Idling in the Fast Lane of a Unique Winter
Comments on the Idle No More movement started by four Saskatchewan women to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper's omnibus bills.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Comments on the Idle No More movement started by four Saskatchewan women to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper's omnibus bills.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Looks at 1985 amendments to Indian Act. Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Discusses how legislation such as the Indian Act, with its arbitrary rules about who is considered to be an "Indian", has impacted relationships and identity in Aboriginal communities. Chapter seven from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Discusses the over-incarceration Indigenous women, the overuse of administrative segregation and or/solitary confinement, and it's detrimental effects on them.
Looks at problems between inclusive attitudes regarding women in politics and the reality of the difficulties they actually face from within the traditional Inuit household.
Chapter nine from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.