Community

Considers how the Mining Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is addressing the need to integrate sustainable development into mining engineering on behalf of industry and society.

Chapter in book: Linking Lifetimes: A Global View of Intergenerational Exchange edited by M. Kaplan, N. Henkin and A. Kusano.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1979.

Contends that Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) can help to build constructive and mutually beneficial relationships between mining companies and Aboriginal communities. Part of: Proceedings of the 59th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2013)

Approaches the topic of injury as a public health problem by looking at risk factors, interventions, planing of programs and implementation and evaluation.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1997.

Discusses powwow in relation to intertribal negotiation and intercultural communication.

Discussion of the 1990 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a tribal court may not assert criminal jurisdiction over a non member Native American. Provides historical context for extending law over those within their "community."

Discusses projects and relationships.

Discusses culturally appropriate interventions.

Study involving 22 women shows that ethnicity, finances and formal education are determinants of women's knowledge of cervical screening programs.

Introduces articles on violence against Native women.

Introduction to this special issue which focuses on the strengths of aboriginal communities and on initiatives that have met with success.

Introduction to issue addressing important economic characteristics that dominate in the north.

Introduction to 1985 meeting at Trent University of the Canadian Indian/Native Studies Association (CINSA).

Issue focuses on infrastructure and initiatives that put community needs ahead of those of commercial telecommunications providers.

Introduces the top research articles in volume 2 which are intended for those seeking to improve health outcomes of Indigenous populations.

Examines the high cancer rates in Inuit populations and highlights challenges to receiving care, from diagnosis through to survivorship or palliative care.

Summary of results.

Website of the national Inuit organization in Canada, representing Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Guide to accompany film, The Invisible Nation". Target audience students aged 15-20. Contains start and preparatory activities, reflective sharing, comparing two Algonquin communities, observation checklist and suggested questions.

Contains links to interactive movie, learning resources, Elder interviews (transcripts in English), artwork database, educator's guide, and Inuktitut lessons.

Discusses small groups of Iroquois who migrated to areas outside their traditional territory, usually due to their employment with the Hudson's Bay Company.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2008.

Cree Elders from James Smith and Shoal Lake reserves are interviewed about coping with changes to their traditional way of life.

Website provides overview, background, video, photo gallery, researcher information and context of the photovoice project. Part of a larger project "The Cultural and Visual Context of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image Among Aboriginal Women in the Battlefords Tribal Council Region". Full report.

Comments on empowering families and communities to draw on their cultural strengths to stop the pattern of substance and physical abuse.

Discusses an approach to understanding issues related to HIV risk among Aboriginal youth and how best to address those issues.

Opinion piece concerning the poor health of Aboriginal people in Australia from the perspective of a Research Associate in the Aboriginal Health Research Unit at Flinders University.

Describes author's experiences while developing an Aboriginal child care training program in collaboration with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council. Chapter from Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations: Social, Biological, and Educational Dynamics edited by Daniel .P. Keating and Clyde Hertzman.

Photo depicts John Alexander Mackay at centre conversing with an indigenous woman while observing another woman seated on the ground with dogs. Teepee, canoe and building in background.

James Clinkskill's store in Battleford. No date given, probably 1880s.

Examines the work of a social worker who oversaw a significant survey of Indigenous people and recommended an integrated citizenship model in an attempt for greater social cohesion.

Meeting of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN), Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) and Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) and their discussion of areas of common concern.

History and explanation of "Jordan's Principle" where the welfare of the child comes first, and governments work together for the benefit of the weakest citizens.

Research aims to support the creation of Indigenous law materials for communities, academic institutions, and practitioners with a focus on Inuit perspectives.

Introduces the articles in this special Aboriginal-themed edition of the journal. Entire issues on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 3.

Describes the changes experienced by the Spring Creek Métis community due to the end of the fur trade.

Reviews U.S. and American Indian political and legal policy and discusses tribal communities using traditions in some legal cases. Provides examples.

Book review of: Justice Programs for Aboriginal and Other Indigenous communities edited by Kayleen M. Hazlehurst. Review located by scrolling to page 185.

Students used photographs to create a media narrative about their perspectives of the positive and negative influences of a healthy school environment.

Overview of the Kalgoorlie Medical Service which employs twenty-one staff and two doctors.

Chapter in book: Strengthening Community University Research Partnerships: Global Perspectives edited by Budd Hall, Rajesh Tandon, Crystal Tremblay. Scroll down to page 95 to read chapter. Presents historical background to community based research, four different approaches and the challenges.

Describes how Thai government policies are creating friction among the Karen. To access this article scroll down to page 58.

Looks at the reasons for different outcomes between the two communities with similar characteristics.

Book reviews of: Flinders Ranges Dreaming by The Adnyamathanha Storytellers of South Australia and Dorothy Tunbridge. Turning the Tide: A Personal History of the Federal Council for Advancement of Aborigines andTorress Strait Islanders by Faith Bandler.

Author uses experiences with the Benally clan as an example to show changes in the Navajo culture from a community focus to an individual focus.