Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, Review 2, December 2014, pp. 1-12
Description
Discusses document produced by the British Parliament in 1857 about the land, inhabitants and Hudson Bay activities between the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountains in order to see what lands should be ceded from HBC to Canada for settlement.
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 27, no. 1, Autumn, 2001, pp. 59-85
Description
Examines policies which were designed to reinforce the ideology of patriarchal descent, recreate the Aboriginal family in the image of European norms and ultimately undermine the position of Aboriginal women.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 29-46
Description
"... shares reflections from participatory action research (PAR) and Indigenous approaches to research (IAR) team members on how they developed personally and professionally through involvement on two Indigenous-focused studies".
House of Commons Canada, 42nd Parliament, 1st Session ; June 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
MaryAnn Mihychuk
Romeo Saganash
David Yurdiga
Gary Anandasangaree
Mike Bossio ... [et al.]
Description
Reports on information gathered through a series of public hearings involving approximately 100 witnesses, including government officials, Aboriginal organizations, communities, service providers, and professional organizations, and a meeting with 50 Indigenous youth. Concludes with 28 recommendations
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
Description
Podcast discusses the research project kiskinohamâtôtâpânâsk: Intergenerational Effects on Professional First Nations Women Whose Mothers are Residential School Survivors.
Duration: unknown.
Accompanying material.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 111-127
Description
Focuses on the disconnect between the profession's required emphasis on bureaucratic policy and procedure, and Inuit collective belief systems. Specifically looks at child protection services.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 191-215
Description
Examines information disparities due to remote locations and lack of infrastructure, assesses policies which effect electronic access to information, and discusses the development of First Nations-controlled networks.
Report presented to the Standing Committee on Finance concerning pre-budget consultations on the housing crisis and lack of action by Canadian government.
Focuses on literature relating to driving forces and motivations of governments, education and scholarship providers, and students and families for this education option when students reside in remote locations.
Report of investigation into factors that may have led to the suicide of an 18-year-old Métis youth who was under the care of the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 33, no. 10, October 2014, pp. 1023-1026
Description
Study concludes that rates of lower respiratory tract infections are elevated in First Nations infants living in the Sioux Lookout Zone and hospitalization rates were approximately double the provincial average.
Discusses the relationship between bronchitis and environmental factors that increase the likelihood of contracting the illness amongst Indigenous populations.
Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education ; [v. 2]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Scott MacAulay
Warren Weir
Wanda Wuttunee
Description
Focuses on the Council's activities, in particular the National Training and Professional Certification Program.
Chapter from Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education, vol. 2, edited by Alain Fayolle.
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada speaks about the Commission's mandate and activities, and what Canadian society must do to achieve true reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples.
Duration: 1:11:22.
Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; March 2014
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 6097]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stefan Fournier
Description
Explores way to enhance capacity and well-being in Tłįcho community by identifying strengths and vulnerabilities and pinpointing strategies to increase capacity and manage change and opportunities.
Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 10, no. 2, [Building the First Mile], 2014, p. [?]
Description
Focuses on partnership developed between the First Nations Education Council's Technology Department and 30 Quebec First Nations for the provision of network services.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 105-123
Description
Case study of Alberta school which implemented professional learning communities of practice; reports on the effect it had on teaching methods and student achievement.