Aboriginal Health Human Resources "A Pillar For The Future": A Discussion Paper for the International Network for Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development Forum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bernice Downey
National Aboriginal Health Organization
Description
Discusses the need for health human resources planning for the general Canadian population and Aboriginal peoples.
Looks at the results of research undertaken to assess forest tenure as one indicator of Aboriginal participation in the management and economic aspects of forestry. The document also assess the progress made in achieving increased Aboriginal participation in the forest sector.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, March 1981, pp. 13-15
Description
Author argues that most neglected part of Australian Aboriginal health is mental health and that alcohol abuse is rooted in the rapid changes in Aboriginal society.
Tough on Kids: Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ross Gordon Green
Kearney F. Healy
Justice as Healing, vol. 8, no. 4, Winter, 2003, p. [?]
Description
Asserts that the British legal system cannot be successfully transfer to Indigenous people, due to philosophical differences.
Excerpt from chapter four of Tough on Kids: Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justice.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, July/August 2003, pp. 10-11
Description
Describes partnership between Aboriginal Medical Services (Australia) and a local hospital to create an ear, nose and throat outreach clinic in New South Wales.
Discusses Treaty 8, provincial government policies and initiatives to accommodate Aboriginal rights and interests, and initiatives of the resource sector.
Examines sentencing circles and their potential to change the lives of victims, offenders, and community; also looks at a new relationship between community and government.
Brief profiles of the following politicians: Joan Beatty, Buckley Belanger, Carole James, Bonnie Leonard, Len Marchand, Bob Nault, Charles Fox, and Steve Kakfi.
Examines the increase in incarceration from 1991 to 2001, and found that Aboriginal people were not being assisted while in prison or when released from prison.
Examines how the federalisation of Aboriginal people and the racial reactions to it gave birth to a redefinition of Aboriginality in Australia.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 133.
Study examines three options that have been recommended for improving Aboriginal representation at the federal level in Canada. Looks at examples from Maine, New Zealand, and the Sami parliaments in Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
Aboriginal Tourism in Canada: Part II: Trends, Issues, Constraints and Opportunities: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BearingPoint LP
Goss Gilroy Inc.
Description
Identifies five key areas with respect to development of the industry: profile and economic impacts, identification of trends, identification of issues, opportunities and findings.