Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. lx-lxiii
Description
Looks at Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) as an effective treatment model for parents who either have difficulty with appropriate parenting skills or children with behavioural problems.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page lx.
Honouring the Disappeared in the Art of Lorena Wolffer, Rebecca Belmore, and the Walking With Our Sisters Project
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deborah Root
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1 & 2, 2016, pp. 43-51
Description
Discusses performances by Lorena Wolf who speaks about hundreds of women murdered in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico; Christi Belcourt's street performance Vigil and a community project representing and honouring the lives of missing and murdered women and children.
Looks at the recommendations that were generated by youth, researchers, practitioners and policy makers in four workshops during the seminar.
"November 7-8, 2009. Conference Report"
Looks at the key tools for working on horizontal outcome focused projects; at conducting a document analysis of the legislation, policies and practices related to each tool; and developing a framework and implementation strategy to identify how the horizontal tools could be applied to produce integrated services in support of First Nations community development.
Research Insight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Insight. Housing Indicators and Analytics ; October, 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Combines statistics on housing needing only regular maintenance or minor repairs with degree of accessibility by road.
Data from 2011 National Household Survey and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada's First Nations communities geography.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series; 04-019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study which conducted survey of service providers and facilities in select Canadian cities, and five individuals with the disease. Found that existing facilities were under-utilized and more culturally relevant options were needed.
Originally published in 2004, revised in 2010.
Research Insight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Insight. Housing Indicators and Analytics ; October, 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Combines statistics on extent of crowding (fewer bedrooms than household requires) with degree of accessibility by road.
Data from 2011 National Household Survey and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada's First Nations communities geography.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 40, January-December 2016, pp. 25-33
Description
Examines impact of incarceration and return to community on family members and discusses results of the SPRINT (Services and Primary health care needs for Recently released Inmates in Need of Treatment and health management) study.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 7-27
Description
Concludes that "early childhood educators should encourage and support Indigenous parents', families', and communities' efforts to ensure that their children acquire their Indigenous languages and cultures by identifying, embracing and incorporating Indigenous perspectives on how children learn in early childhood programs and classrooms".
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 313-336
Description
Documents the role of Danish painter and traveler, Emilie Demant (later Demant Hatt) who encouraged Johan Turi to write the narratives and provides explanations of Sámi culture and beliefs.
Looks at the organization's participation in economic projects using program data, survey research, and a comparative case study and discusses critical success factors, barriers, and limitations.
Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 189-207
Description
Uses Statistics Canada Aboriginal Peoples Survey to look at certain parts of economic and social well-being of people over 134 First Nations communities.
Prawa Człowieka / Human Rights, no. 19, 2016, pp. 321-340
Description
Looks at the framework of human rights protection in Canada from the perspective of the case of missing and murdered aboriginal women.
Full issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 321 to access article.
Discusses the colonial marginalization of "country foods" and the resulting food insecurity in Inuit communities in Nunavut.
Geography [Honours] Thesis (B.A)--McGill University, 2016.
Awarding-Winning Novelist on the Link Between Residential Schools and the Devastation of Native Suicide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph Boyden
Maclean's, vol. 123, no. 25/26, July 5, 2010, pp. 20-23
Description
Award-winning novelist believes that there is a direct correlation between the high Aboriginal youth suicide-rate and the legacy of residential schools.
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Links to material related to the complaint laid against the Government of Canada alleging inequitable funding for provision of welfare services to First Nations children living on reserves.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 28, no. 2/3, Spring, 2010, pp. 63-70
Description
Using the photovoice approach with twelve Aboriginal breast cancer survivors in Saskatchewan to argue the need for more research on the effects of race, gender, and class on cancer care and experiences.
Examines how the traditional activities of the Yukaghirs are determined by the landscape they inhabit and how their identity has managed to survive because of these traditional activities.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 4, 2016, pp. 16-43
Description
Research shows three protective factors within support systems have an effect of the sexual health and behaviours of youth: school, family, and enculturation.
Identity, Prejudice and Healing in Aboriginal Circles: Models of Identity, Embodiment and Ecology of Place as Traditional Medicine for Education and Counselling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kisiku Sa'qawei Paq'tism Randolph Bowers
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 3, 2010, pp. 203-221
Description
Looks at healing of identity from an Aboriginal perspective using holistic models of wellbeing through the integration of emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of being.