2010 Nunavut Economic Outlook: Nunavut's Second Chance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Impact Economics
Description
Discusses the progress of Nunavut’s socio-economic and environmental performance based on its investments in wealth-generating capital by looking at demographic trends and developments in the areas of education, health, social well-being and income.
Audit addressed programs and activities of the selected federal departments between 2004 and 2009. Certain tests relied on information dating back as far as 2000.
Discusses court case between landowners and Sami reindeer herders regarding land entitlements whereby the supreme court upheld the Sami customary right to graze reindeer on private lands.
Talk by the photographer and activist accompanies slide show of his photographs taken at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. In it, he talks about the history of the government's treatment of the Sioux and how it has led to the appalling circumstances present on the Reservation today.
Duration: 15:27.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 35, no. 4, September 2011, pp. 328-333
Description
Looks at a study of Cree First Nations children, aged 5 to 12, to determine predisposition to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes coupled with level of physical activity.
Survey delivered in two parts: part A provides community perceptions, demographics, experiences, recommendations and understandings, part B determines community strengths in listening, reading, writing English, problem solving, and numeracy.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 5, September/October 2008, pp. 27-34
Description
Reports results of a community consultation needs analysis with the conclusions being used to develop specific strategic responses to identified Aboriginal communities.
Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: [Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ben Brunnen
Description
Uses 2006 census data to analyze characteristics in communities with small, medium, and large Aboriginal communities.
Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White and Calvin Hanselmann.
Study found the Elders and healers were the primary source of information for Aboriginal students. Sample was drawn from the First Nations University of Canada and the University of Regina.
Provides a cross-country update on the current state of student compositions/enrollment at medical schools and what programs have been implemented to address this, including modifying admission criteria and using satellite medical campuses.
Looks at the programs based on restorative justice, such as sentencing circles and peacemaker courts, and discusses their similarities and differences.