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.
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.
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.
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 1998, p. [?]
Description
Project offering alternative approaches and services for youth in the present justice system.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Links include sites about land claims, Treaty, case law, business, media, First Nations, Inuit, Metis organizations, and a gateway to many Native American sites.
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.
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.
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.
Justice as Healing, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1998, p. [?]
Description
Indigenous philosophy about sentencing stresses reconciliation and restoring community peace and equilibrium. Reprint of Chapter 3 of the book: Justice in Aboriginal Communities: Sentencing Alternatives.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Lancet, vol. 352, no. 9138, January 17, 1998, p. 194
Description
Outlines the denial of a deal in which a land claim by the Jawoyn Aboriginal community was traded for an alcohol-rehabilitation centre and two renal-dialysis machines.
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.