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.
MELUS, vol. 25, no. 3/4, Autumn-Winter, 2000, pp. 31-64
Description
Discussion on the poetic re-imaginings in Tekonwatonti, Molly Brant by Maurice Kenny, in order to reconstruct the times, life, and land of Molly Brant.
Critical Public Health, vol. 10, no. 2, 2000, pp. 243-256
Description
Examines the holistic and spiritual concepts of health among Indigenous peoples in North America and Australia as opposed to western medicine's linear approach.
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 Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2 & 3, Summer/Fall, 1989, pp. 169-173
Description
Short story, set in a village along the banks of the St. Lawrence River, about a Mohawk girl and her struggles before and after she becomes a woman.
Attached to the short story here is a poem: A Seneca Indian Praise by Twylah Nitsch (Yey-Wen-Node).
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, National Identity and Gender Politics, Summer, 2000, pp. 143-148
Description
Looks at the complexities of the ongoing debate between feminists and nationalists saying that feminist theories need to integrate issues of race, lands, sovereignty, and colonialism.
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.
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".
Wisconsin Women's Law Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 2000, pp. 293-334
Description
Argues that sentencing circles are of little use to the victim and that only a solution which addresses the imbalance of power between men and women produced by colonial policies will make a substantive difference.
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.
Research Report (Department of Justice Canada) ; 2000-7e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Giff
Description
Report provides collection of articles addressing social issues, crime, and justice issues in the North and the nature and results of community-based justice projects in Canada.
"Unrevised".
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 48-50
Description
Discussion of programs offered by the Lodge which are meant to enhance womens' chances of success upon release; follows principles outlined in the Creating Choices Report.
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.