Gives a short history of the policies of the Indian Act, residential schools, the integration period and jurisdictional dilemmas between the province and the Federal Government.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 13-34, 154
Description
Looks at a research study in which teachers integrate stories, with critical analysis, in order to illustrate how multi-competences, that heritage languages can provide, benefit Aboriginal students' academic success.
Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia
Description
Offers practical advice and guidance on how to work effectively within the context of the differing viewpoints, expectations and concerns of Aboriginal peoples.
Looks at factors influencing knowledge transfer and exchange, development of relationships, integration of research with tradition, and influences on research utilization.
Guide for conducting workshops on Aboriginal approach to proficiency in reading, document and computer use, numeracy, written and oral communication, evaluation of information, and continuous learning.
For use with Participant Workbook.
Aboriginal approach to proficiency in reading, document and computer use, numeracy, written and oral communication, evaluation of information, and continuous learning.
For use with Facilitor Guide.
Summarizes a study that examined Aboriginal expectations for sustainable forest management and current forest tenures in the Kaska traditional territory of British Columbia.
Looks at the regulatory and legislative barriers to address accessibility of capital for First Nations businesses and communities in Atlantic Canada.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 64.
Discusses the right to fish in Saskatchewan as an inherent right that precedes Canadian law, and how this right has been infringed by conservation policy.
Policy Series (Frontier Centre for Public Policy) ; no. 28
[Aboriginal Governance Index, 2006-2007]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Sandberg
Dennis Owens
Rebecca Walberg
Description
Index based on six broad areas: elections, administration, human rights, transparency, services and economy. Meant to be a benchmark for First Nations to measure their progress in achieving responsible self-government.
Explains the need for the Saskatchewan child welfare system to provide better support, financial and other, for Aboriginal Grandmothers who are caring for their grandchildren.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 172-174
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Health and Healing in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives, 2nd ed. by James B. Waldram, D. Ann Herring, and T. Kue Young.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Looks at Aboriginal health research and how racial discourses continues to impact on Indigenous people's connection to self and to spirit; and discusses how non- Aboriginal researchers and Aboriginal communities need to develop better relationships.
Sharing of Wisdom Keepers: Translating the Aboriginal Health Transition Fund (AHTF) Experience
Web Sites » Governmental
Description
Website links to presentations from Sharing of Wisdom Keepers: Translating the Aboriginal Health Transition Fund (AHTF) Experience conference held in Saskatoon on June 9th and 10th, 2010.
Overview of population health status, health determinants, developments in Aboriginal health policy and strategic framework developed by the Interior Health Authority in British Columbia.
The Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 185, no. 1, July 2006, pp. 40-45
Description
Identifies barriers for supplying primary healthcare to diabetes and other chronically ill patients. Recommends developing the role of Aboriginal healthcare workers to include counselling and health promotion.
Responses broken down into First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Questions centered around knowledge, sexual behaviour, stigma/discrimination, typology, etc.
Study interviewed 32 homeless people to gain an understanding of their situation and social service agencies to gauge their familiarity with homeless population, services they provided, and changes in the previous five years. Makes eight recommendations for policy responses.
Statistical table broken down into on-reserve and in Census Metropolitan Areas, and by owners, renters, band housing for Canada as a whole and provinces/territories. Each Census year on separate tab.
Source: CMHC (National Household-based housing indicators and data).
Aboriginal Housing Assessment: Community Design Needs & Preferences and Application of Local Materials
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa Hardess
Rodney C. McDonald
Darren Thomas
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Includes survey questions, community profiles and research findings from each of the 14 First Nations involved in study, and results of visits to three sites where local materials were being used in construction.
Full research report.
Community Report.