Community

Briefly discusses tribal colleges and universities' integration of community-based and formal education through ceremonial life, programs, partnerships, and outreach efforts.

Looks at RICHER, a clinical outreach initiative introduced to foster access to health services for inner-city families.

Report discusses institutional arrangements supporting community financial management and strengthened capacity to support sound financial management.

Describes several interventions being undertaken to promote emotional well being and address individual and community healing.

Discusses initiatives aimed at reducing incarceration and recidivism rates in federal prisons.

Presents innovative model of participatory action research (PAR) based on five central partnership principles. Chapter 2 in book: Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research edited by Jennifer M. Kilty, Maritza Felices-Luna and Sheryl C. Fabian.

Discusses the Report of Uwankara Palyanyku Kanyintjaku, the review of Environmental and Public Health introducing healthy living practices to improve health in communities.

Looks at oral health prevention and treatment services on and off reserve to develop a health care strategy.

High levels of deaths from infectious diseases could reach epidemic proportions. Contributing factors are examined.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1995.

Book review of: An Error in Judgement by Dara Culhane Speck.

Inuit at the dog pound in Pangnirtung, N.W.T. [NU].

Discusses the potential for different types of restorative justice activities and programs for young offenders.

Study conducted over a two year period on members of a Montana tribe indicates greater resilience from those that attended cultural camps.

Looks at the external and the intracommunity risks.

Reviews documents from the Sami Parliament relating to research ethics and the Norwegian Government's white papers on research.

Argues that ethical validity happens when the research process is consistent with the principles of all partners or participants.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--The University of Manitoba, 1977.

The impact of Western culture on roles of men and women in Mi'kmaq communities.

Suggestions on how to provide fairness and accuracy to Native American communities within high stakes testing and state accountability programs.

Looks at three case studies: Mt. Milligan Mine Project, Keness Mine Project and the Huckleberry Mine Development.

Discusses the absence of Indigenous ways of knowing and Indigenous worldviews in contemporary initiatives to lower the number of Indigenous children in the child welfare system. Presents two examples of Indigenous led initiatives and the evaluation of their impacts; stresses the need for intercultural, collaborative research that engages Indigenous communities.

Human Kinetics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2016.

Comments on the relevance and the performance of the Clinical and Client Care Program (CCP)

Participant interviews describe how the Program significantly changed their lives in constructive and positive manners.

Literature review of books, reports, peer-reviewed articles, research and evaluation standards and protocols.

Data collected from sharing circles with Aboriginal elders and community members, interview with parents and children, and focus groups of support professionals.

Found that providers affiliated with American Aboriginal communities were similar to their non-Aboriginal counterparts in terms of familiarity, knowledge and use of evidence-based practices.

Representatives from Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , Department of Public Safety, and Statistics Canada appeared before the Committee.

An interim report that reviews the functioning of the FSIN and suggests ways to improve communication with and accountability to the Aboriginal people.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005.

Uses Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) Offender Intake Assessment (OIA) in conjunction with data from One-Day Snapshot of Inmates in Canada's Adult Correctional Facilities. Ratings for seven needs: employment, marital/family, association/socialization, substance abuse, community, personal/emotional, and attitude.

Looks at the transformation of a school in Aklavik, Northwest Territories serving Métis, Inuvialuit and Gwichin residents. Scroll down to page 1 to read article.

Presents research using the 2001 Canadian Census to measure neighborhood environment and the Early Development Instrument (EDI) to measure school readiness in British Columbia.

Psychology Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Wyoming, 2009.

Brief description of study.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2010.

Comments on the eight areas of commitment set out in the Action Plan: focused and active approach to suicide prevention, strengthened continuum of mental health services, youth skills, suicide prevention training, research on suicide and suicide prevention, communication and information sharing, healthy development in early childhood and community development activities.

A photograph of an exhibit of an Indian village at Pion-era at the Saskatoon Exhibition showing two decorated tipis with woman and children standing at entrance.

Historical note:

Looks at four basic values, relationship, responsibility, reciprocity, and redistribution, that individuals and societies need to live by.

Brief report on the high cost of food in the Arctic compared to southern Canada.

Focuses on the use of journalistic principles intended to meet communication challenges faced by Native Americans.

Gathers crime data and information from cases belonging to Athapascan villages in Alaska.

Comments on the varying perspectives of elders, leaders, parents and teachers when posed with a research question regarding student achievement.

Reports on the few available studies examining the connection.

Research found that participants with better sleep hygiene reported feeling less sleepy; but that sleep outcomes did not differ significantly by evening sunlight exposure length.