An overview of initiatives for Aboriginal and Northern communities under Canada’s Economic Action Plan with the inclusion of two community investment impact studies conducted in the spring and summer of 2010.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 37, no. 3, September 2004, pp. 671-694
Description
Discusses the Yukon First Nations' rejection of financial terms presented by the federal and territorial governments and the implications for self-government of other First Nations.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 50-68
Description
Discusses whether the program changed attitudes toward American Indians among young learners and therefore potentially improve interracial relationships among Native Americans and non-Native Americans.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 6-8
Description
Concludes a successful partnership between the research team and the community hospital, aids the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians by providing accurate reports of kidney function.
Human Ecology, vol. 32, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 421-441
Description
Assesses the impacts of the 1984 change in Alaska fire policy from one of exclusion to one of management on Native land use in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife
Refuge.
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, vol. 67, no. 8-10, May 2004, pp. 791-808
Description
Survey of the Sencoten (Saanich) people and exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) via traditional foods including fish and aquatic resources.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 34, no. 1, 2010, pp. 41-49
Description
Examines the association of high and low birth weight factors for diabetes. To do this First Nations diabetes cases with nondiabetic First Nations controls are compared to other Saskatchewan residents diabetes cases with nondiabetic Saskatchewan controls.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 410-414
Description
Study looks at First Nations individuals with diabetes living on-reserve in Alberta, between 2001 and 2007, and notes improvements in their health status.
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Description
Looks at: family law, cultural awareness and services, child protection and the legal system, family violence law, victim assistance, impact of being a witness, police response and restorative justice.
Colloquium on Improving the Educational Outcomes of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit
Description
Colloquium had six themes: policy questions, context of K-12 education, curriculum questions, transitions from education on-reserve to off-reserve, governance and service delivery and publicly regulated education systems.
ĆELÁNEN: a Journal of Indigenous Governance, vol. 1, no. 1, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Discusses recommendations that should be made to address the conflict between the Chilean state and Mapuche Nation including establishing an exchange program between the Indigenous Institute in Temuco and the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria, B.C.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 83-99, 154
Description
Discusses the successes and failures by the provincial government on their attempts to modernize schools, and promote racial tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 490-508
Description
Argues that health care reform has altered staff work to such an extent that it has impacted on care, particularly with respect to marginalized patients.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 86-89
Description
Book review of: An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru by Titu Cusi Yupanqui ; translated by Ralph Bauer.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 86.