Mino Kaanjigoowin: Program Evaluation
Alternate Title
Evaluation of the Mino Kaanjigoowin Program at Na-Me-Res: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of an Indigenous Holistic Housing Support and Mental Health Case Management Program in Downtown Toronto
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michelle Firestone
Teyohate Brant
Jessica Syrette
Description
Assessment of Native Men's Residence (Na-Me-Res), a Housing First initiative for Indigenous men who are experiencing homelessness and dealing with mental health challenges and/or substance use. Uses both quantitative (client administrative data) and qualitative (focus groups and key informant interviews) sources to evaluate the program delivery model and the Indigenous approach to providing culturally safe, relevant, and sustainable supports and services.
Minutes of Evidence: Sparking Conversations about History and Structural Justice
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Minutes of Evidence
Description
Website highlights the significance of the 1881 Parliamentary Coranderrk Inquiry through research, education and performance to educate the broader population and attempt to redress the injustices produced from that history.
The Miqqut Project: Joining Literacy, Culture and Well-Being through Non-formal Learning in Nunavut: Research Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shelley Tulloch
Quluaq Pilakapsi
Gloria Uluqsi,
Adriana Kusugak
Cayla Chenier
Kim Crockatt
Description
Looks at non-formal traditional skills programs with embedded literacy offered in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.
[Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls, pt. 1]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hanni Fontaine
Description
Special Adviser on Aboriginal Women's Issues for Aboriginal Issues Committee of Cabinet, Manitoba, discusses the growth in public awareness of this issue.
Duration: 14:27.
[Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls, pt.2]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nahanni Fontaine
Description
Describes efforts to shift public thinking from blaming victims and their circumstances rather than the perpetrators of crime, the perception that only "sex trade workers" are being targeted, and the various gatherings that take place to memorialize these women.
Duration: 18:25.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: A Historiographical Paper
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Shubreet Jessel
Description
"This essay will explore the historic roots that have influenced the growing violence against MMIW, the contemporary social movements that have take place, and today's political influences on the issue".
Chapter One article from Empowering Emerging Voices in Undergraduate Research. Conference Proceedings edited by Jessica Riddell, Tabitha Hartropp, Rosemin Nathoo, Antoine Airoldi, Delphine Belhumeur ... [et al.]
Entire book on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
JustFacts ; July, 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Research and Statistics Division
Department of Justice Canada
Description
Brief document gives some statistics.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: The Importance of Collaborative Research in Addressing a Complex National Crisis
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marsha Axford
Victims of Crime Research Digest, no. 10, 2017, pp. 23-28
Description
Discusses the collaboration between Statistics Canada's Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) and the Department of Justice Canada's Research and Statistics Division (RSD) on a special analysis of Homicide Survey data with the goal to further examine specific aspects of "casual acquaintance" murders.
Scroll to p. 23.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A Briefing Paper
Alternate Title
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: A Briefing Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Kimberly R. Huyser
Sofia Locklear
Gabriel R. Sanchez]
Description
Focuses on New Mexico.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW): Bringing Awareness through the Power of Student Activism
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Devon S. Isaacs
Amanda R. Young
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women , 2019, p. Article 2
Description
Profiles activities of two post-secondary students. The discussion includes motivations, tactics and what can be learned by other Indigenous student activists.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of North America: Culture as a Tool to Denounce
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elisa Tripotin
Description
Main focus is The REDress Project and its subsequent use in other works.
The Missing and Murdered Women of Vancouver: Framing Inequality in Media Discourse in the Vancouver Sun (2006-2011)
Theses
Author/Creator
Rene A. MacCandless
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2013.
Missing & Murdered Native American Women Report
Alternate Title
Washington State Patrol Missing & Murdered Native American Women Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monica Alexander
Description
Reports on results of community engagement sessions held to determine the scope of the problem, identify barriers, and create partnerships to increase reporting investigation. These sessions were to include tribal and local law enforcement, federally recognized tribes, and urban Indian organizations.
Efficacy of report was challenged in the document MMIWG: We Demand More: A Corrected Research Study of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Washington State.
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Forums
Alternate Title
Accepting and Investigating Missing Person Reports
Building Strong Police - Community Relationships
Enhancing Police Accountability
Innovative Approaches to Protecting Vulnerable and Marginalized Women
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry Public Policy Forums
Oppal Commission
Police Relationships with Victims’ Families, the Community, the Public and the Media
Preventing Violence Against Aboriginal and Rural Women
Preventing Violence Against Sex Trade Workers
Public Policy Forum 1: Ensuring the Safety of Vulnerable Women
Public Policy Forum 2: Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses in the Criminal Justice Process
Public Policy Forum 3: Improving Missing Person Practices
Public Policy Forum 4: Inter-jurisdictional Collaboration and Coordination Among Police
Public Policy Forum 5: Enhancing Police Accountability
Public Policy Forum 6: From Report to Substantive Change – Healing, Reconciliation and Implementation
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Doreen Binder
Patrick Kelly
Melina Buckley
Description
Videos of forums held to give Commissioner input about changes to improve safety for vulnerable women and the way police deal with missing persons investigations.
Also includes the keynote speech Innovative Approaches to Protecting Vulnerable and Marginalized Women.
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Reports and Publications
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
Description
Contains links to consultation, policy discussion, and background research reports, and general documents relating to the Commission.
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Transcripts
Alternate Title
Oppal Commission
Web Sites » Organizations
MissingKids.ca Builds Awareness on First Nations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 22
Description
Looks at the disproportionate rate of First Nations children and adults that go missing and the need for public awareness.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.
Missiological Implications for Taylor Seminary Arising From Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Recommendations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allan Effa
Missiology, vol. 45, no. 4, 2017, pp. 407-413
Description
Case study of a seminary in Edmonton, Alberta which is exploring changes to the curriculum as a response to the Commission's call to action.
The Missionaries: God Against the Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Norman Lewis
Missionization and Sḵwxw̱ú7mesh Political Economy, 1864-1923
Theses
Author/Creator
Sean Wilkinson
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.
Mississauga Portraits: Ojibwe Voices from Nineteenth-century Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Donald B. Smith
The Mississippi Choctaw: A Case Study of Intercultural Games
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. Brooks Hill
Philip Lujan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 1983, pp. 29-42
Description
Examines the characteristics and implications of the Smith John case as an extended example of intercultural games.
Mitákuye Owás’ (All My Relatives): Dakota Wiconi (Way of Life) and Wicozani Waste (Well-Being)
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Mark Ruml
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 6
Description
Discusses basic tenants of Dakota spiritual traditions. Chapter ten from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Mitakuye Oyasin (We Are All Related): Connecting Communication and Culture of the Lakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel P. Modaff
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 341-362
Description
Uses elder interviews, archival analysis, and behavioral observation to explore the cultural and communications practices of the Lakota people; relates those practices to the core cultural values of kinship and relationality; the idea that all people/things are related.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study
Alternate Title
Voices from the Field Podcast Series ; 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Transcript of podcast series, Voices from the Field, Episode 4.
Provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Full podcast.
Mite Achimowin (Heart Talk): [First Nations Women Expressions of Heart Health Study]
Alternate Title
Voices From the Field Series ; 4
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lorena Fontaine
Annette Schultz
Lisa Forbes
Description
Podcast provides perspectives of First Nations women regarding heart health.
Duration: 14:35.
Full Transcript.
Mitho-Pimatisiwin for the Elderly: The Strength of a Shared Caregiving Approach in Aboriginal Health
Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bonitia Beatty
Arnette Weber-Beeds
Description
Highlights the challenges involved in helping First Nations individuals transition into urban areas by using the example of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Health Services.
Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011.
Mixed Race, Legal Space: Official Discourse, Indigeneity, and Racial Mixing in Canada, The US, and Australia, 1850-1950
Theses
Author/Creator
Camilla Charity Augustus
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013.
Miýo-pimatisiwin Developing Indigenous Cultural Responsiveness Theory (ICRT): Improving Indigenous Health and Well-Being
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
JoLee Sasakamoose
Terrina Bellegarde
Wilson Sutherland
Shauneen Pete
Kim McKay-McNabb
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 2, 2017, pp. 1-16
Description
Examines using the Indigenous Cultural Responsiveness Theory as a decolonizing way to research health, education, governance and policies.
MMIWG: We Demand More: A Corrected Research Study of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Washington State
Alternate Title
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: We Demand More: A Corrected Research Study of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Washington State
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Abigail Echo-Hawk
Adrian Dominguez
Lael Echo-Hawk
Description
Challenges efficacy of information found in the Missing & Murdered Native American Women Report issued by the Washington State Patrol.
Mobile Apps and Indigenous Language Learning: New Developments in the Field of Indigenous Language Revitalization
Theses
Author/Creator
Winoka Rose Begay
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 2013.
Mobile Architecture, Improvization and Museum Practice: Revitalizing the Tłįcho Caribou Skin Lodge
Alternate Title
About the Hearth: Perspectives on the Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thomas D. Andrews
Description
Examines the ethnographic context of two collaborative repatriation projects and explores lessons learned from these projects in light of Dene value frameworks.
Chapter 3 from About the Hearth: Perspectives on the Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North edited by David G. Anderson, Robert P. Wishart, Virginie Vaté
Mobile Health for First Nations Populations: Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georgina R Hobson
Liam J Caffery
Maike Neuhaus
Danette H Langbecker
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth , vol. 7, no. 10, 2019, pp. [1-16]
Description
Examines mHealth interventions among Indigenous populations to evaluate its cultural responsiveness and clinical effectiveness.
Mobilising across Colour Lines: Intimate Encounters between Aboriginal Women and African American and Other Allied Servicemen on the World War II Australian Home Front
Alternate Title
Mobilising Across Color Lines:
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Hughes
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 47-70
Description
Article examines oral histories and archival content to reveal the lived experiences of Aboriginal women in Australia who formed relationships with the allied service men stationed there during WWII. Discusses how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and African American, Native American and other servicemen of colour were often drawn together in the face of shared experiences of colonial discrimination and oppression.
Mobilities of Aboriginal Youth: Exploring the Impact on Health and Social Support Through Photovoice
Theses
Author/Creator
Ashley Ning
Description
Geography and Program in Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2013.
Mobility
Alternate Title
2011 Census Paper Series
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Francis Markham
Description
Discusses Australian mobility patterns, how they may vary across time, place and other characteristics, and compares them to patterns of the non-Indigenous population.
Mobilizing Our Collective Moral Courage: A Framework for Supporting the Health of First Nations Children, Families, and Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Blue Quills First Nations College
Description
Comments on using Indigenous knowledge and research from a variety of disciplines to mobilize a multi-strategic support system.
Modern Indian Painting: A Separate and Unique Soul
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Eck
Heritage of the Great Plains, vol. 8, no. 4, 1975, pp. 19-28
Description
Examines the way Indian artists are reinventing traditions, tribal lore and mythology to explain themselves to their own people and other cultures.
A Modernist Moment: Native Art and Surrealism at the University of Oklahoma
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark A. White
Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, vol. 7, no. 1, 2013, pp. 52-70
Description
Discuses the Native American fine arts movement of personal expression and active engagement with mainstream modern art during the late 1940s. Focuses on the work of artists Chief Terry Saul, Walter Richard "Dick" West, and Oscar Howe.
Module 2: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northern North American: Media, Art, Education, and Recreation
Alternate Title
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Two: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northern North American: Media, Art, Education, and Recreation
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
[Cultural Identity In North America]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses how each area contributes to an individual's sense of belonging to a unique community.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 2: People of the Forest
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Two: People of the Forest
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses traditional economies and lifeways of Indigenous peoples living in the subarctic boreal forest, focusing on hunting, fishing, gathering and small-scale reindeer herding.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 3: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northwest Russia, Siberia and the Far East
Alternate Title
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Three: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Northwest Russia, Siberia and the Far East
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
[Cultural Identity In Russia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses the role of language, literature, media, art, family and education.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 3: People of the Coast
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Three: People of the Coast
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Overview of traditional livelihoods of the Aleut and Iñupiat of Northern Alaska; the Yupiit and Chukchi of the Russian Far East; the Inuit of Nunavut; the Isertormeeq, Kalaallit and Kujataamiut of Greenland; and the coastal Sami people of the European Far North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 4: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in
Greenland and Northern Europe
Alternate Title
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Four: Changes in Expressions of Cultural Identity in Greenland and Northern Europe
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
[Cultural Identity In Northern Europe And Greenland]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Looks at how peoples of Greenland and Northern Europe have used media, literary works, and education to express their Indigenous identities.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 4: People of the Tundra and Mountains
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Four: People of the Tundra and Mountains
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses the switch from small-scale to large-scale reindeer herding and reasons for the change.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 5: Changes Prior to Modern State Formation: Migration, Exploration, Trading and Taxation
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Five: Changes Prior to Modern State Formation: Migration, Exploration, Trading and Taxation
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Overview of the impact European explorers, traders and settlers had on traditional livelihoods of Indigenous peoples of the circumpolar North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 5: Research in the North: Emerging Issues and Practices
Alternate Title
CS 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II
Module Five: Research in the North: Emerging Issues and Practices
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses past and emerging practices, giving examples of projects taking place throughout the circumpolar region.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 6: Changes After State Formation and Borders
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Six: Changes After State Formation and Borders
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Gives overview of impact modern nation-state governance has had on Indigenous populations and discusses disputes over land and independence. Also gives examples of integration and assimilation into southern markets.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 7: Consolidation
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Seven: Consolidation
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Looks at ways in which governments and social agencies disrupted traditional settlement patterns of northern peoples and effects of industrialization using examples from Canada, Russia, Norway, and Alaska.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.