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.
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.
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.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 6, November/December 1993, p. 35
Description
Working group established by representatives of the Kimberley Land Council and Aboriginal pastoralists to look at a voluntary code of conduct to access pastoral properties.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Gerald Vizenor, Spring, 1997, pp. [73]-92
Description
Discusses the play, based on a true occurrence, the central themes of which are the importance of stories and names, and the issue of what constitutes tribal identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.