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The Media Gaze: Representations of Diversities in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Augie Fleras
Description
Comments on media coverage of Aboriginal people which portrays negative stereotypes and images.
Chapter one from The Media Gaze: Representations of Diversities in Canada.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer, 1998, pp. 305-325
Description
Contends contemporary authors like Owen's explore the complexites of relationships fundamental to individual and cultural identity in an attempt to rediscover a sense of place and community, but also to bring about political and cultural change.
ETHOS, vol. 36, no. 3, September 2008, pp. 316-333
Description
Looks at how stress goes beyond everyday anxiety to include the positioning of Aboriginal women's lives within a particular local, cultural, shared, and collective historical context.
A "hyperhistory in progress," with at least one interpretive episode added each month. Includes journal excerpts, First Nations history, natural history and geography. Includes Journal excerpts from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Post Script , vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 27-[?]
Description
Discusses impact two women filmmakers have had on the National Film Board of Canada's productions and their re-imagining of western cinematic traditions.
Public Health Reports, vol. 126, no. 4, July-August 2011, pp. 508-521
Description
Explores epidemiology and trends from 1998-2006. Recommends increasing prevention and education efforts by focusing on high risk regions and age groups.
Examines the structural factors behind disproportionality in the system and reviews approaches that go beyond traditional limits of social welfare systems.
Claiming Spaces: Proceedings of the 2007 National Maori and Pacific Psychologies Symposium, 23-24 November, Hamilton
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Erika Te Hiwi
Description
Looks into racism in the North Island of New Zealand.
Excerpt from Claiming Spaces: Proceedings of the 2007 National Maori and Pacific Psychologies Symposium, 23-24 November, Hamilton edited by Michelle Levy, Linda Waimarie Nikora, Bridgette Masters-Awatere, Mohi Rua, Waikaremoana Waitoki.
Dissecting Internal Community Barriers and Subsequent Devaluation of Indigenous Graduates: A Discussion on Stereotypes, Knowledge, Power and Social Space Based on an
The ApoB/apoA-1 in Sami, Kven and Norwegian Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tove Nystad
Egil Utsi
Randi Selmer
Jan Brox
Marita Melhus
Eiliv Lund
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 1, 2008, pp. [68]-83
Description
Findings revealed that middle aged Sami have elevated levels of apoB/apoA-1 ratio and total cholesterol compared with the overall Norwegian population.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 137, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 412-424
Description
Study results suggest the Y chromosome population structure of Native North America was significantly altered by European admixture which has resulted in a decreasing gradient of haplogroup R from the northeast to the southwest of North America.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 303-316
Description
Examines the belief systems about diabetes in American Indian elders with two practice models, one an Indigenous model, valuing traditional American Indian culture, the other a mainstream model, aligned with western biomedicine.
Argues that First Nation communities must look beyond timber harvesting to develop strategies encompassing new and different approaches to forest-based development.
Discusses concerns which include intercultural communication, school climate, roles, curriculum development and implementation, recruiting, and placement practices.
Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, vol. 29, 2011, pp. 55-72
Description
Illustrates the Supreme Court's position on reconciliation as a means of integration using the doctrine of reconciliation from the Sparrow case of 1990 to the Little Salmon decision of 2010.