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 Evaluation: Fatherhood is Sacred® and Motherhood is Sacred™
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Ann Marie Goodrow
Description
Social Work Project (MSW)--Humboldt State University, 2015.
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.
Progress for Aboriginal Peoples Still Haunted by the Past
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Simpson
Inside Policy, April 8, 2015, pp. 16-23
Description
Discusses the challenges of finding a better place for Aboriginal peoples in our society and comments on previous failed policies.
Entires issues on one pdf. to access article, scroll to page 16.
Progress Report: September 2013 - March 2015: Debwewin Jury Review Implementation Committee
Alternate Title
Debwewin: The First Nation Jury Review Implementation Committee: Progress Report: September 2013 - March 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debwewin Jury Review Implementation Committee
Description
Reports on actions taken in response to recommendations made in the Honourable Frank Iacobucci's report First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries. Purpose of the Independent Review was to ensure and enhance representation of First Nations persons living on reserves on provincial jury rolls; and to strengthen the relationship between Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General and First Nations on the issue.
[Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native Americans]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Matika Wilbur
Description
Matika Wilbur shares photographs and stories from Project 562, her multi-year project to document members of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
Duration: 1:42:58.
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 of Heart: Illuminating the Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in BC
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Nancy Knickerbocker]
Description
Teacher resource.
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 the Aboriginal Population and Households in Canada, 2011 to 2036
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Demosim Team
Jean-Dominique Morency
Éric Caron-Malefant
Simon Coulombe
Stéphanie Langlois
Description
Report presents projections based on the latest data available, the 2011 National Household Data Survey.
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 Education Interventions to Improve the Achievement of Native American Students: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dan Jesse
Judy Northup
Amanda Withington
Description
Topics include: school improvement; literacy, mathematics, and science; language and culture; behavioural and social-emotional interventions; and parent, family, and community involvement.
Promising Healing Practices for Interventions Addressing Intergenerational Trauma Among Aboriginal Youth: A Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amrita Roy
Raheem Noormohamed
Rita Isabel Henderson
Wilfreda E. Thurston
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [62]-81
Description
Comments on the recommendations for intervention found in peer-reviewed literature and "grey" sources.
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 First Nations and Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health Programs: Community Perspectives on What Works: A Report on the Findings from the BC Tripartite First Nations and Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health Working Group
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah Schwartz
Description
Reports results of interviews and group discussions with health directors and program coordinators for First Nations communities, as well health authority and government staff responsible implementing programs.
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 a Decolonized Model of Type II Diabetes Care for Aboriginal Peoples Living along the North Shore of Lake Huron
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roger S. Pilon
Description
Rural and Northern Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Laurentian University, 2015.
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.
Pronounced Differences: Linguistics Experts Are Leaving Us Tongue-Tied
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher Moore
Canada's History, vol. 95, no. 6, December-January 2015, p. 20
Description
Reports on a name restoration movement in Canada to better reflect Indigenous origins.
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.
The Protect Mauna Kea Movement: Since Before the Overthrow in 1893
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katie Kamelamela
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 1, no. 2, Reterritorialising Social Media: Indigenous People Rise Up, 2015
Description
Speaker discusses ongoing activism by Hawaiians to assert sovereignty and protect their environment, the movement to stop the construction of a new telescope on the sacred peak of Mauna Kea, and how it has been utilizing social media.
Duration 51:11.
Protecting Our Women Needs Assessment
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tessa Jourdain
Shauna Fontaine
Description
Conducted to inform project involving creation of a Protecting Our Women Safety Plan and Toolkit for use in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Protecting the Commitments in Modern Day Land Claims and Co-Management in the Northwest Territories: A Summary of Tłįcho Government v. Canada, 2015 NWTSC 09
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nuri Frame
Jason Madden
Description
Provides an overview and a summary of the Northwest Territories Supreme Court's decision.
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.
Protecting Women's Rights to the Family Home on Reserve: Important Changes for Both Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women
Alternate Title
Family Law Education for Women (FLEW)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tamar Witelson
Emily Hill
Description
Webinar looks at family law in Ontario and changes that allow for more safety for women and children and access to the family home when the relationship ends.
Duration: 1:14:15.
Protective Factors for Mental Health and Well-Being in a Changing Climate: Perspectives from Inuit Youth in Nunatsiavut, Labrador
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Petrasek MacDonald
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
James D. Ford
Inez Shiwak
Michele Wood
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 141, September 2015, pp. 133-141
Description
Study conducted in-depth interviews with 17 15-25 year-olds from five coastal communities in the region. Five major themes emerged: being on the land, connecting to Inuit culture, strong communities, relationships with family and friends, and staying busy.
Protectors of the Land: Toward an EA Process that Works for Aboriginal Communities and Developers
Alternate Title
Aboriginal People and Environmental Stewardship ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bram Noble
Aniekan Udofia
Description
Discuses what might be done to improve the environmental assessment process and provide more meaningful engagement in order to avoid delays or added costs to projects.
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.
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.
The Provincial Implementation Team Report on the Recommendations of the Brian Sinclair Inquest Report: 90 Day Report
,
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Herd
Jean Cox
Bernadette Preun
Avis Gray
Beth Beaupre
Barry Mathers ... [et al.]
Description
Outlines actions taken by team, and the short-, medium- and long-term plans for assessment and implementation of recommendations from the inquest into death of man who died while waiting to receive treatment in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
[Prudence: A Novel]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeremy M. Carnes
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 27, no. 3, Summer, 2015, pp. 109-112
Description
Book review of: Prudence: A Novel by David Treuer.
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.
The Psychological Landscape of "Ceremony"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 1, A Special Symposium Issue on Leslie Marmon Silko's , 1979, pp. 7-12
Description
An examination of the Ceremony's main character Tayo mental struggles and its representation of Indigenous cultures connection to land.
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.
Psychometrics in Parenting Capacity Assessments: A Problem for Aboriginal Parents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter W. Choate
Amber McKenzie
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope For Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [31]-43
Description
Contends that child protection authorities and assessors need to develop culturally appropriate methods to assess Aboriginal parents.
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.
Psychosocial Distress and Wellbeing: Resilience Among Indigenous Mayan Women in Western Guatemala
Theses
Author/Creator
Tanya Lee
Description
Social and Transcultural Psychiatry Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2015.
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.
Public Health and the Sad Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louise Potvin
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 5, July/August 2015, pp. 257-260
Description
Reports on the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), one of which is a call for equity of health for Indigenous people in Canada.
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