First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
Description
Report based on responses to questionnaire completed by 96 counsellors and workers in the field. Assessed current services and areas for improvement. Includes three case studies of successful programs.
Case comment on Brown v Canada (Attorney General), the class action suit in Ontario involving the removal of children from their families on reserve, and placing them with non-Indian adoptive families, and foster and group homes. At issue was whether the Federal government had breached fiduciary or common law duties to prevent loss of identity in post-placement period.
Submission to the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in the Northern Territory
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Description
Statistics show there is a breakdown of Indigenous community and family due to an erosion of traditional, customary law functions that address behavior. Looks at recognition of Aboriginal title using various cases as examples.
Salish Kootenai College Provides Online Information Technology Classes at Crownpoint
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 2, Traditional Wisdom Our Strength, Winter, 2006
Description
Looks at the online information technology classes offered to American Indian students in the United States and to Indigenous students in Alberta, British Columbia, and Australia.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, 2017, pp. 33-46
Description
Reports on results of focus group discussions with 51 Ojibwe, Sioux and Winnegabo participants. Found that bans were unpopular and widely resisted due to sense of freedom associated with smoking, lenient attitudes, culture-bound perceptions, and receiving mixed messages.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, March/April 2006, pp. 15-16
Description
Overview of Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC) set up in 2003 in recognition of the fact that Aboriginal smoking rates are more than twice the overall Australian rate.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 37-63
Description
Analyzes representations of activities associated with the Idle No More movement in editorial and commentary of sections in the Globe and Mail and the National Post.
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 369-372
Description
Author describes their experience as an Anthropology postgraduate student and instructor; highlights the intersectional factors of their mixed-race Indigenous identity.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. Supplement 3, September/October 2006, pp. S4-S10
Description
Presents an analysis of relevant literature and social policy, concluding that an increase in research activity through multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral collaborations is necessary to improve the health of lone parents and their children.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 5, Articulating Aboriginal Paradigms: Implications for Aboriginal Social Work Practice, November 2003, pp. 270-286
Description
Looks at the broad spectrum of health and social determinants to come up with solutions that will improve the health and well being of Aboriginal people, including a holistic approach to be utilized when dealing with Aboriginal health issues.