Health & Well-Being

Aboriginal Labour Market Bulletin (Vol. 1, no. 2, June, 2012)

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Description
Contains data on general economic conditions, national maps showing regional variations in unemployment rates and employment gains, regional employment profiles, and brief feature articles.
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Aboriginal Learning and Healing in a Virtual World

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Hodson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Transformative Sites of Indigenous Education, 2004, pp. 111-122
Description
Discusses the merits of Internet delivery for Aboriginal education.
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Aboriginal Medical Practitioners: The Native American Experience

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Art Kaufman
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 40-43
Description
Author who is a white physician and faculty member of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine reports of the efforts of his University to attract and retain Native American medical students.
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Aboriginal Medical Students at the University of Newcastle

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, March 1989, pp. 14-18
Description
Includes interviews with Aboriginal medical students at the University of Newcastle about the courses, separation from families and homesickness, and finding accommodations.
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Aboriginal North American Population and Rates of Decline, ca. A.D. 1500-1900

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell Thornton
Current Anthropology, vol. 38, no. 2, April 1997, pp. 310-315
Description
Asserts that pandemics were not the sole cause of population decline but that disease in conjunction with effects of colonialism such as war, relocation and change in diet led to increased mortality and decreased fecundity. Scroll down to page 310.
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Aboriginal Participation in Health Planning: Representation, Reconciliation, and Relationship-Building with an Aboriginal Advisory Committee

Alternate Title
Moving Forward, Making a Difference ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 4
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 2nd, 2006
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Geeta Cheema
vol. 4
Description

Looks at case study on the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Advisory Committee of the Interior Health Authority in British Columbia. Provides recommendations.

Chapter two from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

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Aboriginal People and Community Well-being Off-Reserve

Alternate Title
Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: [Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stewart Clatworthy
Evelyn Peters
Description
Uses the Community Well-Being Index (CWB) to compare quality of life for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, and discusses regional differences and changes between 2001 and 2006. Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White and Calvin Hanselmann.
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Aboriginal People in Manitoba [2012]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal and Northern Affairs]
Description
Based on Manitoba government program data and statistics gathered from Government of Canada's 2006 Census.
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Aboriginal People With Disabilities

Alternate Title
2008 Federal Disability Report
Advancing the Inclusion of People with Disabilities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Description
Chapter 6 of: Advancing the Inclusion of People With Disabilities (2008). Entire book on one pdf. To access this chapter, scroll to p. 91.
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Aboriginal Quality of Life under a Modern Treaty: Lessons from the Experience of the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee and the Inuit of Nunavik

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Quality of Life [Series]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Martin Papillon
IRPP Choices, vol. 14, no. 9, August 2008, pp. 1-26
Description
Reviews changes that have taken place since the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement using various indicators such as income, education, and life expectancy.
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Aboriginal Research: An Aboriginal Perspective

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Louisa Collins
Lewis Poulson
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, March/April 1991, p. 6
Description
Looks at how Menzies School of Health Research is working towards a better relationship with Aboriginal people when conducting research in a community.
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Aboriginal Research Resources

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Portal "brings together inter-disciplinary sources and information relating to Indigenous Studies and Native-newcomer relations at the University of Saskatchewan". Contains links to library & archive holdings, other collections, scholarly output, etc.
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Aboriginal Seniors in Canada

Alternate Title
A Portrait of Seniors in Canada 2006
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Martin Turcotte
Grant Schellenberg
Description
Statistics on demographic trends, culture and language, continuous learning, work and participation in society, living arrangements and housing, and health and well-being. Chapter six of A Portrait of Seniors in Canada 2006. Scroll to page 221 to read chapter.
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Aboriginal Supported Child Development: Guidelines Manual

Alternate Title
ASCD Guidelines Manual
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monique Gray Smith
Description
Guidelines designed create resources to support community driven initiatives and services that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal children with special needs.
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Aboriginal Teen Bikes Across Canada

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 28, no. 3, fall, 1998, p. 8
Description
Andrew Merasty of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Northern Saskatchewan decides to change his lifestyle and cycles from Halifax to Vancouver.
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Aboriginal Women and Healthcare

Alternate Title
Report Card (Friends of Women & Chidlren in B.C.) ; vol. 3, no.12, 2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Description
Identifies some of the institutional barriers to wellness and argues more must be done to meet the cultural needs of Aboriginal clients.
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Aboriginal Women and Home Care in Saskatchewan

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erika Haug
Shelley Thomas Prokop
Saskatchewan Notes, vol. 3, no. 1, January 2004, pp. 1-4
Description
Brief article states that these women face more barriers to services, both as recipients and caregivers.
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Aboriginal Women's Health

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence
Description
Website contains publications and general information, as well as related links, in an attempt to aid others in understanding the health and health issues of Aboriginal women.
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An Aboriginal Worldview of Helping: Empowering Approaches

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Poonwassie
Anne Charter
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 35, no. 1, Multicultural Counselling in the Millenium, 2001, pp. 63-73
Description
Looks at holistic approaches to healing and wellness developed by Aboriginal groups.
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Aboriginal Youth and Social Inequalities in Health

Alternate Title
PopHealth Notes ; no. 4, 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Marie-Jeanne Disant
Catherine Hébert
Odile Bergeron
Suzanne Bruneau]
Description
Looks at the pro-active projects that are contributing to the improvement of the health and wellness of Aboriginal youth and the Quebec communities they live in.
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Absence of Association Between Genetic Variation in the LIPC Gene Promoter and Plasma Lipoproteins in Three Canadian Populations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Hegele
Stewart B. Harris
J. Howard Brunt
T. Kue Young
Anthony J. G. Hanley
Bernard Zinman
Philip W. Connelly
Atherosclerosis, vol. 146, no. 1, September 1999, pp. 153-160
Description
Findings of testing on 3 distinct populations, Hutterites, Oji-Cree and Keewatin Inuit, indicate there's no consistent relationship between the population mean plasma HDL cholesterol concentration and then population LIPC-480T frequency.
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Access to Safe and Sustainable Drinking Water Sources in First Nations Communities [Webinar]

Alternate Title
Clcahl (Hullcar) Aquifer: Splatsin Drinking Water Contamination
Creating a Blue Dialogue
POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
Water Realities in Indigenous Communities
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lalita Bharadwaj
Kukpi7 (Chief) Wayne Christian
Description
First presenter discusses the current state of water in First Nations communities and challenges in the areas of source water, treatment, and water supply systems. Second speaker discusses the groundwater contamination in British Columbia's Hullcar Valley and what the crisis means for the Splatsin people. Related Material: Webinar Summary.
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Acknowledging the Māori Cultural Values and Beliefs Embedded in Rongoā Māori Healing

Alternate Title
Acknowledging the Maori Cultural Values and Beliefs Embedded in Rongoa Maori Healing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenis Mark
Kerry Chamberlain
Amohia Boulton
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 75-92
Description
Comments on the findings of semi-structured narrative interviews from which two key topics emerged: concepts of healing and the focus of healing.
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Across Australia...From Health Worker to Health Worker

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeanette Turner
Betty Sandimar
Gwen Miller
David Simpson
Jack Lalara
Peter Dhawalpandi Manugnurr
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, December 1979, pp. 41-50
Description
Presents a series of short narratives by primary health workers in remote Australian communities.
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