Statistical table.
Source: Statistics Canada, System of National Accounts, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) table # 379-0030.
Statistical table.
Source: Statistics Canada, System of National Accounts, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) table # 384-0037.
Kitikmeot Public School Attendance Rate by Sex and Grade, 2001/2002 to 2013/2014
Kivalliq Public School Attendance Rate by Sex and Grade, 2001/2002 to 2013/2014
Nunavut Public School Attendance Rate by District, Region and Territory, 2001/2002 to 2013/2014
Nunavut Public School Attendance Rate by Sex and Grade, 2001/2002 to 2013/2014
Qikiqtani Public School Attendance Rate by Sex and Grade, 2001/2002 to 2013/2014
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Attendance rate is the percentage of total school days for which students attended school.
Source: Nunavut Department of Education's Student Information System.
Looks at the demographic profile of the Northwest Territories and summarizes literature relevant to nutritional health of the Déne and Métis populations.
Interviews conducted between July and December 2014 focused on gathering information about the work participating organizations engage in, identifying successes, challenges and opportunities and gaining understanding the value of stewardship networks.
Reports on data gathered from eight communities: Constance Lake, Lac Seul, Mohawks of Akwessasne, North Caribou Lake, Six Nations of the Grand River, Walpole Island, Webequie, and Wunnumin.
Cancer Prevention Research, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 49-55
Description
Used data from Federal Indian Register, Manitoba Health Population Registry, CervixCheck registry, Manitoba Cancer Registry, and Medical Claims Hospital Abstracts databases. Concluded screening for women had to be increased due higher cancer incidence.
Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women (LSC)
Description
Argues that the figures reported in both 2014 and 2015 documents were grossly underestimated due to flaws in procedures for data collection and identifies factors that were not taken into account.
Insights on Canadian Society, May 13, 2015, pp. 1-12
Description
Reports on predictors of high school completion by age 18 among males and females aged 18 to 24. Source for statistics is 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015, pp. 57-86
Description
Discusses the Office of Indian Affairs Industrial Survey Project which sought information ranging from demographics to qualitative data on the "industry" and "health" of tribal members and the condition of their households.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, 1979, pp. 1-22
Description
Reviews previous research which assessed influence of sex, social class and race, and investigates whether Native American children exhibit the same pattern of political disaffection as Black children. Study involved 480 children from Grades five to eight on, or in close proximity to Wind River Reservation.
Criminal Justice and Behavior, vol. 42, no. 5, 2015, pp. 481-508
Description
Examines the value in using a general risk/need assessment, such as Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI), on a specific prison population such as Indigenous offenders.
Discusses the challenges of finding a better place for Aboriginal peoples in our society and comments on previous failed policies.
Entires issues on one pdf. to access article, scroll to page 16.
Closing the Gap: First Nations' Priorities are Canada's Priorities
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Speaks about a plan for collaborative change to close the gap between Canadian and Indigenous people's quality of life. According to the United Nation's Human Development Index country as whole is rated sixth, while Indigenous people are rated at 63rd.
Duration: 1:17:26.
Undertaken to determine which programs were being accessed and the wants and needs of learners. Twenty-seven citizens and 16 service providers completed surveys, with an additional 27 people participating in key informant interviews and community consultations.
Statistics for provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia as well as regional reports for La Ronge, Meadow Lake, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina and rural First Nations communities located in Northern Saskatchewan.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Statistics compiled by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada as a requirement of the Indian Act. Information extracted from the Indian Registration System (IRS) as of December 31, 2014.
Identifies barriers to doing business or becoming employed, opportunities for employment, companies directly employing Aboriginal women, what is being done to facilitate participation, impacts of development, and types of training needed.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2015, pp. 47-68
Description
Interviewed 75 Cree and Stoney women and found a feeling of loss and geographic separation from elders, family and community as pregnancy care moved out of the community.
Includes overview of current context in British Columbia, literature review, discussion of various initiatives undertaken by governments in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, and results of survey.
Looks at results from participatory interviews of Aboriginal women at the Minwaashin Lodge about their health decision making experiences. Results were arranged in a Medicine Wheel framework for presentation and grouped in four themes.
Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic: Living Conditions and Quality of Life among Inuit, Sami and Indigenous Peoples of Chukotka and the Kola Peninsula
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 128, March 2015, pp. 178-187
Description
Uses data from the 2009 Victorian Population Health Survey and telephone surveying to determine if psychological distress is an important health risk factor.