Looks at the incidence rate, determinants of tuberculosis infection and social determinants of health.
Chapter 14 from Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 7th edition.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 6, June 2010, pp. 1-2
Description
Comments on the annual SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Awards of Excellence, and highlights the achievements of some exceptional youth.
Article found on pages 1 and 2.
Discusses the increase in tourism the movie has brought to the town of Forks, Washington and the near by Quileute Indian Reservation and the appropriation of tribal cultural property.
Looks at the challenges affecting performance of Aboriginal students and the benefit of using principles which combine both Indigenous and western perspectives in the classroom.
Two From the Island: Recent Work Relating to the Mi'kmaq of Prince Edward Island
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John Crossley
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, 1990, pp. 143-150
Description
Review of the article: "Theophilus Stewart and the Plight of the Micmac" by Alan Andrew MacEachern in The Island Magazine, 28:3-11 (Fall/Winter 1990) and the book Micmac by Choice: Elsie Sark, and Island Legend by M. Olga McKenna.
George Wright Forum, The, vol. 27, no. 2, 2010, p. 222–233
Description
Examines the unique legal and constitutional relationship with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and Parks Canada including the legislative policy and corporate changes that have occurred over the last 30 years.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 63-79
Description
Examines the history of Aboriginal cross-gender roles and discusses approaches to improve the quality of social work practices by including traditional Aboriginal practices and worldviews.
Special Investigation Report (Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth) ; May, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Pringle
Description
Findings from investigation of one child's death at the hands of another. The children were under the supervision of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services and the Yorkton Tribal Council Child and Family Services, respectively.
Ministry of Social Services' Response.
Update.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 103-114
Description
Takes a second look at celebrating the arrival of Columbus, an event that led to five hundred years of the dismantling of Aboriginal cultures and land expropriation.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, Developments and Challenges of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Five Years On, Spring, 2014, pp. 1-32
Description
Comments on the Ainu being recognized as indigenous people in 2008 and how this corresponded with the development of global indigenous movements and the international legal discourse on indigenous people.
National Journal of Constitutional Law, vol. 26, no. 2, March 2010, pp. 121-229
Description
Concludes that Canada's position is out of sync with constitutional and international obligations and is undermining international human rights system.
Policy Brief (Centre for International Governance Innovation) ; no. 39
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Charis Enns
Description
Discusses concerns expressed by Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People and provides recommendations for improvements to situation of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Ethics Forum, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 23-35
Description
Argues that Canada's commission faces many of the same challenges and obstacles as truth commissions associated with under-developed countries emerging from authoritarian regimes.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 107-124
Description
Book reviews of:
The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations by Kevin Bruyneel.
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790–1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 107-124
Description
Book reviews of:
The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations by Kevin Bruyneel.
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790–1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.
Explores issues of non-Aboriginal perceptions of Aboriginals, legal definitions, and Aboriginals' own attitudes about self-identification.
Duration: 20:48.