A total of 495 survey respondents were Indigenous, representing 39% of the population, and proportion was higher for unsheltered (46%) than sheltered (34%). Snapshot was taken March 13, 2019.
Research has initiated high-quality information describing the health of Victorian Aboriginal infants and children and more accurate information on births and deaths of Aboriginal infants and children.
Speaker describes the "Views from the North" project which involved students from Nunavut Sivuniksavut showing Elders from their community photographs housed at Library and Archives Canada and interviewing them about images.
Duration: 41:37.
Fifth Estate documentary about St. Joseph's Mission School in Williams Lake, British Columbia and the residential school system in Canada.
Originally aired on Jan. 9, 1991.
Duration: 51:50.
Provides list of 40 reports provided by federal government when arguing that there is no need for a national inquiry concerning missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Discusses a national action plan to address gaps in current policies, programs and services to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls and to fulfil Canada’s international human rights obligations.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 9, Special Edition In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School of Indigenous Relations , February 2014, pp. 97-99
Description
Discusses vision for the future of the Indigenous Social Work Program.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 97 to read article.
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 58, no. 1, Special Issue Title: Indigenous Peoples, Genocide in California, and Politics of the Academy: Inters, January 2014, pp. 145-170
Description
Analyzes photographs taken between the 1890s and 1950s to illustrate how they reflect belief systems and the context in which they were taken.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Results of an experiment to whether the Polynesians in their voyaging canoes were able to intentionally travel from island group to island group in the Pacific using only traditional methods of navigation.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 258-272
Description
Researchers explore the vulnerability of the subsistence existence in the Cup’ik village of Chevak and Yup’ik village of Kotlik; findings indicate that a high level of adaptability and ingenuity exists in these communities, but raise concerns of new barriers and vulnerabilities arising from accelerating climate change and socio-cultural changes.
Researchers conducted 89 household interviews about changes in the watershed and how this had affected residents' food and water security. Findings indicated that while adaptation was taking place, it was not without difficulties.
Presents the third installment in a webinar series on social paediatrics which focuses on vulnerable populations, including inner city and aboriginal children and youth
Duration: 1:26:36.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 151-171
Description
Study of 56 Indigenous youth uses focus groups and a strengths based perspective to understand what gives them hope and how they demonstrate this hope to others in their community.