Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 06-024
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Brett Holmes]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Variables studied were: population, age, mobility, household income, homelessness, education, unemployment, homelessness, household type, home ownership, and core housing need.
Highlights from research report of same name.
Canadian Political Science Association Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joanne Heritz
Description
Looks at the movement between reserve and city (labelled as 'churn') and the concerns submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People and the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study.
Qualitative Health Research, vol. 20, no. 4, April 2010, pp. 506-523
Description
Examines why tuberculosis continues to be a serious health issue. The article also discusses the challenges to TB prevention and treatment for Aboriginal people in Montreal.
Focuses on Prince Albert, Saskatoon, and Regina. Uses data from the 1996 Statistics Canada census survey and information gathered from interviews. Profiles homeless and identifies available resources, gaps in services, and barriers to access.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 25-31
Description
Looks at the differences in rural versus urban birth and infant outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Quebec.
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, Continuities and Changing Realities: Meanings and Identities Among Canadas Aboriginal People, 2000/2001, pp. 109-124
Description
Discusses the legal, social and cultural differences between Indigenous groups in Canada.
Reports that Aboriginal peoples were three times as likely to experience a violent victimization and that this was more likely within the youth population. Data from the 2004 General Social Survey.
Victimization, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviors among Gay / Bisexual / Two-Spirit and Heterosexual American Indian Men in New York City
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane M. Simoni
Karina L. Walters
Kimberly F. Balsam
Seth B. Meyers
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 12, December 2006, pp. 2240-2245
Description
Argues that two-spirited men are a vulnerable population whose victimization must be understood within an appropriate historical and political context.
The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 140, no. 10, 2010, pp. 1839-1845
Description
Study investigated the prevalence of, and risk factors (gender, age, vitamin D intake, and socioeconomic status) for low vitamin D in 16 Arctic communities.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Journal of College Student Retention, vol. 2, no. 2, 2000/20001, pp. 141-159
Description
Students identified persistence, commitment to community, family, financial, and institutional supports as contributing to their success. Barriers were lack of funding, negative experiences in high school, lack of affordable housing and childcare.
Report, based on five years of research into missing and murdered Aboriginal females in Canada, explores circumstances, root causes and trends of violence, numbers of missing/murdered women, and questions why this is occurring.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 125-149
Description
Discussion on the frustration felt, by northern Aboriginal peoples, that research conducted in the north is invariably not relevant to the people or to pubic policy.
Results divided into four sections: description of regional contexts, influences on, and aspects of quality services, and legislative frameworks. Includes literature review and recommendations.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 154-158
Description
Discusses smoking practices and health risks for First Nations pregnant and parenting women and their children, and looks at culturally-relevant strategies to support tobacco reduction.