Education

Service Needs and Perspectives of Hidden Homeless First Nations People in Prince Albert

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Evelyn Peters
Vince Robillard
Description
Reports findings from interviews with five groups: male youth age 15-19 years; female youth group 15-19; adult males age 20 years and over living without their dependent children; adult females age 20 years and over living without their dependent children; and individuals living with their dependent children. Interviews took place between June 13, 2005 and September 16, 2005, with 143 individuals participating.
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective First Nations

Alternate Title
Policy Paper (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
[Policy Series (Frontier Centre for Public Policy) ; no. 189]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Lee Harding
Description
Examines practices of 21 First Nations who scored highly on Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' 2011 Community Well-being Index. Used data related to incomes, labour market participation, educational achievement and housing quality.
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Shared Decision Making With Aboriginal Women Facing Health Decisions: A Qualitative Study Identifying Needs, Supports, and Barriers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Jull
Audrey Giles
Yvonne Boyer
Minwaashin Lodge
Dawn Stacey
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 4, 2015, pp. 401-416
Description
Looks at results from participatory interviews of Aboriginal women at the Minwaashin Lodge about their health decision making experiences. Results were arranged in a Medicine Wheel framework for presentation and grouped in four themes.
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Shared Lives: A Collaborative Partnership in Aboriginal Australia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Claire Smith
Gary Jackson
The SAA Archaeological Record, vol. 12, no. 4, September 2012, pp. 47-50
Description

Looks at a pair of researchers who started research about Aboriginal culture but ended up doing research for Aboriginal people. Entire issue on one pdf.

To access article, scroll to page 47.

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[Shellbrook] Agency Outgoing Correspondence Ledger

Documents & Presentations
Description
A ledger containing a detailed calendar of outgoing correspondence from the [Shellbrook] Agency. Correspondence subjects include medical and school admissions, building and housing construction, and grocery, stationery and agricultural purchases. This ledger contains information relating to private and legal matters of individuals, therefore there are no pages available for viewing.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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SIAST and SIIT form Academic Federation

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 20, no. 2, June 1991, p. 5
Description
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology and the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies sign an educational agreement.
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Sister A. Brady, Anne Brady Walther, Dorothy Chapman

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Sister A. Brady
Anne Brady Walther
Dorothy Chapman
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with three of Jim Brady's sisters. They talk about early life in St. Paul des Metis in the 1920s and 1930s, the politics and lifestyle of their father, Jim Brady, Sr., as well as discussing Brady's maternal grandfather, Laurent Garneau.
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Sister Norma Jeffs Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Norma Jeffs
Margaret Whitehead
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview that consists of Sister Norma Jeff's recollections of her experiences as a teacher.
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Situating Nunavut Education With Indigenous Education Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Elizabeth McGregor
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. 87-118
Description
Looks at important differences in First Nations education in the Arctic and barriers faced nationally living between two worlds.
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Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners for the Year 1874.

Documents & Presentations
Description
The Sixth Annual Report of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners includes reports of living conditions on reservations; correspondence and transcripts of meetings between government officials and Aboriginal chiefs and officials; and lists of Indian Agencies with names of tribes and agents.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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Sixth NIEA Conference Countdown: "It's Gotta Be Now"

Alternate Title
Its Gotta Be Now
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 14, no. 1, October 1974, pp. [16-17]
Description
Describes the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) conference agenda for educators representing all tribal groups from around the United States.
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Sntrusntm i7 Captikwlh: Unravel the Story, the Okanagan Way

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Ragoonaden
Sabre Cherkowski
Maxine Baptiste
Blane Després
Alberta Journal of Educational Research , vol. 55, no. 3, Expanding Knowledge Systems in Teacher Education, Fall, 2009, pp. 382-396
Description
Looks at aboriginal ways of knowing involving school culture, language-learning, and multicultural, culturally responsive teachers. Includes a cultural framework model.
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Social Impacts of Aboriginal Economic Development: Three Case Studies From Atlantic Canada

Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeff Orr
Monica Diochon
Clare Fawcett
Behrang Foroughi
Alison Mathie
Leslie Jane McMillan
Description
Looked at the communities of Millbrook First Nation (Nova Scotia), Miawpukek Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi Conne River First Nation (Newfoundland and Labrador), and Tobique Mailiseet Nation (New Brunswick).
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Social Justice Report, 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Description
Discusses recommendations on issues of human rights protections, healing, remote education, and health equality.
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Social Media and the Sexual Exploitation of Indigenous Girls

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin William Louie
Girlhood Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 97-113
Description
Discusses how the technology, particularly Facebook, has increasingly become a tool to recruit and keep underage girls in the sex trade. Research conducted with 19 staff members of Prince Albert Outreach and 5 survivors indicated the importance of recognizing early signs of exploitation so that intervention could take place, family-based prevention and education, and using survivors as educators.
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