Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jette Rygaard
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Inuit Urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 33-54
Description
Article investigates the views held by youth residing in urban communities and compared to those living in smaller communities.
Civic-Indigenous Placekeeping and Partnership Building Toolkit
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tanya Chung-Tiam-Fook
Civic-Indigenous Placekeeping and Partnership Building Toolkit
E-Books
Author/Creator
Future Cities Canada
Tanya Chung-Tiam-Fook
Description
Includes five case studies: First Nations–Municipal Community Economic Development Initiative (CEDI), Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation and County of Antigonish, Squamish Nation-The District of Squamish Government-to-Government Collaboration, Lil'Wat Nation - The Village of Pemberton, and the City of Toronto's Our Common Grounds initiative.
The Civil and Family Law Needs of Aboriginal People in New South Wales: Final Report
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Needs Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Cunneen
Melanie Schwartz
Civil Rights: How Indigenous Australians Won Formal Equality
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Richard Broome
Aboriginal History , vol. 32, 2008, pp. 184-186
Description
Book review of: Civil Rights by John Chesterman.
Review located by scrolling to page 184.
The Civil War in Indian Territory, 1861-1865
Theses
Author/Creator
Zachery Cowsert
Description
History Thesis (PhD) -- Eberly College, 2020.
Claiming Indigenous Land Rights from the Bottom Up: Dispossession of the Ogiek in Mau Forest, Kenya
Theses
Author/Creator
Symphorosa Oundo
Description
Human Rights Development and Social Justice Thesis (M.A.)--[International] Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, 2008.
Clan Destined Communities: The Persistence and Revitalization of Ojibwe Clan Identity in Ojibwe Literature
Theses
Author/Creator
Benjamin Vincent Burgess
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California (Davis), 2008.
CLASSIC Program Serving the Community Well
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrea Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 4, April 2008, p. 18
Description
Looks at the success of the Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City program and the recognition it has received.
Article located by scrolling to page 18.
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Guidebooks for Indigenous Communities: Guidebook 1: Starting the Planning Process
Alternate Title
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Guidebooks for Indigenous Communities
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Guidebooks for Indigenous Communities:Annexes
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities
Guidebook 2: Climate Change Impacts in the Community
Guidebook 3: Identifying Community Sustainability and Climate Change Vulnerabilities
Guidebook 4: Identifying Solutions
Guidebook 5: Taking Adaptive Action
Guidebook 6: Monitoring Progress and Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Forms part of the Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities. Guidebook 2: Climate Change Impacts in the Community.
Guidebook 3: Identifying Community Sustainability and Climate Change Vulnerabilities.
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: Introduction
Alternate Title
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: Guidance Book
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: Guidance Book Appendices
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities: [Guidebook] Annexes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Discusses the various components of the toolkit: Anishinaabemowin Climate Change Glossary, Ininímowin Climate Change Glossary, Indigenous Languages Glossary Workbook, guidance book, and six guidebooks.
[Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development: Scientific, Social, Cultural and Educational Challenges]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
A. Nicole Stuckenberger
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, Les Inuit et le Changement Climatique / The Inuit and Climate Change, 2010, pp. 180-182
Description
Book Review of: Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development by UNESCO.
Climate Change and First Nations South of 60: Impacts, Adaptation, and Priorities: Full Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Climate Change and First Nations South of 60: Impacts, Adaptation, and Priorities: Full Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Description
Discusses the results, from research, on the impact of climate change in First Nations communities located south of 60 degrees latitude.
Climate Change and Food Security in the North: A Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katelyn Friendship
Description
Brief review looks at publications from 2005-2010.
Climate Change and Human Rights: A Case Study of the Canadian Inuit and Global Warming in the Canadian Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
Meghan Elisabeth Clarke
Description
Law Thesis (LLM)--University of Toronto, 2010.
Climate Change and Its impact on Indigenous Peoples in Nepal Himalaya
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kirat Kamal Sampang Rai
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 60-65
Description
Reports how the mountain ecosystem is expected to be influenced by the adverse effects of climate change on water flows, biodiversity, people and livelihoods.
Climate Change and the Warming Politics of Autonomy in Greenland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 44-51
Description
Discusses the need for Arctic communities to prepare for changes caused by loss of sea ice, increases in coastal erosion, migration of animals important to livelihoods and extreme climate events.
Climate Change and Water: Impacts and Adaptations for First Nations Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations Environmental Stewardship Unit
Description
Looks at the projected climate change impacts to water resources and identifies possible adaptation strategies for those First Nations communities to cope with those changes.
Climate Change From An Indigenous Perspective: Key Issues and Challenges
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christina Nilsson
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 8-15
Description
Summarizes issues discussed at Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2009. Organized by IWGIA.
A Climate Change Impact Assessment on the Spread of Furnunculosis in the Ouje-Bougoumou Region
Theses
Author/Creator
Benita Tam
Description
Geography Thesis collaborated in Environment and Health (M.S.)--University of Toronto, 2008.
Climate Change in the Pacific: A Matter of Survival
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sonia Smallacombe
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 72-78
Description
Adaptation through migration and application of traditional knowledge are some options open to Indigenous people to sustain and manage their environment.
Climate Change, Oil and Gas Development, and Inupiat Whaling in Northwest Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nobuhiro Kishigami
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, Les Inuit et le Changement Climatique / The Inuit and Climate Change, 2010, pp. 91-107
Description
Article describes the changes that threaten the continuation of this lifestyle.
Climate Change Policy Response for Canada's Inuit Population: The Importance of and Opportunities for Adaptation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Tristan Pearce
Frank Duerden
Chris Furgal
Barry Smit
Global Environmental Change, vol. 20, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 177-191
Description
Argues that policy intervention should focus on: transmission of environmental knowledge, emergency management capability, flexibility of resource management regimes, economic support to facilitate adaptation, increase research effort to identify risk factors and response options, protection of infrastructure, and promote awareness of climate change impacts
Climate Change, Wellbeing and Resilience in the Weenusk First Nation at Peawanuck: The Moccasin Telegraph Goes Global
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. Lemelin
D. Matthews
N. McIntyre
M. Johnston
R. Koster
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 2, Human Health at the Ends of the Earth, 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Analysis of 22 interviews conducted with members of the First Nation indicated that residents are concerned with a variety of changes in the environment and their ability to use the land.
Climate, Society, and Natural Hazards: Changing Hazard Exposure in Two Nunavut Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 51-71
Description
Describes changes over the past fifty years due to the interaction of climate change with social, economic, political, and technological changes.
Clinical and Economic Effects of a Therapeutic Substitution Policy for Proton Pump Inhibitors in Aboriginal Patients in Northern Communities in Canada's Northwest Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn Gaebel
Neda Toeg
Mitchell Levine
Disease Management & Health Outcomes, vol. 16, no. 3, 2008, pp. 175-182
Description
Discussion on a study to identify signals of what might be occurring to Aboriginal people as a result of the Proton pump inhibitors substitution policy.
Clinical Case Report: Meeting the Needs of Nunavut Families: A Community-Based Midwifery Education Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. James
B. O'Brien
K. Bourret
N. Kango
K. Gafvels ... [et al.]
Rural and Remote Health Journal, vol. 10, no. 1355, Circumpolar Special Issue: Human Health at the Ends of the Earth, 2010, pp. [1]-10
Description
Looks at the development of a multi-layered education program as a successful alternative to keeping pregnant Inuit women at home for maternity care.
Close to Home: An Indigenist Project of Story Gathering
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen E. Absolon
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 9, no. 1, Indigenous Research Methodologies, 2020
Description
Author uses the example of collecting stories from her mother over a period of three years to describe an Indigenous methodology for research that is rooted in relationality, seasonal progressions, and wholistic worldviews and that focuses on research through memory and story-telling.
Close World-System Encounters on the Western/Central Canadian Arctic Periphery: Long-Term Historic Copper Inuit-European and Eurocanadian Intersocietal Interaction
Theses
Author/Creator
Donald S. Johnson
Description
Individual Interdisciplinary Program Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.
Closing the Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Education Gaps
Alternate Title
Backgrounder (C.D. Howe Institute) ; no. 116
Backgrounder (C.D. Howe Institute). Social Policy
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
Description
Sets forth strategies for school districts both off-reserve and on-reserve to expand practices in successful school districts to other districts.
'Closing the Gap' at the Peril of Widening the Void: Implications of the Ontario Ministry of Education's Policy for Aboriginal Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorenzo Cherubini
John Hodson
Michael Manley-Casimir
Christiane Muir
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 33, no. 2, 2010, pp. 329-355
Description
Presents the details of the crisis relevant to the publicly funded education of Aboriginal students in Ontario.
Closing the Gap Between Vision and Reality: Strengthening Accountability, Adaptability and Continuous Improvement in Alberta's Child Intervention System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Child Intervention Review Panel
Description
Recommendations for improving the way that child intervention works in Alberta.
Final report.
“Closing the Gap for Aboriginal Students”
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emily Faries
Description
Looks at historical and contemporary issues affecting students, and importance of cultural identities in the school environment.
'Closing the Gap': How Maternity Services Can Contribute to Reducing Poor Maternal Infant Health Outcomes For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. Kildea
S. Kruske
L. Barclay
S. Tracy
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 3, August 6, 2010, p. article no. 1383
Description
Reviews current services, initiatives & challenges to the delivery of safe maternity services for Aboriginal women in rural and remote areas of Australia.
Closing the Gap in Indigenous Education Workshop Report
Alternate Title
How to Close the Gap in Indigenous Education
Documents & Presentations
Description
Focuses on educational reform for Indigenous children in remote and northern Australia to improve educational outcomes. Feedback from participants provides recommendations.
Closing the Gap Ministerial Statement
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kevin Rudd
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 25-29
Description
Presents a speech, delivered by the Prime Minister of Australia, addressing narrowing the gap in life expectancy and life opportunities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Closing the Gap: The Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Zoeller
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 4-5
Description
Describes the recent positive developments at the Mental Health Services Conference Summer Forum.
Closing the Gap: Toward Capturing the Value of Aboriginal Cultural Industries
Alternate Title
[Conference Board of Canada Publication]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ashley Sisco
Rodney Nelson
Description
Looks at the social and cultural impacts of Aboriginal cultural industries and the challenges and opportunities created for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Clothing Power: Hierarchies of Gender Difference and Ambiguity in Moche Ceramic Representations of Human Dress, C.E. 1-850
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarahh E. M. Scher
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 2010.
Clouds in My Coffee
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelina Zuni Lucero
The Kenyon Review, vol. 32, no. 1, New Series, Winter, 2010, pp. 56-66
Description
Fiction short story about an Aboriginal writer.
Club Native
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rezolution Pictures
Description
Documentary looks at the politics of identity and membership through the lens of the Mohawks of Kahnawake.
Duration: 1:18:13.
Clusters of Suicide...The Need for a Comprehensive Postvention Response to Sorrow in Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leonore Hanssens
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 25-33
Description
Reports on the scarcity of bereavement support training for those assisting family and friends of the victims of suicide.
Clyde Inuit Settlement and Community: From Before Boas to Centralization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Wenzel
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-21
Description
Discusses the terms "settlement" and "community" and how they relate to contemporary Inuit residential places.
Co-location of a Government Child Welfare Unit in a Traditional Aboriginal Agency: A Way Forward in Working in Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Kreitzer
Jean Lafrance
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 34-44
Description
Discusses family enhancement approaches that combine traditional worldviews and western theories of child and family practice, and the benefits for workers, families, and Aboriginal communities.
Co-Management Institutions, Knowledge and Learning: Adapting to Change in the Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fikret Berkes
Derek Armitage
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, Les Inuit et le Changement Climatique / The Inuit and Climate Change, 2010, pp. 109-131
Description
Explores Inuit capacity for change, which has not been sufficiently examined in recent investigative documents.
Co-operation Incorporated: Responding to Resource Privatization Through an Indigenous Regional Development Corporation in British Columbia, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J. J. Silver
Description
Examines the First Nations development of independently operated, economically profitable shellfish aquaculture tenures through co-operation and mentoring between bands and other businesses.
Coalition Rule Would Have Served Aboriginals Better
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, December 5, 2008, p. A15
Description
Author argues that Aboriginals may have faired better had a 2008 coalition government been formed.
Coast Salish Textiles: From ‘Stilled Fingers’ to Spinning an Identity
Alternate Title
Textile Society of America 12th Biennial Symposium, 2010
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings; paper 59
Textiles and Settlement: From the Plains Space to Cyber Space
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eileen Wheeler
Description
Discusses the weaving revival which has taken place among Musqueam and Stó:lo women.
Coast Salish Weaving: Preserving Traditional Knowledge with New Technology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie Tepper
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2008, pp. 188-196
Description
Describes the process involved in producing a CD, which was the result of the Weaving Teachers Resources Project undertaken by the Canadian Museum of Civilization and practicing artists.