Article reports on a forum hosted at the United Nations Church Center by the Anglican Consultative Council, the World Council of Churches, and Canadian Anglicans affiliated with the International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN).
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2015.
Focuses on Unearthed by Janet Marie Rogers, Missing Sarah by Maggie de Vries, and In Plain Sight: Reflections on Life in Downtown Eastside Vancouver by Leslie Robertson and Dara Culhane.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allison Harell
Dimitrios Panagos
Description
Findings show an Aboriginal gender gap in vote choice that is far more pronounced than the non-Aboriginal counterpart. Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, June 1-3, 2010 in Montreal, Quebec.
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 1-17
Description
Findings and recommendations from a research project on existing policies, services and legislation that are detrimental to Aboriginal mothers with substance abuse problems.
Black Diaspora Review , vol. 1, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 4-30
Description
Analysis of the three groups looks at internal problems encountered, the role and contributions of women, and methods used by the groups to get noticed.
Identifies ways in which the Government of the Northwest Territories can ensure access and decision-making roles for Indigenous women. Discusses human resource policies, educational opportunities, role of the Women's Advisory Office, and the need for affordable and accessible child care.
Speaker talks about how some of the data has been misinterpreted or ignored by the RCMP, federal government, and media. Implication has been that most women were murdered by their spouse, family member, or intimate partners on-reserve and disregarded the role of acquaintances.
Duration: 45:34.
Focuses on the story of Rinelle Harper, a Winnipeg teenager who was attacked and left for dead, and other families affected by the issue.
Duration: 13:27.
Detailed chronology and analysis of police actions in case involving disappearance and murder of numerous women by serial killer Robert Pickton from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Vancouver Police Department report gives chronology of events and analysis of factors of that contributed to failure to recognize that serial killer Robert Pickton was operating in the area.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 2015, pp. 46-56
Description
Looks at incarceration rates for Aboriginal men and women, the RCMP report on missing and murdered Indigenous women, and statistics from Canada's Homicide Survey.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Madurai Kamaraj University, 2015.
Includes discussion of Jeanette Armstrong's Slash and Beatrice Culleton's In Search of April Raintree.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 25, no. 1, 2010, pp. 21-49
Description
Looks at various socially and culturally constructed categories of discrimination and demonstrates the need for courts to employ multidimensionality theory in cases of complex oppression.
Reviews recommendations made by United Nations, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and the Legal Strategies Coalition, and Canada's responses to them.