Community

Looks at Aboriginal ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge regarding forest management planning, and discusses how Aboriginal communities need to understand the language that planners use and the objectives they hope to achieve.

Case studies from across Canada dealing with creation and management of protected areas.

Case studies provide an overview of how aboriginal communities have come to terms with mining and mineral exploration in their territories. They are: Innu Nation and Inco's Voisey's Bay Nickel Mine/Mill; Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation and BHP Diamonds Inc.; Tahltan First Nation, the mining industry, and environmental assessment; Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation and B.Y.G. Mt. Nansen Gold Mine; Makivik Corporation and Falconbridge's Raglan Mine; and Nishnawbi-Aski Nation and Ontario's living legacy.

Based on results of case study in Moose Deer Point, looks at research to further the relationship between Canadian First Peoples and the philanthropic community.

Summary of the background, analysis and federal processes related to self-government. Based on the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 26.

Related material: Aboriginal-specific Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) Training Manual.

Description of the Aboriginal Waterways Initiative project, a model of tourism development with the Aboriginal communities of Saskatchewan and eventually Manitoba. Included is a list of activities handwritten by Mapletoft describing activities on the Saskatchewan River.

Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999.

Looks at holistic approaches to healing and wellness developed by Aboriginal groups.

Looks at policies for enlistment of Aborigines.

Describes the process involved in developing a policy to manage the use of alcohol in recreational facilities, including policy regulations, community survey results, and indicators of success.

Purpose was to review existing research and formulate recommendations for actions.

Examines the role the media plays in regards to Native Americans and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.

Includes sample text of an introduction to the questions, visual rating scale, interviewer questions and participant questions. Inuit specific supplement to the generic Community Readiness Model.

Planning Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 1999.

Contends that a Federal government policy change from welfare focused transfer payments to one of economic development is required to benefit Canadian First Nation communities.

Looks at income, employment levels, education, housing and food security and their impacts on Aboriginal communities and children's health.

Reflects attitudes of both white communities and Aboriginal political groups to involve Aboriginals in service.

Successful techniques used in citizen workshops to provide people of the Navajo Nation with the basic information and tools needed to actively participate in land use planning.

Looks at study conducted to determine factors keeping adult students in immersion classes.

Introduction to issue highlighting articles from findings presented at, Building Bridges: Advancing American Indian/Alaska Native Substance Abuse Research: A State of the Science and Grant Development Workshop conference held in 2010.

Introduction to issue on substance abuse research. Innovative research approaches and gaps in public health services are identified and highlighted.

Community Readiness Model includes appropriate strategies, readiness scores for evaluation and involves community stakeholders in process.

Examines the role of potlatch in the socio-economic system along the Northwest Coast.

Looks at the community benefits of logging and the basic issues of rights and access to forests in the Malinau area.

Studies found that Aboriginal resilience was greater than they could measure under specific funding projects, but that what worked with one type of adversity, in one community, may not work well in another.

Commentary on a creative writing program for Saskatchewan and Alberta prisoners called Inspired Minds.

Discusses a collaborative study to investigate the health and social service needs of the elderly, chronically ill and disabled.

Comments on a Memorandum of Understanding, signed by five of Saskatchewan's tribal councils and the government, with the goal of bringing employment to First Nation communities. Article found by scrolling to page 17.

Offers practical guidance for producing constructive and mutually beneficial agreements.

Chief David Ahenakew, on behalf of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, addresses the task force on Canadian unity in Regina.

Comments on the key component of concept of Ahp-cii-uk which is to create increased self-reliance of First Nations communities through partnerships with government, corporations, and other organizations.

Looks at some of the key policy decisions identified in the reports The National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party Report and The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and HIV/AIDS.

Forum convened to obtain feedback from community members on communicating research findings.

Overview of settlement which transferred title to lands to for-profit corporations, changing communal lands into corporate property and ending Aboriginal fishing and hunting rights.

Study conducted by Addiction Research Chair Colleen Dell, explores health service delivery with links to outcome reports: Beyond the Bottle Community Fact Sheet

Public Health Capstone [Project] (MPH)--University of Texas Medical Branch, 2008.

Discusses the use of restorative justice in Canada, New Zealand and Australia to address the social context in which the crime was committed.

Argues that there must be internal community development of structures and institutions before initiatives can be effectively carried out. In addition, the article discusses four specific programmes in: Indian Brook, Nova Scotia, Sandy Lake and Attawapiskat in Northern Ontario, and Metropolitan Toronto.

Art and Design Thesis (M.A.)--Western Carolina University, 2012.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Utah, 2001.