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A photograph of the North West Half-Breed Claims Royal Commission members in 1885. (l to r); W.P.R. Street QC Chairman; Roger Goulet Secretary; N.O. Cote; A.E. Forget.
Argues that practice of "carding" i.e. stopping, questioning, and demanding proof of identity, promotes racialized policing which in turn leads to over-incarceration of Aboriginal peoples.
Overview to health crisis and Nishnawbe Aski Nation's plan to implement recommendations made by the Auditor General's report Access to Health Services for Remote First Nations Communities.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, March/April 1995, pp. 16-17
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Discusses the work of the Aboriginal Sobriety Group in getting Aboriginal people away from self-destructive behaviours connected to alcohol and drug abuse.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, March/April 1995, pp. 12-14
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Talks about development of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC) strategies to provide better delivery of services, and enable stronger ties to the Aboriginal community and to government agencies.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 65-76
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Examines how the theoretical post-modern concept of subversion and deconstruction works on various levels. The article also looks at how trickster discourse negotiates the boundaries of the crossblood’s world, deconstructing fixed, authoritative beliefs and definitions.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 107, no. 1, 2016, pp. 100-105
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A sample of 5,340 students from 109 schools in the Saskatoon Health Region revealed that 340 (6.4%) had considered suicide at least once in the past 12 months.
Study involved consultations, key informant interviews and a focus group about HIV and/or hepatitis C (HCV) in Indigenous communities. Most responses fell into two broad categories: stigma and discrimination in the context of health care and other settings and concerns about privacy and confidentiality, with a number of sub-themes.
Makes recommendations for each of five key messages about digital language resources: a "whole community approach is required, the community or nation should own and control resources and technology, Elders should guide development, and policies should be guided by UNDRIP and TRC Calls for Action.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Sketch showing the surrender to French's Scouts, led by Lord Melgund, General Middleton's chief of staff. Sketch caption : "Three Dakota scouts told their captors that they had been forced to join Riel."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Provides overview of survey and its strengths, compares data collection and results to other surveys, and gives statistics for four variables: age, labour market activity, education and immigrant status.
Alberta History, vol. 64, no. 4, Autumn, 2016, pp. 15-22
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Accounts from a member of the Canadian International Boundary Commission published in the In the Days of Pioneering: Crossing the Plains in the Early 70s.
Critical essay examines the ways that mainstream speculative fictions (SF) preference colonial narratives by placing white men in a victim role, thereby absolving them of guilt and granting them the moral authority of retributive agency. Uses Vizenor’s survivance paradigms to illustrate Indigenous SF’s rejection of the victim position, and resistance to colonial discourse rooted in oppositional duality.
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 165, September 2016, pp. 159-167
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Study involved 55 semi-structured interviews, and three focus groups consisting of representatives from four sectors: justice, health, community organizations and community members. Investigated applicability of rehabilitation-oriented criminal court mental health initiatives to the Arctic context.
Statistical table shows data for urban and rural areas in Canada as a whole, as well as provinces and territories. Includes tab with tables' definitions and notes.
Source: CMHC (National Household Survey-based housing indicators and data).
Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM) table Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) . Compares data from 2007-2010 to 2011-2014.
Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table. For example, time frame.
Statistical table shows data for urban and rural areas in Canada as a whole, as well as provinces and territories. Includes tab with tables' definitions and notes
Source: CMHC (National Household Survey-based housing indicators and data).