Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jane Burns
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, January/February 2009, p. 6
Description
Brief description of the statistical component for the innovative web resource designed to, 'close the gap' in health between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Building and Maintaining Authentic Learning Experiences: Educators' Experiences with Mi'kmaw and Treaty Education in Nova Scotia's Public High School Social Studies Classrooms
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexandra Pulchny
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A) -- Acadia University, 2020.
Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships, and Awards (BBF) Program Recipients' Outcomes Report
Alternate Title
Indspire Research Knowledge Nest
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indspire
Description
Reports results of Indspire's 2020 National Education Survey which was developed to gather information on post-secondary and labour market outcomes, recipients' experience with the program, and areas where additional support is required. Sample size was 6,500.
Building Community and Public Health Nursing Capacity: A Synthesis Report of the National Community Health Nursing Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane M. Underwood
David L. Mowat
Donna M. Meagher-Stewart
Raisa B. Deber
Andrea O. Baumann
et al.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 100, no. 5, Special Insert, September/October 2009, pp. 1-13
Description
Presents a study that looks at the community health nursing workforce in Canada.
Building Dams, Constructing Stories: The Press, The Sekani and The Peace River Dam, 1957-1969
Theses
Author/Creator
Holly Nathan
Description
History Thesis, (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2009.
Building Longhouses and Constructing Identities: A Brief History of the Coqualeetza Longhouse and Shxwt’a:selhawtxw
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Clapperton
University of the Fraser Valley: Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers from the the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School , Spring, 2009, pp. 95-118
Description
Argues that the two teaching longhouses are examples of Aboriginal people influencing and controlling the cultural education process.
Building Native Nations Through Native Students' Commitment To Their Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiffany S. Lee
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 48, no. 1, 2009, pp. 19-36
Description
Looks at the goals of a Native American studies department which encourages high academic achievement and student contribution back to the community.
Building Partnerships between Indigenous Communities and Universities: Lessons Learned In HIV/AIDS And Substance Abuse Prevention Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Baldwin
Jeannette Johnson
Christine Benally
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 99, Supplement 1, April 2009, pp. S77-S82
Description
Discusses ways to change research paradigm by introducing a community based model which includes building and sustaining collaborative relations, cultural implementation of programs, and spreading research findings from a tribal perspective.
Building Partnerships: Conversations With Native Americans About Mental Health Needs and Community Strengths
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities
Description
Discusses mental health concerns including loss of cultural roots, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, depression, and suicide.
Building Trust and Accountability: Report on Eligibility in the Indigenous Screen Sector
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Screen Office
APTN
Archipel Research and Consulting
Description
Reports results of national consultation process about eligibility requirements and identifying those entitled to Indigenous specific-funding. Summarizes the findings from 27 interviews, 5 focus groups, 173 survey responses, and 24 participants, including industry professionals, cultural experts, traditional knowledge keepers, academics, artists, and media content creators from across Canada.
Bundjalung Jugun: Bundjalung Country
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy
Aboriginal History, vol. 33, 2009, pp. 261-262
Description
Book review of: Bundjalung Jugan by Jennifer Hoff.
Review located by scrolling to page 261.
Burried Underneath: Uncovering My First Nations Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert B. Lansdowne
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.
“But, He’s So Serious”: Framing of Masculinity Among Western Hemisphere Indigenous Peoples in Disney Animated Films
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Luisi
Journal of Men's Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2022, pp. 132-149
Description
Focuses on Pocahontas, The Emperor’s New Groove, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, and Moana.
[But Is It Art?]
Alternate Title
ReVision Quest ; July 27, 2009
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Darrell Dennis
KC Adams
Jenny Western
Alex Janvier
Joan Cardinal-Schubert
Steve Loft
Description
Discusses historical and contemporary Aboriginal art.
Duration 27:31.
"But What Is The Object of Educating These Children, If It Costs Their Lives to Educate Them?": Federal Indian Education Policy in Western Canada in The Late 1800s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard A. Enns
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 3, Fall, 2009, pp. 101-123, 245
Description
Discusses the Conservative and Liberal views of politicians regarding the federal Indian education policy, the administration of industrial schools, and the terrible conditions in the schools causing high mortality rates.
Button Blanket
Alternate Title
Vistas: Aboriginal Expressions
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Zoe L. Hopkins
Description
Integrates the creation of a Button Blanket with a traditional dance performance.
Duration: 03:39.
CAEPR Working Papers
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Description
Presents a published Working Paper Series on the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) website.
The California Indian Basketweavers Association: Advocates for the Use of Museum Collections by Contemporary Weavers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth A. Kallenbach
Museum Anthropology Review, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 1-13
Description
Discusses the history of the organization, members' involvement in documentation, and influence on collections use.
A Call to Action: An Introduction to Education, Philosophy, and Native North America
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Malia Villegas
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3, Summer, 2009, p. 252
Description
Book review of: A Call to Action by Curry Stephenson Malott.
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
Campa Cosmology: The World of a Forest Tribe in South America
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 52, pt. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald Weiss
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.52 (p.219-588).
Campaign on to Elect Sucessor to Retiring Chief Phil Fontaine
Alternate Title
Campaing on to Elect Successor to Retiring Chief Phil Fontaine
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 7, July 2009, p. 25
Description
Looks at the five candidates running in the election to succeed Chief Phil Fontaine.
Article located by scrolling to page 25.
Canada and Arctic North American: An Environmental History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Andrew Stuhl
Northern Review, no. 31, Fall, 2009, pp. 237-241
Description
Book review of Canada and Arctic North America: An Environmental History by Graeme Wynn.
Canada and the Legacy of the Indian Residential Schools: Transitional Justice for Indigenous People in a Non-Transitional Society
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Courtney Jung
Description
Expands on a previously published research brief.
Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
Canada, British Columbia, and the Development of Indian Reserve No. 2, at Chuchuwayha
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Preuss
BC Studies, no. 163, Autumn, 2009, pp. 87-121
Description
Discusses support from the Department of Indian Affairs regarding Native interests using the community of Chuchuwayha settlement as an example.
Canada Must Change Stance on Climate Change
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, December 11, 2009, p. A13
Description
Examines the effect global warming has on the environment, wildlife and Aboriginal people.
Canada Must Reclaim Its Moral Leadership
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, August 14, 2009, p. A9
Description
Contends that worldwide Indigenous peoples are gaining recognition and status and that the Canadian government has an important role to play in helping its Indigenous population preserve their culture and gain similar success.
Canada's and Europe's Northern Dimensions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anita Dey Nuttall
Mark Nuttall
John Kozij
Arja Rautio
Mikko Vienonen ... [et al.]
Description
Scroll down to read book.
Canada's Dominant Ideology Revealed: Uncovering the Crushing Oppression on Aboriginal Women
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Shari Fender
Canada’s Empty Promise : A Critical Examination of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy in Relation to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Carly Anne Sikina
Description
European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA)--University of Ljubljana, 2020.
Canada's First Nations People: Ethnicity and Leadership
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Ottmann
SA-eDUC Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, Special Edition on Education and Ethnicity, November 2009, pp. 100-116
Description
Supports the need to understand First Nations history from an Aboriginal perspective and the effects the Indian Act and residential school systems had on First Nations people in Canada.
Canada's Indian Peoples
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Verna Kirkness
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 12, July 15, 1975, pp. 7-8
Description
Essay by Verna Kirkness of the Fisher River First Nation, Manitoba, publishes report in Encyclopaedia Britannica, the first Indigenous person to do so.
Canada's MMIWG2S National Action Plan Annual Scorecard: An Annual Report Outlining the Federal Government's Progress on Implementing the Commitments Made in Their MMIWG2S National Action Plan
Alternate Title
[NWAC Report Card 2022]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Rates progress in terms of its Action Plan developed as a response to the 231 Calls for Justice presented by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).
Canada's Other Red Scare: Indigenous Protests and Colonial Encounters during the Global Sixties
Alternate Title
Rethinking Canada in the World ; 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Rutherford
Canada's Response to the On-Reserve Housing Crisis: A Study of the Kelowna Accord
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Durbin
Pimatisiwin, vol. 7, no. 2, Winter, 2009, pp. 181-200
Description
Analysis of the Kelowna Accord using the John Kingdon's Multiple Streams Model.
Canada's Strategy: Our North, Our Heritage, Our Future
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Indian Residential Schools: Whose Truth? Whose Reconciliation?
Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 81st, 2009]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nadine Changfoot
Description
Explores the theory that the experience of victimization will not change if the power structure which inflicted the damage remains unchanged.
Canada Treaty Information: Welcome to the Treaty Section
Alternate Title
Welcome to the Treaty Section
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
The Government of Canada
Description
Introduction to the 'nuts and bolts' of Canadian treaty making activities as part of the treaty section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Canadian Aboriginal Youth: Social, Interpersonal Factors are Key to Sexual Behavior
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. London
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, vol. 41, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 195-196
Description
Discusses the social environment and interpersonal experience associated with the sexual behavior of Aboriginal adolescents.
Canadian Arctic Modernization and Change in Female Inuit Role Identification
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann McElroy
American Ethnologist, vol. 2, no. 4, November 1975, pp. 662-686
Description
Argues that changes in economic and social conditions have lead women to identify more strongly with Euro-Canadian values than men.
The Canadian Armed Forces’ Eyes, Ears, and Voice in Remote Regions: Selected Writings on the Canadian Rangers
Alternate Title
[NAADSN Engage Series ; no. 9]
E-Books
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Douglas Belshaw
Description
Most relevant material found in: Chapter 2: Indigenous Canada before Contact; Chapter 5: Indigenous Canada in the Era of Contact; Chapter 8: Rupert’s Land and the Northern Plains, 1690–1870.
2nd edition.
The Canadian Indian / A Brief Outline / Les Indiens du Canada / Un bref expose - Booklet. - 1975.
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Description
This booklet covers subjects such as early administration of Aboriginals in Canada, treaties, education, housing, population and health.
Canadian Indian History
Alternate Title
Canadian History: A Distinct Viewpoint
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Richard Garneau
Description
Tells the story of Canada's First Nations peoples by dividing history sections using date timeframes.
Canadian Indian Literary Nationalism?: Critical Approaches in Canadian Indigenous Contexts – A Collaborative Interlogue
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristina Fagan
Daniel Heath Justice
Keavy Martin
Sam McKegney
Deanna Rede
et al.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 29, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 19-44
Description
Discusses Indigenous literary nationalism, a philosophy that places Indigenous intellectual and cultural values at the center of analysis by looking at creative and critical endeavors in Canadian contexts.
Canadian Inuit Community Engagement in Suicide Prevention
Alternate Title
Inuit Community Engagement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael J. Kral
Patricia K. Wiebe
Kari Nisbet
Catherine Dallas
Looee Okalik
et al.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 68, no. 3, June 2009, pp. 292-308
Description
Reviews suicide patterns among Inuit in Canada and highlights new developments in Inuit-driven and community-based suicide prevention.
The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer 2021 Report
Alternate Title
The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer 2022 Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Reconciliation Barometer
Description
Total sample for two polls was 2,106 non-Indigenous and 1,1112 Indigenous respondents. Questions were asked about 13 indicators: good understanding of past and present; acknowledgement of government, residential school and ongoing harm, engagement, mutually respectful and nation-to-nation relationships; personal and systemic equality; Indigenous thriving; Indigenous languages; respect for natural world; and apologies.
The Canadian Response to Aboriginal Residential Schools: Lessons for Australia and the United States?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Cassidy
E Law: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 38-71
Description
Discusses the historic compensation package agreed to by the Canadian federal government and the lack of any similar actions by the governments of the other two countries.
Cancer Among Aboriginal People Living on Reserves and in Northern Villages in Québec, 1984-2004: Incidence and Mortality
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rabiâ Louchini
Michel Beaupré
Description
Data compiled using area of residence in the Tumour File and the mortality file.
Cancer Doesn't Get to Dictate How We Live Our Lives
Alternate Title
Sandee Sez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Ahenakew
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2009, p. 7
Description
Author reflects on her battle with cancer, overcoming her fear of the disease, and taking time to do enjoyable activities.
Article located by scrolling to page 7.