Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 55-6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Statistics for number of households in core housing need based on whether the dwelling is adequate (does not require major repairs), suitable (has enough bedrooms), and affordable (costs less than 30% of before-tax income).
Native households are defined those containing specified member or proportion members which identify as Aboriginal.
Estimates were subsequently revised due to overestimation.
Summary Report: School District Number 91 Aboriginal Education Needs Assessment
[Report of the Aboriginal Education Task Force: Appendix One]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert A. Malatest
Irene Huse
Sharon Krebs
Mary Bumstead
Description
Summarizes results of both qualitative and quantitative data gathered from students, teachers, parents, and administrators. Highlights responses to questions in the areas of overall perceptions, curriculum, communication, support programs, staffing, and transition / retention.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 1996 Census (20 % sample), 1996 Coverage Studies, and Demography Division (population estimates).
From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated.
From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table. For example, geography and time frame.
Sources: Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2001, 2006, 2012.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 91, no. 3, March 2001, pp. 425-431
Description
Shows that there have been improvements in hospitalization trends but concludes that this population still has a higher infectious disease burden than the general population.
Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 407-416
Description
Looks at a small-scale pilot study that empirically assesses one measure of religiousness and spirituality for Native Hawaiians, the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (BMMRS)
Survey showed that half of respondents were HIV positive, many of whom did not seek medical treatment because of discrimination.
Access Voices of Two-Spirited Men [Part 2].
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2001, pp. 30-39
Description
Study shows that non-Inuit evaluations of Inuit art are inconsistent as opposed to Inuit evaluations which are more consistent.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.