Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Report. External Research Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barry Silver
Jennifer Arnott
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Discusses results of survey of First Nations communities in Ontario about their current approach and future requirements and three possible models for delivery of housing programming based on autonomy, accountability, supporting regional coordination, and stable policy development.
Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Serpent River First Nation
Description
Purpose of research project was to develop a governance model based on consultation with the community carried out through both on- and off-reserve surveys and focus groups.
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Description
Annual reference report on the demographic, social and economic conditions of First Nations people on and off-reserve. Topics include population, education, health and social conditions, housing, self-government and economic and labour force activity.
Information Quality and Research Directorate. Information Management Branch
Corporate Services
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Description
Annual reference report on the demographic, social and economic conditions of First Nations people on and off-reserve. Topics include population, education, health and social conditions, housing, self-government, and economic and labour force activity.
Report includes: explanation of methodology (report largely based on surveys), review of services available, Canadian Justice system, community care and social workers, summary of the extent of the problem in Ontario, proposals for action.
Arctic, vol. 47, no. 3, September 1994, p. 207–221
Description
Reports the findings of a harvest survey on the quantities of bush resources harvested by villagers, over a one-year period, from April 1983 through March 1984.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, 1994, pp. 1-46
Description
Surveys statistical data dealing with population, economy, health, family integrity and social conditions which demonstrate persistent inequalities and relationships among poverty, health and social structure.
Canadian Family Physician, vol. 39, April 1993, pp. 781-788
Description
Interviewers asked 24 women about positive and negative aspects of evacuation to southern hospitals, how the situation could be improved, and their preference of delivery locations.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 32, no. 3, May 1993, pp. [1-15]
Description
Survey reveals females spend less time on games, programming, and software graphics use and are less likely to enrol in computer science courses in grade 12 or technical institutions.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 84, no. 10, October 1994, pp. 1631-1636
Description
Study examines the implications of annual screening mammography for cost and mortality in American Indian populations with differing baseline breast cancer rates.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 3/4, 1989, pp. 149-170
Description
Reports on a number of findings regarding the typical Indian elder who tends to be poor, live in a rural area with urban numbers increasing, live with extended family, and they tend to be located west of the Mississippi River.
Evaluation of the Rural and Native Housing Programs
Rural and Native Housing Programs Evaluation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Program Evaluation Division
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Looked at appropriateness of selection criteria, trainees' increase in knowledge, and success in placing participants in housing-related fields or working with communities or groups.
Journal of Nutrition Education, vol. 21, no. 3, June 1989, pp. 127-132
Description
Information on food-use and weekly expenditures was gathered through a series of interviews conducted in 1981 and 1985. Seventy-three families completed interviews in 1981 and ninety-eight in 1985. Results showed significant increase in use of traditional food.
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 126-132
Description
Essay discusses the content of six recently published books:
Indigenous Peoples: A Global Quest for Justice.
Indigenous Peoples and the Nation-State: Fourth World Politics in Canada, Australia, and Norway edited by Noel Dyck.
The GAIA Atlas of First Peoples: A Future for the Indigenous World by Julian Burger..[ et al.]
"Nations Within": Aboriginal-State Relations in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand by Augie Fleras and Jean Leonard Elliott.
Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to Their Past, Present and Future by Brian Goehring.
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