Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Focuses on statistics for core housing need. 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.
Lays out a sustainable mining plan on how to conduct mineral resource projects being respectful of Aboriginal communities and treaty rights in a mutually favorable way.
Highlights of survey meant to assess progress towards reconciliation by measuring five dimensions: race relations, equality and equity, unity, institutional integrity, and historical acceptance.
Australian companies reported on initiatives such as employment, incorporating businesses into the supply chain, investing in education, building capacity in organizations, and educating workforce about history and cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
Description
Includes preamble, outcomes, priorities for action, reconciliation, addressing social and economic inequalities, community safety, culturally relevant policing measures and justice responses, background, and follow-up and sharing of outcomes.
First Nations Women's Council on Economic Security
Government of Alberta
Description
Focuses on women's issues in the areas of leadership and empowerment, professional development, restorative justice, access to justice, post-secondary education and upgrading, and Indigenous representation on school boards.
Includes information on preferred and non-preferred language, terms and ways of expressing oneself, context and historical information regarding recommendations, and further reading and resources for developing a deeper level of knowledge and understanding.
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 5, October/November 2016, pp. 57-63
Description
Description of Aboriginal Arts & Stories, a creative writing competition inviting Canadian First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth ages 9-29 to present an aspect of their culture.
Canadian Review of Social Policy, vol. 74, Spring, 2016, pp. 82-108
Description
Analysis of When Talk Trumped Service: A Decade of Lost Opportunity for Aboriginal Children by the British Columbia Representative for Children and Youth. Argues that while some recommendations are relevant, on the whole the document undermines First Nations' right to self-determination and control over programs and services for their communities.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 30, no. 4, Coalition Work in Indigenous Educational Contexts, 2007, pp. 1068-1092
Description
Examines how anti-racist education could provide a foundation to forge alliances between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in search of social justice in education.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, September/October 2000, pp. 5-10
Description
The conference, held in Perth, Australia adopted the theme, "Cultural Partnerships - Unified in Health" heard from a variety of speakers who expanded on the theme.
Looks at the way Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has become identified as a Indigenous health and social problem and how it impacts cross-cultural relations.
Part of the Summary: Report 10: Proceedings of the Advanced Study Institute: The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples. To view scroll down to page 95.