Report presented to the Standing Committee on Finance concerning pre-budget consultations on the housing crisis and lack of action by Canadian government.
Focuses on literature relating to driving forces and motivations of governments, education and scholarship providers, and students and families for this education option when students reside in remote locations.
Stream: Culture/Politics/Technology, vol. 1, no. 2, 2008, pp. 1-22
Description
Discusses how the media can reform their practices to promote democratic, inclusive intercultural dialogue, and help solve conflicts between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
Bringing Them Home and the Contemporary Criminalization of Indigenous Young People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Cunneen
AILR, vol. 12, Special Edition, pp. [46]-54
Description
Overview of juvenile justice over the past ten years in Australia and discussion about lack of action on reforms to the system as suggested in the report Bringing Them Home.
Report of investigation into factors that may have led to the suicide of an 18-year-old Métis youth who was under the care of the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 33, no. 10, October 2014, pp. 1023-1026
Description
Study concludes that rates of lower respiratory tract infections are elevated in First Nations infants living in the Sioux Lookout Zone and hospitalization rates were approximately double the provincial average.
Discusses the relationship between bronchitis and environmental factors that increase the likelihood of contracting the illness amongst Indigenous populations.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 177-178
Description
Highlights the difficulties faced by reserve residents when accessing urban amenities.
Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education ; [v. 2]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Scott MacAulay
Warren Weir
Wanda Wuttunee
Description
Focuses on the Council's activities, in particular the National Training and Professional Certification Program.
Chapter from Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education, vol. 2, edited by Alain Fayolle.
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada speaks about the Commission's mandate and activities, and what Canadian society must do to achieve true reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples.
Duration: 1:11:22.
Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; March 2014
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 6097]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stefan Fournier
Description
Explores way to enhance capacity and well-being in Tłįcho community by identifying strengths and vulnerabilities and pinpointing strategies to increase capacity and manage change and opportunities.
Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 10, no. 2, [Building the First Mile], 2014, p. [?]
Description
Focuses on partnership developed between the First Nations Education Council's Technology Department and 30 Quebec First Nations for the provision of network services.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 105-123
Description
Case study of Alberta school which implemented professional learning communities of practice; reports on the effect it had on teaching methods and student achievement.
Provides summary of past and current policies and programs in Canada, discusses initiatives in Aboriginal communities and common themes or objectives, looks at international Indigenous communities for similarities in concerns and challenges and how they are responding.
Studies gender roles in three novels: Not Wanted on the Voyage, Salt Fish Girl, and Kiss of the Fur Queen.
English & Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2014.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Description
Looks at the effectiveness of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Service to Science initiative which provided training and customized evaluation technical assistance to locally-developed substance abuse prevention programs.