Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 1-2
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Comments on the North American Indigenous Games, residential school survivors, Dr. Marie Battiste, the death of RCMP officer Robin Cameron, and more.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 2.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. 19-20
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Biennial conference attracted 1,200 delegates. Only two issues have been on the agenda for the 17 years of these gatherings. One is indigenous life expectancy, the other indigenous health inequality.
NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, March/April 2007, pp. 21-23
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Discusses program which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, May/June 2005, pp. 11-14
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Describes the process undertaken to combat the high mortality rates from cervical cancer of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women compared with non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Document written as a result of a summit held in Toronto, 2007 with the aim of furthering the cause of the Aboriginal performing arts sector in Canada.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, [Indian Country: Art, Politics and Resistance], January/February 2007, pp. 24-34
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Focuses on six contemporary artists: Riel Benn, Helen Madelaine, Leah Fontaine, Kale Bonham, KC Adams and Colleen Cutschall, the challenges Aboriginal artists face and the legacy of the Woodland School Arts Movement
Argues that there is no quick fix for long standing health problems, but the answer lies in a sustained effort to improve the standard of living and health care services for all Aboriginal peoples.
Statistical information about demographics of entrepreneurs, business performance, objectives and future growth expectations, operations and structure, employment, markets, and financing.
Based on 2001 Census and Aboriginal Entrepreneurs Survey.
States that the jurisdictions of the provinces and First Nations overlap in many areas and argues that provincial governments have not come to grips with this reality.