Organizers in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Myers
Description
Global Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2017.
Where Did That Come From? Indigenous Activists Discuss the Creation of Canada's National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry
Theses
Author/Creator
Lorimer S. Shenher
Description
Professional Communications Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2017.
Where is Dr. Leichhardt? The Greatest Mystery in Australian History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Carment
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 189-191
Description
Book review of: Where is Dr. Leichhardt? by Darrell Lewis.
Scroll down to page 189 to read review.
[Where the Waters Divide: Neoliberalism, White Privilege, and Environmental Racism in Canada]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rosie B. Simms
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, 2013, pp. 1-4
Description
Book review of: Where the Waters Divide by Michael Mascarenhas.
Where They Meet: Indigenous Activism and City Planning in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason Syvixay
Description
City Planning Thesis (MCP)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Which Justice and Which Politics? Rethinking Social Justice: From 'Peoples' to 'Populations'
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Diane Austin-Broos
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 117-124
Description
Book review of: Rethinking Social Justice: From 'Peoples' to 'Populations' by Tim Rowse.
Which Sámi? Sámi Inclusion Criteria in Population-Based Studies of Sámi Health and Living Conditions in Norway: An Exploratory Study Exemplified With Data From the SAMINOR Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Torunn Pettersen
Magritt Brustad
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 21813
Description
Study of almost 15,000 participants revealed that the choice of Sámi inclusion criterion had a clear influence on the size and geographical distribution of the defined populations.
The White Man's Indian: Mythology Ignores Our Contributions to the World
Alternate Title
Dismantling the White Man's Indian
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dawn Martin-Hill
Description
Looks at the way Native Americans are portrayed, represented and thought about.
Duration: 26:00.
[White Man Water and Interview with Erica Prussing]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Erica Prussing
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with an author about her book White Man Water and research on the Northern Cheyenne First Nation.
Duration: 29:32.
Who Am I At Work? Work Life Identity Of Aboriginal Youth And The Role Of Employees On Career Success
Alternate Title
Work Life Identity Of Aboriginal Youth And The Role Of Employees On Career Success
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicole E. Elliott
Description
Applied Psychology and Human Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2013.
Who is an Indian?: Race, Place, and the Politics of Indigeneity in the Americas
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maximilian C. Forte
Donna Patrick
Bonita Lawrence
Eva Marie Garroutte
C. Matthew Snipp ... [et al.]
Who Protected Him? How B.C.'s Child Welfare System Failed One of Its Most Vulnerable Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Description
Investigation conducted by the Representative of Children and Youth into the circumstances leading up to the Tasering of an 11-year-old.
"Who We Was": Creating Witnesses in Joseph Bruchac's Hidden Roots
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary J. Couzelis
Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, [Disability and Indigeneity], 2013, pp. 159-174
Description
Looks at a young adult historical novel which depicts a family's history in relation to the Vermont eugenics movement of the 1920s and 1930s.
"Whoever Makes War Upon the Rees Will Be Considered Making War Upon the 'Great Father'" Sahnish Military Service on the Northern Great Plains, 1865-1881
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark van de Logt
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 9-28
Description
Discusses reasons Sahnish individuals enlisted in the U.S. Army.
Whose Land is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Glen Coulthard
Russell Diabo
Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Arthur Manuel ...
Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Kanahus Manuel
Beverly Jacobs
Glen Coulthard ...
Murray Sinclair
Pamela Palmater
Description
Contributors discuss the machinery of colonization and resistance movements, and comment on the possibility of reconciliation.
Why a Living Wage Matters in the North
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kendall Hammond
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 60-62
Description
Discusses the cost of living and prevalence of poverty in the North.
Wicubami: Honoring Alexis Nakota Sioux Ish?awimin through Kinship, Language, Spirit, and Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lia Ruttan
Sherry Letendre
Elizabeth Letendre
Tanja Schramm-Trethowan
Fay Fletcher ... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, 2017, pp. 87-108
Description
Describes Elders' contributions to a community-based participatory research project, the Nimi Ichinohabi program, on substance abuse prevention for children at the community school.
The Widow and the Child
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack Brook
Aboriginal History, vol. 12, no. 1, 1988, pp. 63-79
Description
Follows the life of an Aboriginal girl from early childhood until her passing circa 1867.
Wiicitaakewin Workshop [with Bob Rae & Phil Fontaine at Confederation College]
Alternate Title
Confederation [College] Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bob Rae
Phil Fontaine
Description
Rob Rae speaks on the role of education and colleges for providing opportunity and support for First Nations people. Phil Fontaine speaks to First Nations education systems and lack of funding from the Federal government and potential of Aboriginal youth.
Duration: 1:16:09.
[A Wilder West: Rodeo in Western Canada: a Conversation With Mary-Ellen Kelm]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Researcher looks at how rodeos bring people together across racial and gender divides.
Duration: 32:40.
William Apess, the “Lost Tribes,” and Indigenous Survivance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rochelle Raineri Zuck
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-26
Description
Discusses the orator's use of the theory that Native Americans were descended from the ten lost tribes of Israel, in arguments for rights and sovereignty, as well as to counteract the popular attitude that they were a "vanishing race".
Entire article on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
William Cooper Gentle Warrior: Standing Up For Australian Aborigines and Persecuted Jews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eve Darian-Smith
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 193-197
Description
Book review of: William Cooper Gentle Warrior by Barbara Miller.
Scroll down to page 193 to read review.
Wisdom of the Elders: Native Traditions of the Northwest Coast
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gloria Cranmer Webster
BC Studies, no. 79, Summer, 1988, pp. 80-82
Description
Book review of: Wisdom of the Elders by Ruth Kirk.
"The Wish to Become a Red Indian": Indianthusiasm and Racil Ideologies in German
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly Rachel Laframboise
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2017.
Wistful Thinking: Making Inuit Labour and the Nanisivik Mine Near Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay), Northern Baffin Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
Drummond E.J. Lambert
Tee Wern Lim
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, Développement industriel et impacts miniers / Industrial Development and Mining Impacts, 2013, pp. 15-36
Description
Analyzes conversations regarding Inuit employment at the Nanisivik mine which operated from 1976 to 2002.
Women and Ledger Art: Four Contemporary Native American Artists
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard Pearce
Women and the Criminal Justice System
Alternate Title
Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tina Hotton Mahony
Joanna Jacob
Heather Hobson
Description
Statistics on violent crime, criminal and violent victimization, childhood assault, spousal violence, homicide, and females charged with violent offences.
Women, Contemporary Aboriginal Issues, and Resistance
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rita Shelton Deverell
Shirley Bear
Dorothy Christian
Ruth Cuthand
Joan Glode
Ursula A. Johnson
Mount Saint Vincent University
Description
Four women from across Canada who are artists, scholars, activists discuss topics such as racism, leadership, contemporary life, culture, popular misconceptions about Aboriginal peoples, and cross cultural relations.
Duration: 1:22:38.
Women's Marches Demand Justice For the Disappeared
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, pp. 8-9
Description
Comments on Canadian wide annual marches that advocate increased support services for Aboriginal women.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Women's Right to Food in the City: Indigenous Single Mothers Confronting Unjust Foodscapes, Poverty, and Racism in Winnipeg
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Veronica Sobie
Description
Environment and Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
The Work of Sovereignty: Tribal Labor Relations and Self-Determination at the Navajo Nation
Alternate Title
The Work of Sovereignty: Tribal Labour Relations and Self-Determination at the Navajo Nation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michelle Hale
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 119-123
Description
Book review of The Work of Sovereignty by David Kamper.
Working Alliance and Its Relationship With Aboriginal Ancestry, Psychopathy, Treatment Completion, and Recidivism in a Sample of Federal Sex Offenders
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle R. DeSorcy
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013.
Working It Out Together: Pikangikum First Nation’s Community Health Needs Assessment: Draft
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pikangikum First Nation
Beringia Community Planning Inc.
Working to Break the Cycle
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ashley Maracle-Hill
Description
Counsellor uses art and play techniques when discussing family violence and abuse with children and youth.
Working Together for a Common Purpose: Report of the Inquiry into Missing or Murdered Nunavimmiut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pascale Laneuville
Description
Project involved organizing gathering of families in order to hear their stories and opinions, and interviewing front line workers and police officers working in Nunavik.
Working Together for First Nation Students: A Proposal for a Bill on First Nation Education
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Working Together to End Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls: National Scan of RCMP Initiatives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wounding the Spirit: Discrimination and Traditional American Indian Belief Systems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Locust
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 3, August 1988, pp. 315-331
Description
Discusses how different belief systems can affect educational practice and how lack of understanding by the U.S. educational system has led to unfair treatment of students.
Writing Activism: Indigenous Newsprint Media in the Era of Red Power
Theses
Author/Creator
C. Elizabeth Best
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2017.
Examines three newspapers: Native Youth Movement, The Native Voice and The Native People
Writing Settlement after Idle No More: Non-Indigenous Responses in Anglo-Canadian Poetry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gillian Roberts
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 64-89
Description
Looks at four poetic texts: Arleen Paré's Lake of Two Mountains, Rachel Zolf's Janey's Arcadia, Rita Wong's undercurrent and Shane Rhodes's X.
Xwelíqwiya: The Life of a Stó:lō Matriarch
Alternate Title
Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rena Point Bolton
Richard Daly
The Yellowknife Food Charter: Driving Collaborative Action for Food Security
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carla Johnston
Tracey Williams
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 27-32
Description
Comments on food insecurity in the Northwest Territories and what a food charter is doing address the problem..
You Can't Be the Doctor If You're the Disease: Eurocentrism and Indigenous Renaissance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marie Battiste
Description
Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Distinguished Academic award-winning lecture given April 26, 2013.
"You Can't Say You're Sovereign If You Can't Feed Yourself": Defining and Enacting Food Sovereignty in American Indian Community Gardening
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Hoover
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 31-70
Description
Discusses how farmers and gardeners define food sovereignty and how the concept has been put into practice to attain the goals of promoting health and traditional culture.
"You Might as Well Call It Planet of the Sioux": Indigenous Youth, Imagination, and Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Felice Yuen
Warren Linds
Linda Goulet
Jo-ann Episkenew
Heather Ritenburg
Karen Schmidt
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 2, 2013, pp. 269-281
Description
Focuses on a two day visual arts workshop designed to foster discussions about the creation of healthy communities.
'You Need to Protect the Community': Representations of Young Indigenous Men in Mainstream News Media Coverage of the 'Gang of 49'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clemence Due
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2013, pp. 41-52
Description
Article examines media depictions of the so-called gang of young men who were blamed for hundreds of crimes and depicted as violent and lawless by mainstream Australian news starting in late 2007.