[A National Conversation among Aboriginal Canadians Living in the Cities]
[Canadian Public Opinion and the Policy Agenda]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Indian Communication Arts (INCA)
First Nations University]
Paul Francis James
Geoffrey Prantau
Tina Pisuktie
Kenneth Chakasim
Collin Graham ... [et al.]
Description
In interviews, thirty-three individuals from across Canada discuss living in urban centres, identity, and contemporary issues they consider to be important.
Each interview is approximately 30 min. long.
Outlines current conditions, identifies barriers to policy development and discusses three areas for improvement: clarification of jurisdictional responsibilities, renewed focus on reconciliation, and development of a city accord. Uses Winnipeg and Edmonton initiatives as examples.
Qualitative Health Research, vol. 20, no. 4, April 2010, pp. 506-523
Description
Examines why tuberculosis continues to be a serious health issue. The article also discusses the challenges to TB prevention and treatment for Aboriginal people in Montreal.
Paper (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute) ; no. 12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rowland Atkinson
Elizabeth Taylor
Maggie Walter
Description
Discusses how the non-Indigenous population contributes to serious socio-economic disparity of the Indigenous population by ignoring their exclusion and political marginalization.
Topics examined in report are: demographics, data sources, health status, determinants of health, jurisdictional issues, trends in research, and suggested topics for future research.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 25-31
Description
Looks at the differences in rural versus urban birth and infant outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Quebec.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul Berger
Description
Comments on the findings from interviews with 74 Inuit adults regarding what they like about schooling and what they would like to see change.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Urutahi Koataata Maori: Working with Maori in Film & Television
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bradford Haami
Description
Intended to provide information to guide local film and television production community, visiting internationals, broadcasters, funders, and educational institutes in their engagements with Māori content and communities.
European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies ; 16th
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tracie Scott
Description
Discusses how competing interpretations of history have influenced arguments used, and decisions rendered, in court cases.
Excerpt from Dynamics of Canada: Studying Canada's Past and Current Realities edited by Keith Battarbee and Mélanie Buchart.
Entire volume on one pdf. To access this paper scroll to p. 99.
International Journal of the Commons, vol. 4, no. 1, February 2010, p. 36–55
Description
Looks at two joint ventures ability or inability to contribute the extra dimensions of development in forest management desired by Aboriginal communities.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 179, no. 4, August 12, 2008, pp. 319-326
Description
Study used information for Manitoba extracted from the Population Health Research Data Repository and categorized patients by sex, degree of comorbidity and ethnic background (Aboriginal v. non-Aboriginal).
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sarah Bonesteel
Description
Explores how Inuit Qaujimajatiqamgot has been used to implement traditional social and cultural practices as operational policy.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, International Processes: Perspectives and Challenges, April 2002, pp. 26-31
Description
Chronicles how Indigenous organizations have played a role within the workings of the United Nations, by using international human rights procedures.
To access this article scroll down to page 26.
American Studies International, vol. 40, no. 3, October 1, 2002, pp. 6-32
Description
Impact on the life of Tecumseh's descendant, Thomas Wildcat Alford of the Shawnee tribe, who was selected by elders to attend a government boarding school in the late 1800's.
Examines a cultural sensitive and responsive framework, developed as a resource for health workers to promote Aboriginal health, which considers factors and approaches, builds on Aboriginal strengths, and reflects on values, assumptions and feedback.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 10-17
Description
Discussion of how narratives of frontline child protection social workers with Cree First Nation worldviews and Western perspectives can be used to help improve child welfare services.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stacey I. Oberly
Description
Case study using the Ute Reference Grammar.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Looks at how the Yekooche First Nation used the viable cluster-based learning approach effectively to maximizing the use of learning technologies to support collaborative, project-based learning and community-wide development.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 40, no. 3, Chronic Illness Management, 2008, pp. 16-36
Description
Focus of the article is the expansion of understanding diabetes within a specific cultural context by connecting philosophical, epistemological, and methodological orientations to research.