Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 5, September/October 2002, p. 3
Description
Brief, biographical article on the trailblazing Australian Aboriginal Health Worker in New South Wales.
A Profile of Businesses in Indigenous Communities in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Haaris Jafri
Alessandro Alasia
Description
The primary data source used in this analysis is the Business Register (BR), January 2017 reference period.
Profile of Native Women : 1981 Census of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Edward T. Pryor
Profiling Federally Incarcerated First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Offenders
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John-Patrick Moore
Shelley Trevethan
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 25-27
Description
Study drew data from case files in order to compare socio-demographic, case needs and criminal offence/history characteristics of offenders from each group.
Profiling the eNuk Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alexandra Sawatzky
Ashlee Cunsolo
Oliver Cook
Dan Gillis
Inez Shiwak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 18-22
Description
Looks at Inuit strategy for monitoring and responding to the impacts of environmental change on health and wellbeing in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.
Program Benefits Community Healing: Waterhen First Nation Residential School Survivors Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christine Fiddler
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2002, p. 6
Description
Describes the program and the people who run it.
Progress Audit: The Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sheila Dodds
Jessica Schafer
Emily Yearwood-Lee]
Description
Examines whether the Ministry of Education had implemented the recommendations for actions which would close the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students found in the earlier report An Audit of the Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System.
Project Eagle: Techniques For Multi-Family Psych-Educational Group Therapy With Gifted American Indian Adolescents and Their Parents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rockey Robbins
Stuart Tonemah
Sharla Robbins
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 10, no. 3, 2002, pp. 56-74
Description
Describes the program's organization plus culturally relevant techniques and activities.
Project Jewel
Alternate Title
Project Jewel: Helping Aboriginal People Re-Discover Their Value
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sarah Rogers
Faith Raymond
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 41-44
Description
Program works with individuals to manage stress, grief, trauma, or any other emotions they are experiencing.
Project Summary: Opportunities to Improve the Financial Ecosystem for Aboriginal Entrepreneurs and SMEs in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Conference Board of Canada - Northern and Aboriginal Policy
Description
Project consisted of three research modules which assessed availability of services and barriers to accessing financing.
Projecting Prevalence, Costs and Evaluating Simulated Interventions for Diabetic End Stage Renal Disease in a Canadian Population of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People: An Agent Based Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Gao
Nathaniel D. Osgood
Ying Jiang
Roland F. Dyck
BMC Nephrology, vol. 18, pp. [1]-14
Description
Examines case numbers projections and costs of Diabetes-Related End Stage Renal Disease to identify the resources and interventions required to deal with the disease that disproportionately affects Indigenous peoples.
Projections of Long Term Care Needs in Indian Health Service Areas
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Ludtke
Leander R. McDonald
Description
Series of data tables showing projections for number of people at various levels of functional limitation in 5 year increments to the year 2020.
The Promise and Pitfalls of C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naiomi Walqwan Metallic
Hadley Friendland
Sarah Morales
Description
Act asserts Indigenous peoples' jurisdiction over child and family services and establishes national standards. Paper examines issues related to national standards, jurisdiction, funding, accountability and data collection.
Promises of the "Vanishing" Worlds: Re-Storying "Civilization" in the Philippine National Imaginary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S Lily Mendoza
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 119-143
Description
Using the literary work of Filipino author Nick Joaquin to examine the Philippine discursive between the "normal" civilized and the defined "primitive" Indigenous populations.
The Promises, Purposes, and Possibilities of Montana's Indian Education for All
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Rogers Stanton
Jioanna Carjuzaa
Brad Hall
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 3, Fall, 2019, pp. 78-104
Description
A reflection on the Indian Education for All (IEFA) Act, encouraging Montana educators to teach Indigenous perspectives and experiences.
Promising Practices In Eskasoni
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Darko Sikman
CANCON
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
Description
Members of the Eskasoni Mi'Kmaw Nation talk about their community's experience with harm reduction and addictions treatment and recovery.
Duration: 36:38.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
NISPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Firelight Research
Description
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat: NIPSPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Supporting Success for Indigenous Students
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Istance
Rowena Phair
Judith Peterka
Peggy Furic
OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Production
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on the community's efforts to deal with Hepatitis C through education, outreach, and healing.
Duration: 27:33.
Promoting Community Conversations about Research to End Suicide: Learning and Behavioural Outcomes of a Training-of-Trainers Model to Facilitate Grassroots Community Health Education to Address Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Wexler
Lucas Trout
Suzanne Rataj
Tanya Kirk
Roberta Moto ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1345277
Description
Evaluates training of intervention facilitators in Northwest Alaska to develop local capacity for early response to suicide care.
Promoting Essential Skills and Apprenticeship Training in Aboriginal Communities across Canada: A Summary of Discussion Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
Description
Presents key findings from 29 workshops held from December 2010 to June 2011. Participants included employment counsellors who worked with Aboriginal clients, economic development officers, apprenticeship counsellors, and trades program coordinators.
Promoting Indigenous Youth Recruitment and Retention in Aboriginal Non-Profit Organizations: A Handbook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
anpBC
Description
Developed as part of the Aboriginal Nonprofit (ANP) BC Strategy to assist service organizations in developing human resource capacity and creating workforce supports.
Promoting Retention among American Indian College Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis R. Falk
Larry P. Aitken
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 23, no. 2, January 1984, pp. [24-31]
Description
Study from the University of Minnesota identifies the five most important factors that keep Native American college students in school.
"Property" and Aboriginal Land Claims in the Canadian Subarctic: Some Theoretical Considerations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Nadasdy
American Anthropologist, vol. 104, no. 1, March 2002, pp. 247-261
Description
Argues that since land claims force Aboriginal peoples to deal in the European concept of property, it has the effect of undermining the very principles that claimants are trying preserve.
Proposed 1984 Constitutional Accord on the Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, Special Edition, April/May 1984, pp. 16-17
Description
Conference to assess amendments to the Constitution Act of 1982.
Protect and Promote Your Culture: A Practical Guide to Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Begoña Venero Aguirre
Hai-Yuean Tualima
Description
Discusses key features of intellectual property protection, copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, protection against unfair competition, and trade secrets. Includes examples from various countries around the world.
Protecting Indigenous Knowledge
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Thorne
LINK, vol. 4, no. 1, Summer, 2002, p. 13
Description
Brief description of a workshop sponsored by the Simpcw First Nation (formerly called North Thompson Indian Band) titled: "Constructing Community Consciousness: Intellectual Property Rights and Other Considerations in Research".
Entire issue on one pdf. To access this article scroll to p. 13.
Protecting Indigenous Knowledge Under International Law
Theses
Author/Creator
Blanche Cathleen Cowley-Head
p. 199
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2002.
Protecting the Authenticity and Integrity of Inuksuit Within The Arctic Milieu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Heyes
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 133-156
Description
Discussion of the importance of inuksuit historically and into the twenty-first century.
Protecting the Sacred Water Bundle: Educating About Fracking at Turtle Mountain Community College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stacie Blue
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, Oil and Indian Country, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses why the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians has banned fracking.
Protocols for Using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terri Janke
Description
Includes: overview of important concepts including rights to cultural heritage and Australian and international legal and policy protections; ten guiding principles and their accompanying protocols; numerous case studies; and project checklist and templates.
The Provenience of Galena from Archaic/Woodland Sites in Northeastern North America: Lead Isotope Evidence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald M. Farquhar
Ian R. Fletcher
American Antiquity, vol. 49, no. 4, October 1984, pp. 774-785
Description
Report of how the lead isotope in rock material from burial or habitation sites allows researchers to find out where the rocks were taken from.
Province Must Address Concerns
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, April 8, 2002, p. B1
Description
Explores the reasons behind the high incidence of tuberculosis among First Nations people in Saskatchewan.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Provincial Jurisdiction, Adjudicative Authority and Aboriginal Rights: A Comment on Paul v. B.C.(Forest Appeals Commission)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
The Advocate, vol. 60, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 77-[?]
Description
The author asserts that the Paul decision is a misinterpretation of the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the balancing of Aboriginal rights and public rights.
Psychiatric Diagnoses Among Mission Indian Children With and Without a Parental History of Alcohol Dependence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David A. Gilder
Tamara L. Wall
Cindy L. Ehlers
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, vol. 63, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 18-24
Description
Study found psychiatric disorders in children and alcohol dependence in parents not correlated, however children living in a single parent households may have increased rates of certain disorders.
Psychiatric Research in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jouko Miettunen
Marianne Haapea
Lassi Björnholm
Sanna Huhtaniska
Teija Juol ...[et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Systematic literature search of PubMed and Scopus reveals 94 articles on psychiatric research conducted on the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. Research includes information on early predictors of several psychiatric diagnoses, and novel findings related to brain imaging and cognition.
Psychology in the South Pacific: Global, Local and Glocal Applications
E-Books
Author/Creator
R. Kuschel
Angikimui F. Takiika
Kiu 'Angiki
V. Kameoka ... [et al.]
Psychometric Examination of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale with Older American Indians: The Native Elder Care Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Shure
R. Turner Goins
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health, vol. 24, no. 3, 2017, pp. 1-13
Description
Looks at the reliability and factor structure of full and shortened depression scales.
Psychosocial Correlates of Suicide Ideation and Attempt among Inuit from Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and Inuvialuit
Theses
Author/Creator
Cassandra Poirier
Description
Psychiatry Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2017.
Public Attitudes towards Indigeneity in Canadian Prairie Urbanism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan Walker
Loleen Berdahl
Erin Lashta
David Newhouse
Yale Belanger
Canadian Geographer, vol. 61, no. 2, 2017, pp. 212-223
Description
Uses 2014 survey data collected from non- Indigenous residents of seven cities. Respondents were asked about a stronger Indigenous presence in governance and public places.
The Public Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations' Self-Government: A Study of the Language as an Indicator of Ethical and Social Attitudes in the Formation of Metapolicy and the Discourse of First Nations' Autonomy
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael W. Posluns
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2002.
Public Health Service Dentist Examines an Alaska Native Child, 1951
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Fee
Theodore M. Brown
Jan Lazarus
Paul Theerman
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 92, no. 9, September 2002, p. 1420
Description
Comments on Public Health Service (PHS) in Alaska.
Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Servant Schools in Canada: A Concept for Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Weiler
The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, vol. 29, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses call to action 57 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission regarding the provision of education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples and residential schools.
Public Space, Democracy, and Colonialism: British Columbia's Referendum on Treaty Principles
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristin Elizabeth Lozanski
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2002..
Public Voices and Public Policy: Changing the Societal Discourse on "Welfare"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vicki Lens
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, vol. 29, no. 1, Symposium of Native American Wellness, March 2002, pp. 137-154
Description
Discusses welfare reform and TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program).