Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 09-024
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Households that fail to meet one or more standards for adequacy, suitability or affordability and whose income is insufficient to afford rental housing that meets standards are considered to be in need.
Survey meant to assess progress towards reconciliation across five dimensions: race relations, equality and equity, unity, institutional integrity, and historical acceptance.
Snapshot took place March 3rd and 4th, 2020, before the state of emergency was declared due to COVID-19. Indigenous peoples accounted for 33% of the respondents, making them 13.2 times more likely to experience homelessness.
Outlines the history of alcoholism in Aboriginal communities, and looks at combining western medicine and traditional healing methods to help Aboriginal people rebuild and sustain a healthy lifestyle.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 5, May 2009, pp. 22-23
Description
Discussion on the necessity of tapping into the non-traditional workforce, including women, visible minorities and Aboriginal people, with the goal to fulfill the need for skilled employees in the mining industry over the next decade.
Article located by scrolling to page 22 and 23.
Goal is to help staff working in hospital settings to provide culturally responsive services grounded in values, practices, concepts and views of health common to Indigenous peoples the region.
Looks at the colonization and assimilation of Aboriginal peoples in the education system; and discusses the problems, prospects, and future direction of Aboriginal learning in Canada.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Akwesasne, Ontario, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Indian Brook, Nova Scotia, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Quebec, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 05-001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summarizes study which investigated whether housing was culturally appropriate and conducted site visits to locations where local resources had been used in construction.
Revised edition.
Presents historical, judicial and policy arguments to support the devolution of provincial authority over housing to the Aboriginal Housing Management Association and provides four examples of self-government initiatives and lessons learned from the successes or failures of such models.