Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 55-10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Peter Spurr
Ian Melzer
John Engeland]
Description
Statistics for living in housing below and above standards of adequate condition, appropriate size, and affordability.
Estimates were subsequently revised due to overestimation.
American Literary History, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 625-637
Description
Book reviews of 3 books:
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman.
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England by Jean O'Brien.
English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750-1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.
Looks at genre of speculative fiction and its role for Native American Indian authors as a form of active resistance.
English Honours Paper (B.A.)--University of Colorado Boulder, 2013.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 61, no. 4, 2002, pp. 341-351
Description
Concludes that there is no evidence of altered folate metabolism and it is essential that culturally appropriate public health efforts continue to increase the intake of folic acid to reduce spina bifida.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 4, Winter, 2002, pp. [1]-17
Description
Discussion on postmodernist theory and the idea of "late capitalism" as they relates to American Indian perspectives.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Spirituality in the 21st Century: Journeys Beyond Entrenched Boundaries
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stephanie McKenzie
Description
Looks at spiritual, moral and physical damages resulting from the destruction of culture and traditional belief systems.
Chapter in book: Spirituality in the 21st Century: Journeys Beyond Entrenched Boundaries edited by Wim Van Moer, Duysal Aşkun Çelik and John L. Hochheimer.
Provides an exposure scenario that may help improve the risk assessment of tribal communities whom practice a traditional subsistence lifestyle and diet.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 103-1115
Description
Historical overview of the effects on Indigenous people and culture from the distribution of firearms to Indigenous people across North America during periods of European warfare and trade.
For Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Library and Archives Canada, the audit covered the period between May 2006, when the federal government approved the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, and November 2012. For the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the period covered was from July 2009, when the current commissioners were appointed, and November 2012.The audit also included any significant subsequent events that occurred up until the completion date of he report. Audit work for this chapter was completed on 13 February 2013.
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 228-229
Description
Book review of Standing Up with Ga’axsta’las by Leslie A. Robertson and the Kwagu’ł Gixsam Clan.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 228.
State of Alaska Task Force on the Crimes of Human Trafficking
Promoting Prostitution and Sex Trafficking
Description
Includes definition of the term human trafficking, common identifiers of those at risk, primary needs of victims, summaries of information gathered from service organizations, law enforcement, and public hearings, testimony and comments. Thirteen recommendations are made in the areas of prevention, assistance to victims, and amendments to legislation.