Nikma'jtut Apoqnmatultinej: Reclaiming Indigeneity via Ancestral Wisdom and New Ways of Thinking

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher T. George
Description
Author describes insights gained during his eight-week research project to improve his Mi'gmaw language skills by using the Aboriginal Language Initiative and the Migmaq Online websites, and engaging in weekly meetings with a fluent speaker and Elder-in-Residence at St. Thomas University.
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No Easy Answers

Alternate Title
E-Brief (C.D. Howe Institute)
Education Skills and Labour Market Policy
Policy Brief (Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Richrds
E-Brief (C.D. Howe Institute)
Description
Summarizes Community Well-Being Index information from the 2016 Census, argues for more policy attention on the issue of low employment, and provides disaggregated data each of the four sub-indices (income, employment, housing, and education). Related material:Policy Brief from Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
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"Noble Savage" A Handbook for Educators: An Overview of Native American History, Analysis of Portrayals in Social Studies Textbooks, Discussion of Research Methodology, and Strategies for Increasing the Exposure and Quality of Native American Depictions

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Micah Lauer
Description
Study examines the factors contributing to textual inaccuracies including Eurocentric influences, economic considerations, audience and perspective.
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Norman Nashkawa Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Norman Nashkawa
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview where he gives a general account of his life.
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The North-West Rebellion

Alternate Title
Ryerson Canadian History Readers
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Howard Angus Kennedy
Description
A brief narrative of the North-West Rebellion written for school children in 1929. The author was a correspondent of The Montreal Daily Witness and New York Herald and is described as "an official observer of many of the events he relates here."
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Northern Dene Bibliography

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ed Labenski
Description
Sources are divided by two areas, "Chipewyan" (Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, North West Territories) and British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories, grouped together. Each area is then divided into a social and cultural section and a language section. Bibliography includes citations from the Hearne Bibliography. The article is current as of 1998.
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Northern Education and Training Systems for Inuit: A Strategic Analysis Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Atii Training Inc.
Description
Assessment based on how well the population had been prepared for the outcomes of land claims and self-government negotiations. Four strategic issues were identified: early childhood programs, high school completion rates, participation in post-secondary and adult education, and access to adult basic education.
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[Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
André Légaré
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propiété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 287-289
Description
Book review of: Northern Exposure edited by Frances Abele, Thomas J Couchesne, F. Leslie Seidle, France St-Hilaire.
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Northern Grocers Forum Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Food Charter
Description
Outlines the process and findings of forums and identifies opportunities to increase access to affordable healthy foods in Manitoba.
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Northern Indicators 2000

E-Books
Author/Creator
Pia Newell-Santiago
Description
Primary data source Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM).
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Northern Indicators 2003

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Dalley
Description
Primary data source Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM 2)..
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Northern Indicators 2004

E-Books
Author/Creator
Cheryl Yan
Description
Primary data source for this publication is the Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM 2).
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Northern Indicators 2006

E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrea Street
Description
Incorporates data available as of July 2006. Primary data source is Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM2).
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Northern Indicators 2007

E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrea Street
Description
Primary data source Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM).
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The Northern Lights

Archival » Archival Items
Description
Published by the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. This edition includes a cover story about the Round Lake Bible School; columns include reports from communities across northern Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario.
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NS Aboriginal Community Health: The New Direction

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donnaleen Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 27-28
Description
Discusses newly created Office of Aboriginal Health and future plans regarding the Community Health Education Officers and the role of the Aboriginal health workers.
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NT Aboriginal Health Work Leading the Way

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, May/June 2001, p. 8
Description
Describes how Northern Territory, Australia is ensuring health worker competency in order to properly recognize qualified individuals.
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Nunavik Employment Profile and Trends at a Glance

Alternate Title
Nunivaat Analytics ; 2022 (1)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sébastien Lévesque
Gérard Duhaime
Description
Statistics for share of workers by activity sector, indicators broken down by gender and identity, workers by economic sector and identity, workers by economic sector and gender, highest educational attainment, mining site workforce, and employment and unemployment rate. Sources: Canadian census, the Kativik Regional Government and Quebec’s Ministry of Education. Summarizes information found in the larger report Employment in Nunavik: Profile and Trends.
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Nunavut Economic Development Strategy Report on Research Findings

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aarluk Consulting
Description
Reports on implementation of recommendations in four areas: land; people; community economics, and territorial economics. Information will be used to develop a second Nunavut Economic Development Strategy for 2014-2024.
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Nunavut Fact Sheets [February 2018]

Alternate Title
Nunavut Community Fact Sheets
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Data Sources: Statistics Canada (2011 NHS, 2016 Census, Income Statistics Division and Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics), Nunavut Department of Education, Nunavut Department of Health, Nunavut Bureau of Statistics.
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Nunavut Labour Force, Highest Certificate, Diploma and Degree by Region and Community, 2016 Census [3 tables]

Alternate Title
Labour Force Activity fro the Total Population 15 Years and Over, by Nunavut, Region and Community, 2016 Census
Population 25 to 64 Years with Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, by Nunavut, Region and Community, 2016 Census
Proportion of the Population 25 to 64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, by Nunavut, Region and Community, 2016 Census
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Catalogue #98-401-X2016055.
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Nunivaat: Nunavik Statistics Program

Alternate Title
Nunivaat - The Nunavik Socio-economic Database
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition
Description
Website gives access to tables using data on region/villages, indicators and years, as well as links to maps, publications and metadata explaining characteristics on program data.
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O Canada, Our Home on Native Land: Aboriginal Self Government, Not the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, May Be the Key to Educational Reform

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan L. Black-Branch
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, 1993, pp. 279-289
Description
Reports findings of a socio-legal study of the effect of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on the education of Aboriginal peoples in Canada between 1982 and 1992.
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O Tatou Ō Aga'i i Fea?/ `Oku Tau Ō Ki Fe?/Where are We Heading?: Pacific Languages in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Alternate Title
Where Are We Heading?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John McCaffery
Judy Taligalu McFall–McCaffery
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 2, Ngaahi Lea a e Kakai Pasifika: Endangered Pacific Languages and Cultures, 2010, pp. 86-121
Description
Discusses the health of the four Polynesian Pasifika languages from the researchers and writers perspective.
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Occupational Dissimilarity between the American Indian/Alaska Native and the White Workforce in the Contemporary United States

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn A. Liebler
Jacob Wise
Richard M. Todd
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 41-70
Description
Uses census data (collected every 10 years) and the American Community Survey, to compare occupational structures and stratifications in the two groups.
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Old McKay School at La Ronge

Images » Photographs
Description
The old McKay School at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. On the back of the photo is written "First Residential School built at Lac la Ronge by the Venerable Archdeacon Mackay and the late James Brown a native Clergyman, who was the first Principal of the School. This School was burned in January 1920."
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Olive Robinson Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Olive Robinson
Alma Roy
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewee gives a general account of her life.
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Oliver Adams and Livina Lightbrown

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Oliver Adams
Lavina Lightbrown
Lavina Lightbown
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that discusses the changes occurring in Haida culture. NOTE: Lavina Lightbrown probably Lavina Lightbown
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On Indigenous Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allan Luke
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 1-5
Description
Introduction to special issue presenting research on Indigenous education and policies in Native American, Maori, Aborigine and Torres Strait Island education systems.
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On Values

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles E. Minton
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 2, no. 3, October 1962, pp. [19-24]
Description
Thoughts about the book, Black Elk Speaks: the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux.
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Ontario Ministry of Education Policy and Aboriginal Learners' Epistemologies: A Fundamental Disconnect

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorenzo Cherubini
John Hodson
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 79, August 2, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Overview of policy documents and Aboriginal achievement in publicly funded education and discussion regarding provincial assessments, teacher education and meaningful engagement.
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Opening the Circle: Welcoming Brother Sun

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra Styres
Dawn Zinga
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. [1-3]
Description
Editorial to special issue focusing on historical and contemporary Indigenous education.
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Opinion on First Nations and Inuit Language Difficulties in the Workplace

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Labor Market Advisory Committee, [Government of Quebec]
Description

Discusses language as a socio-economic characteristic, a determining factor with respect to the labour market, and barriers created by reduced fluency in English and/or French. Concludes with recommendations and courses of action.

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