Policy Series (Frontier Centre for Public Policy) ; no. 28
[Aboriginal Governance Index, 2006-2007]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Sandberg
Dennis Owens
Rebecca Walberg
Description
Index based on six broad areas: elections, administration, human rights, transparency, services and economy. Meant to be a benchmark for First Nations to measure their progress in achieving responsible self-government.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 51-52
Description
Formative evaluation monitors program activities, tests for progress in achievement and identifies areas for improvement throughout the process of program delivery.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, September/October 2000, pp. 5-10
Description
The conference, held in Perth, Australia adopted the theme, "Cultural Partnerships - Unified in Health" heard from a variety of speakers who expanded on the theme.
The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 185, no. 1, July 2006, pp. 40-45
Description
Identifies barriers for supplying primary healthcare to diabetes and other chronically ill patients. Recommends developing the role of Aboriginal healthcare workers to include counselling and health promotion.
Responses broken down into First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Questions centered around knowledge, sexual behaviour, stigma/discrimination, typology, etc.
Looks at the way Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has become identified as a Indigenous health and social problem and how it impacts cross-cultural relations.
Part of the Summary: Report 10: Proceedings of the Advanced Study Institute: The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples. To view scroll down to page 95.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 2, 2006, pp. 229-244
Description
Examines project initiated to determine why Aboriginals are underrepresented in high school science classes, how to improve participation rates and promote the choice of science-related occupations.
Discusses practices which foster skills such as critical thinking, participation, communication, problem-solving, decision-making, creative thinking, collaboration, and information gathering.
Largely based on Statistics Canada's 2001 Census of Population, and supplemented by information from Labour Force Survey and Manitoba Bureau of Statistics' demographic projections.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 40-43
Description
Author who is a white physician and faculty member of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine reports of the efforts of his University to attract and retain Native American medical students.
Describes vision and action strategies for Aboriginal Mental Health by providing influential background factors, documentation, direction for service providers, and coordination of facilities and service delivery.
FORUM on Corrections Research , vol. 12, no. 1, Managing Addictions, January 2000, pp. 61-64
Description
Examines the over-representation of Aboriginals in the penal system and compares statistics on the offences committed by Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals who have applied for parole.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 10-15
Description
Comparison of North American Indian, Metis and Inuit/Innu offenders; based on data gathered by Correctional Service of Canada’s Offender Management System (OMS), Offender Intake Assessment (OIA) process, and Community Intervention Scale (CIS).
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 4, July/August 2006, pp. 305-[?]
Description
Diabetes Outreach Van Enhancement (DOVE) study conducted to determine whether demographic or clinical differences existed between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients with type 2 diabetes.
Study undertaken assess what steps could be taken by Community Legal Education Ontario to improve access. Fifty-six individuals from over 40 agencies provided information through interviews or focus groups.