2010 Nunavut Economic Outlook: Nunavut's Second Chance
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Impact Economics
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Discusses the progress of Nunavut’s socio-economic and environmental performance based on its investments in wealth-generating capital by looking at demographic trends and developments in the areas of education, health, social well-being and income.
Position Paper: Aboriginal Children and Youth in Canada: Canada Must Do Better
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Canadian Council of Provincial Child and Youth Advocates
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Report highlights significant key indicators and gaps affecting Aboriginal children and makes recommendations to improve their living conditions and well-being.
This survey provides information on children’s Aboriginal language knowledge, and their ability to express their needs in an Aboriginal language or to understand an Aboriginal language when someone speaks it to them.
Current Anthropology, vol. 38, no. 2, April 1997, pp. 310-315
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Asserts that pandemics were not the sole cause of population decline but that disease in conjunction with effects of colonialism such as war, relocation and change in diet led to increased mortality and decreased fecundity.
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Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 203-214
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Explores, through surveys and interviews, the reasons for high rates of relocation from Reserves to the city, the impact on urban housing markets, and the possibility of discrimination.