Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1995, pp. 89-100
Description
Findings indicate that First Nations women don't regularly attend prenatal care, with the reasons most often cited including transportation problems and communication difficulties.
International Criminal Law Review, vol. 10, no. 1, 2010, pp. 111-135
Description
Discusses the Indigenous Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada, formed to gather proof of genocide which could result in criminal cases against personnel responsible and compensation.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 2, no. 2, 1977, p. [?]
Description
Examines five plays written over a period of one hundred years: Charles Mair's Tecumseh (1886), Robertson Davies' At My Heart's Core (1950), John Coulter's Riel (1962) and The Trial of Louis Riel (1967), and James Reaney's Sticks and Stones (1973).
[Intersections 2010]: Encounters: Situating "Relation" in Communication and Culture
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jason Stabler
Description
Looks at how the social construction of Canadian identity may present a barrier in achieving a meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
Paper presented at "Encounters: Situating 'Relation' in Communication and Culture" Intersections 2010
9th Annual Graduate Student Conference hosted hosted by the students in the Joint Program in Communication and Culture, York and Ryerson Universities.
Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada, vol. 34, no. 2-3, July 2014, pp. 103-112
Description
Compares prevalence of smoking, obesity, level of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and alcohol use as well as uptake of screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer. Uses data from 2007 and 2011 Canadian Community Health Survey.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 3-10
Description
Interviews with winners for Aboriginal Private Sector Business Award, the Community Category, and Individual Economic Developer of the year.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
Public Health Reports, vol. 110, no. 1, January-February 1995, pp. 87-94
Description
Genetic predisposition, changes in diet and activity found to contribute to Navajo peoples susceptibility to diabetes, which is complicated by renal and cardiovascular disease.
Is This Our Canada? How Racial Discrimination in Children's Services Undermines the Potential of This Generation of First Nations Children and What You Can do to Help
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Executive Director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada speaks on inequities in funding for Aboriginal children, focusing on Jordan's Principle, Shannen's Dream, and the discrimination complaint lodged with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5 (slide show)
Total Duration: 41:88.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Crossing Borders, Winter, 2010
Description
Comments and observations from a writer and photographer, who toured five tribal colleges in Montana, including noting a strong female presence in leadership roles and feeling very welcomed by all campuses.
Book review of Carrying on Irregardless edited by Peter Morin, Martine J. Reid, and Mike Robinson.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 157.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 81-94
Description
Discusses ramifications of the courts' ruling on a case which alleged discrimination on the part of the federal government's Pilot Sales Program, a program which allowed Aboriginals preferential treatment not only for sustenance salmon fishing, but for commercial purposes as well.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 25760
Description
Study contends exposure to the parent compound of the phthalate metabolite MEHP may be associated with breast cancer but further study is warranted using a larger sample size.
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Andrea Carmen
Description
Looks at the purposes of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
Chapter 17 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.
Examines the crucial role between media technologies and the process of Māori cultural revitalization, sustainability and development for post-settlement Ngāi Tahu.
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Inventory Project (FIMESIP)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF)
Description
Discusses a program which provides unemployed Aboriginal youth the targeted training they need to obtain either advanced training or employment in a specific occupation or trade.