Discusses the need for maternity care services in Aboriginal communities including the recruitment of Aboriginal women into the profession of midwifery.
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.
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.
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.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 4, July/August 2010, pp. 32-34
Description
Comments on action areas and strategies based on issues brought forward by representatives of each State and Territory at the Australian Women's Health Network National Conference.
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 54-62
Description
Authors speaks about experiences with family members and drug abuse and looks at banishment as a form of punishment in the Lummi Nation tribal community.
Report attempts to develop a blueprint and make recommendations to improve the health status of women in areas such as diabetes, youth suicide, and HIV/AIDs.
Proposes a variety of solutions to issues such as inadequate housing and income, low levels of employment, education, and overall economic advancement for Aboriginal women.
Catholic Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 2, April 2004, pp. 260-272
Description
Looks at the significance of Kateri Tekakwitha, and the nostalgic, fictionalized autobiography The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha written by Ellen Walworth.
No Action, No Progress: FAFIA’s Report on Canada’s Progress in Implementing the 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Description
"Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action Report on Canada's Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations Made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2008".
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 65-73
Description
Discusses elements of Nora Dauenhauer's Life Woven With Song which uses a variety of genres including memoir, essay, fiction, poetry, and autobiographical to reflect the relationship between the Tlingit people and their landscape.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 65.
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 254-280
Description
Argues data collected from the late 18th through early 20th century shows correlation between spatial and social organization of households and presents evidence of changes in subsistence economics.
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Contends that the Government of British Columbia stands in violation of its obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 253-276
Description
Focuses on ways to examine author Eden Robinson’s novel using approaches based on creation stories and urban "post-Indian" perspectives.