Looks at the recommendations that were generated by youth, researchers, practitioners and policy makers in four workshops during the seminar.
"November 7-8, 2009. Conference Report"
Indigenous Children, Youth and Families in the Next 150 Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Special Edition Children and Youth: Indigenous Children, Youth and Families in the Next 150 Years, 2018, pp. 6-27
Description
Special issue features artwork, creative writing, short essays and poetry by Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and youth.
Looks at the key tools for working on horizontal outcome focused projects; at conducting a document analysis of the legislation, policies and practices related to each tool; and developing a framework and implementation strategy to identify how the horizontal tools could be applied to produce integrated services in support of First Nations community development.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 117-125
Description
Using the work of writer-artist Paul Goble to compare the depiction of Plains natives in his books versus the more stereotypical images found in most children literature. These inaccurate depictions become part of children's worldviews depicting Indigenous peoples as a lost culture rather than a group that continues to adapt throughout history.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 105, March 2014, p. 59–66
Description
Examines the experiences of drug user patients in hospital settings and the social, structural, and environmental factors that contribute to self discharge.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 4, Fall, 2018, pp. 427-453
Description
Using the United Nations’ 1948 definition of genocide and the framework of settler colonialism as lenses, author examines the 1779 efforts of George Washington and the other military men he enlisted (Generals John Sullivan, James Clinton, Horatio Gates; Colonels Daniel Brodhead and Goose van Schaick) to “annihilate the Haudenosaunee” in order to clear lands for settler occupation.
Provides historical background about issues relating to the play about the murdered and missing women from the "Highway of Tears", a section of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Discussion centers on Inquiry's focus areas: patterns of supply and demand, social and economic determinants of use, trends and prevalence of harms, implications of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and best practice treatments, strategies and identification
Statistical table broken down into living in/able to access adequate and suitable housing, and living below adequacy and suitability standards and unable to access acceptable housing for owners, renters and band housing in Canada as whole, as well as each province/territory. Each Census year on separate tab.
Source: CMHC (National Household-based housing indicators and data).
Statistical table broken down into living in/able to access acceptable housing, and living in core housing need by type of need. Each Census year on separate tab.
Source: CMHC (National Household-based housing indicators and data).
Statistical table broken down into living in/able to access acceptable housing and living in core housing need by type of need for owners and renters in Canada as a whole, as well as provinces/territories. Each Census year on separate tab.
Source: CMHC (National Household-based housing indicators and data).
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series; 04-019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study which conducted survey of service providers and facilities in select Canadian cities, and five individuals with the disease. Found that existing facilities were under-utilized and more culturally relevant options were needed.
Originally published in 2004, revised in 2010.
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 4, Special Issue: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Orders, December 2018, pp. 354-364
Description
Examines the complexity of identity and community belonging in the context of the Indian Act, colonial influence, Indigenous kinship systems, contemporary spaces, and the 2016 revision of Kahnawà:ke Law on Membership regarding adoption.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 7-27
Description
Concludes that "early childhood educators should encourage and support Indigenous parents', families', and communities' efforts to ensure that their children acquire their Indigenous languages and cultures by identifying, embracing and incorporating Indigenous perspectives on how children learn in early childhood programs and classrooms".
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 82, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 313-336
Description
Documents the role of Danish painter and traveler, Emilie Demant (later Demant Hatt) who encouraged Johan Turi to write the narratives and provides explanations of Sámi culture and beliefs.
Overview of project which gathered information from traditional knowledge holders to identify concepts and information needed to define Inuit food security and overarching drivers of security and insecurity.
Authors examine how traditional Indigenous knowledge might be integrated into knowledge-production and governance structures in the Norwegian and Finish Atlantic Salmon fisheries. Article advocates for using the Näätämö co-management project as an example of best practice in Arctic Environmental governance.
Discusses how Oscar Howe has created a liner abstract design concept that utilizes the formal elements of line, color and space to bridge the gap between traditional Indian values and the world of contemporary art.
Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 189-207
Description
Uses Statistics Canada Aboriginal Peoples Survey to look at certain parts of economic and social well-being of people over 134 First Nations communities.
"Plenary paper at the conference The Real California Gold: Indigenous & Immigrant Heritage Languages of California, University of California Davis, May 7-8, 2010."