American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S423-S431
Description
Discusses ways to improve diagnosis and compares death rates with women in the white population by reducing racial misclassification in cancer data mortality rates.
Reviews ten sentencing decisions to better understand how s. 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code and R. vs. Gladue 1999 are interpreted by sentencing judges.
Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2017.
Brock Education Journal, vol. 18, 2008, pp. [57]-65
Description
Discusses the historical, educational, social, economical, geographical, cultural, and financial obstacles that prevent Indigenous people from qualifying for a post secondary education and some suggestions to help overcome these obstacles.
Statistics for overdose events from January 31, 2015 - November 30, 2016 and for overdose deaths from January 31, 2015 - July 31, 2016.
Sources: BC Coroners Service, Drug and Poison Information Centre, BC Emergency Health Services/Ambulance Service and emergency department visits at hospitals; supplemented by information from Centre for Disease Control.
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Peter Hutchins
Description
Presenter wraps up the conference by asking the big question: where is the rule of law and is it still applicable in state indigenous relations, not only common law, but international law, and indigenous law?
Duration: 31:50.
General statistics and well as more detailed for language, living arrangements of children, housing and mobility, educational attainment, and labour force.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 2-3, 2008, pp. 179-189
Description
Identifies if Aboriginal health research conducted within the field of social sciences reflects the population and geographic diversity of the Aboriginal population.
Naitonal Conference of Aboriginal Health Workers ; 1st, 1978
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Steven Kelly
Glenda Humes
John Ward
Tom Sines
Karen Kelly ... [et al.]
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, March 1979, pp. 35-47
Description
Article chronicles the experiences of the delegates from New South Wales (NSW) at the First National Conference of Aboriginal Health Workers, Australia, October 9-12, 1978.
Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre
Description
Brief document answers some of the most common questions regarding the OCAP™ approach to First Nations' information governance over research conducted in their communities.
Includes two groups: Chugach Eskimos of Prince William Sound and the Kodiak Eskimos of Kodiak Island and adjacent islands.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 226-227,14
Description
Book review of:
Paddling To Where I Stand edited by Martine J. Reid, translated by Daisey Sewid-Smith.
Images Paget Code thought were important or interesting, including a photo of Thomas McKay, a contemporary and opponent of Louis Riel; who was also the first mayor of Prince Albert. Also included is the Thunderbird Stone at Kamsack, Saskatchewan.
Purpose of study was to look at provincial mandates and work to date and determine whether inter-provincial best practices could be developed. Sources of information were literature search, primary documents and semi-structured interviews.
The Northwest Passage and the Construction of Inuit Pan-Arctic Identities
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
Michael Bravo
Fraser Taylor
Description
Atlas focuses on Eastern and Central Canadian Arctic and provides synoptic view of "Inuit mobility and occupancy of Arctic waters, coasts and lands, including its icescapes, as documented in written historical records (maps of trails and place names)".
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Podcast speaks about issues surrounding the records including access to the records, five restrictions on the records, protocols, and the independent assessment process.
Duration: unknown.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-19
Description
Argues that treaties are a fourth-world text, both promoting and negating sovereignty. To gain in the courts means the American legal system is recognized and ultimately pronounces decisions that effect the reality of Native Americans.
Journal of Co-operative Studies, vol. 47, no. 1, Summer, 2014, pp. 25-38
Description
Looks at the Eagle Woman's Lodge transition house which offers educational and training opportunities for Aboriginal women who are coming out of provincial corrections facilities, federal prisons, and drug treatment centers.
Critically reviews a project which had two key objectives: to better link the community to local Indigenous information and to deliver improved services to local Indigenous communities.