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First Nations Still Waiting for Environmental Clean-Up

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Ontario Birchbark, vol. 4, no. 8, October 2005, p. 1, 4
Looks at how communities continue to live with the environmental fall-out from 98 radar sites that were shut down in the 50's and 60's.
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First Nations Wholistic Policy and Planning Model: Discussion Paper for the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health

Alternate Title
AFN Discussion Paper for WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeffrey L. Reading
Andrew Kmetic
Valerie Gideon
Discussion on the historic, cultural, social, economic and political forces affecting health and creating disparities that First Nations peoples experience.
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A First Nations Woman With Disabilities: “Listen To What I Am Saying!”

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Douglas Durst
Georgina Morin
Sharon Wall
Mary Bluechardt
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 57-77
Looks at the life story of resistance and resiliency of a First Nations woman against multiple forms of oppression and her concern for the improved well-being of Aboriginal people with disabilities.
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First Nations Women Make Wellness First Priority

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tanis Doe
Herizons, vol. 7, no. 1, April 30, 1993, pp. 10-[?]
Highlights the First Nations Women and Wellness Conference in Vancouver, B.C. that began to identify wellness in a radical, new way.
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FNLED Peoples Report: 2018-2020

Alternate Title
First Nations Labour and Employment and Development Survey Peoples Report: 2018-2020
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario

Results from 1,350 individuals living in 25 communities. Respondents were asked questions about employment, income, ability to meet expenses, retirement, cultural practices, First Nations language skills,  and physical health.

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FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations

Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]

Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness

Booklet 3: Education, Skills and Aspirations

Booklet 4: Success Factors and Obstacles to Employment

Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment

Booklet 6: Income and Needs Assessment

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Food and Water Security Issues in Russia I: Food Security in the General Population of the Russian Arctic, Siberia and the Far East, 2000-2011

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexey A. Dudarev
Pavel R. Alloyarov
Valery S. Chupakhin
Eugenia V. Dushkina
Yuliya N. Sladkova
Vitaliy
M. Dorofeyev
Tatijana
A. Kolesnikova
Kirill B. Fridman
Lena Maria Nilsson
Birgitta Evengard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 21848
Report stresses the priority in improving the supply, accessibility, and contaminant removal within food supplies.
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Food Pollution Threatens Lives of Inuits in Arctic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leyla Alyanak
Earth Times News Service, June 12, 1997
Discusses the dangerous levels of contaminants in traditional Inuit foods, and the various pollutants causing the contamination.
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Food Sovereignty Assessment Tool

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alicia Bell-Sheeter
Comments on ways to make communities food secure by increasing knowledge about food-related needs and resources and by building collaboration and capacity.
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The Fourth Indigenous Environmental Health Conference

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2003, pp. 15-19
Conference overview describes the role that Indigenous Environmental Health Workers (IEHWs) play in maintaining the well-being of Indigenous people across Australia.
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Fracture Risk Among First Nations People: A Retrospective Matched Cohort Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William D. Leslie
Shelley Derksen
Colleen Metge
Lisa M. Lix
Elizabeth A. Salamon
Pauline Wood Steiman
Leslie L. Roos
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 171, no. 8, October 12, 2004, pp. 869-873
Determines the bone fracture rates of First Nations people age 20 and older using the Manitoba administrative health database.
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A Framework For Cooperation: January, 1999

Alternate Title
A Framework For Cooperation: A Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Developed by the Government of Saskatchewan to help identify priorities and future actions concerning Aboriginal people in the areas of education, training, employment and community well-being.
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From Health Worker to Health Worker...Across Australia: Aboriginal Studies and Environmental Health

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Emma Collins
Mark Warcon
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, pp. 7-8
Loss of the traditional nomatic lifestyle has created environmental health problems in communities and town camps. Suggests health workers and Aboriginal educators should be employed to help communities develop and manage their own health strategies.
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From the Editorial Desk

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juhani Hassi
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, no. 4, Special Issue: eHealth, 2004, pp. 308-309
Brief Introduction to issue containing articles that review ehealth practices from northern health care units.
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From Woundedness to Resilience

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 3, no. 1, The Health of Urban Aboriginal People: From Woundedness to Resilience, September 2006, pp. 2-3
Editorial states that in a healing journey individuals must not see themselves as wounded, or they will not adapt in the face of adversity.
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Funding and Ethics in Métis Community Based Research: The Complications of a Contemporary Context

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mike Evans
Chris Andersen
Devin Dietrich
Carrie Bourassa
Tricia Logan
Lawrence D. Berg
Elizabeth Devolder
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2012, pp. 54-66
Article provides a brief history of Indigenous ethics, reviews the paucity of health research for Métis populations, critiques understandings of community and discusses possible solutions.
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