Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 4, November 2006, pp. 159-167
Description
Looks at two research themes: to test theoretical models of Aboriginal suicidal behaviour and to determine the optimal individual, community, and school-based interventions to reduce suicidal behaviour.
Guidelines designed create resources to support community driven initiatives and services that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal children with special needs.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 29-31
Description
Discusses how Aboriginally determined territories in cyberspace can be defined, maintained, and expanded so Inbdigenous people can illustrate their stories.
Discusses the tests used by the Supreme Court of Canada to determine whether Aboriginal title exists. Uses the Delgamuukw v. British Columbia case as example of the principle of first occupancy.
Duration: 7:17.
Looks at both strategies and concerns regarding Aboriginal tourism as a tool of cross-cultural awareness by examining a detailed survey of Aboriginal cultural tourism operators from across Canada.
Discusses the results of the strategy on developing the Aboriginal tourism industry including generating business and employment opportunities, improving economic conditions, and challenges to developing the Aboriginal tourism sector.
Aboriginal Transitions: Undergraduate to Graduate Studies (AT: U2G) Phase 1 Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jo-ann Archibald
Michelle Pidgeon
Colleen Hawkey
Description
Research was conducted to answer three questions: what factors facilitate or hinder admission to graduate programs, how can these be changed to improve retention, and what components would be necessary in a successful transition program.
Victims of Crime Research Digest, no. 3, 2010, pp. 15-19
Description
Summarizes findings published in the report A Review of Research on Criminal Victimization and First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples 1990-2008.
Entire issue on one pdf. To read article, scroll down to page 15.
Focuses on incidence, severity, causes, and consequences of violence, and resources available both on- and off-reserve. Qualitative data gathered through focus groups of women and key informant interviews with service providers.
Assessment of the requirements for shelters and the current capacity in Saskatoon to deal with these women. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.
Discusses the barriers Aboriginal women face in accessing HIV/AIDS-related services and examines research and projects that address the specific care, treatment and support needs of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Website contains publications and general information, as well as related links, in an attempt to aid others in understanding the health and health issues of Aboriginal women.
Using a two eyed seeing approach looks at how Aboriginal women shape sports around them and presents findings from interviews held at an Aboriginal women in Canadian sport national roundtable held in 2008.
File contains two negatives from a meeting of the Aboriginal Women's Council of Saskatchewan, presumably held in Prince Albert, SK, on January 26, 1989. Two scanned images show two Council members with educational materials.
Discusses the need to develop a national private sector-Aboriginal partnership strategy to ease the labour shortage and ensure First Nations do not miss out on job opportunities.
Looks at the emergence of the Canadian comic industry and the superhero genre. Discusses examples like Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Canada Jack, and Johnny Canuck.