Resource Database

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Community Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives
Description
Lists over 2300 resources covering a broad spectrum subject areas. Can be sorted by title or author.
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Resource Development and Well-Being in Northern Canada

Alternate Title
ReSDA Gap Analysis Report ; no.7
Resource Development and Well-Being in Northern Canada: Myth or Opportunity
Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic Workshop Report ; no.7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Parlee
Description
Discusses if resource development will improve the well-being of people in the northern communities or add to the growing gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
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Resources for Systematic Reviews of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Aboriginal Populations: Inventory and Appraisal

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Palmer
Dale McMurchy
Description
Evaluation produced nine recommended resources: PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography, DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects), Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Effective Public Health Practice Project and the Guide to Community Preventive Services.
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Respect the Water #1

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher resource for Grades 5 and 8 utilizes the poem Water/El Agua by Jorge Argueta, video The Story of Bottled Water, and article No Running Water by Helen Fallding to explore issues surrounding the environment, the impact of human behaviour, and how we can maintain healthy and sustainable ecosystems.
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Respecting Women in Research

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Loretta Hardcastle
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, July/August 2007, pp. 16-17
Description
Defines what is meant by Indigenous research and reports on the methodologies used in the development of a research program for Indigenous women's health.
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Results of Multiyear International Interlaboratory Comparison Program for Mercury in Human Hair

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
U. S. Gill
H. M. Schwartz
L. Bigras
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 43, no. 4, November 2002, pp. 466-472
Description
Summary results showed a wide range of performance quality and a need for replicate samples to properly assess the effectiveness of analytical methodologies and reliability of results.
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Rethinking Historical Trauma

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Joseph P. Gone
Joshua Moses
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 3, Historical Trauma, 2014, pp. 299-319
Description
Introduction to issue on historical trauma and implications for mental health and practice. Compares the Holocaust to Indigenous Trauma.
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A Review of Arctic Trace Metal Data with Implications for Biological Effects

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
B. J. Presley
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 7-12, July-December 1997, pp. 226-234
Description
Review of data found few studies in this area; author recommends initiation of monitoring programs to gain greater knowledge of the effects of human activity on the marine environment.
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Review of the First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) 2002/2003

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
Description
"The purpose of this review was to assess the quality of the research design and the consistency of the research process with the principles of First Nations’ ownership, control, access and possession of research (commonly known as the “OCAP principles”)."
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A Review of the Social Union Framework Agreement and Its Implications on the Métis Nation: A Report Prepared for the Métis National Council

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peggy J. Blair
Bradford W. Morse
Description
Provides background and description of agreement, analysis of major court decisions, information on programs currently delivered by Metis organizations, and identifies areas where greater supports are needed but funding has been inadequate.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Raymond Wilson
David Murray
Donald L. Fixico
Donna Rosh
Kathleen A. Dahl
Francis Jennings
John F. Boatman
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
Darryl Wilson
David W. Penney
James D. Nason
Terrence Cole
Eric G. Ackermann
WIlliam C. Sturtevant
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 4, 1990, pp. 67-122
Description
Book reviews of: The View From Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians by Sherry L. Smith. Indians of the Northwest Coast by Maximilien Bruggmann and Peter R. Gerber. Oklahoma Seminoles, Medicine, Magic, and Religion by James H. Howard in collaboration with Willie Lena. American Indian Identities: Today's Changing Perspectives edited by Clifford E. Trafzer. Oil Age Eskimos by Joseph G. Jorgensen. The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G.
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(RHS) Cultural Framework, February 2005

Alternate Title
Regional Health Survey Cultural Framework, February 2005
[RHS Cultural Framework: Indigenous Intelligence]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)?]
Description
Discusses the meaning of "indigenous intelligence" and compares Aboriginal values and worldviews to Euro-Western.
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RHS Phase 2 (2008/10) Preliminary Results: Adult, Youth, Child

Alternate Title
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) Phase 2 (2008/10) Preliminary Results
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Description
Results of the only First Nations on-reserve and northern First Nations community longitudinal survey conducted in Canada and only national research initiative under complete First Nations control. Revised second edition.
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[Richard Wagamese - Indian Horse]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Description
Author speaks about the book and the experiences of its main character, Saul Indian Horse. Duration: 57:10.
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The Right-Brained Indian: Fact or Fiction?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roland D. Chrisjohn
Michael Peters
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 2, January 1986, pp. [1-7]
Description
Argues there is insufficient evidence to support the claim of right hemisphere dominance in Indigenous peoples and cautions against changing curricula until it can be proven.
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The Right Space: The Impact of Meaningful Dialogue in Informing Culturally Safe Care in the Emergency Department in a Rural Northern Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Carter
Theresa Healy
Semiguul (Fanny Nelson)
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 72-86
Description

Looks at a project that interweaves Indigenous and Western point-of-views to improve emergency care for northern communities.

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Right to a Healthy City? Examining the Relationship between Urban Space and Health Inequity by Aboriginal Youth Artist-Activists in Winnipeg

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Skinner
Jeffrey R. Masuda
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 91, August 2013, pp. 210-218
Description
Two broad themes emerged: factors that limited mobility within neighbourhoods, including perceptions of health/safety threats or barriers, and factors which limited movement in the larger city.
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The Rights of First Nations Children in Canada

Alternate Title
Child, Youth and Family Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlyn Bennett
Andrea Auger
Description
Looks at at the welfare of First Nations children and the continuing disproportionate levels of risks they face compared to non-Aboriginal children.
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Risk Assessment of Cadmium Exposure in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Kim
Hing Man Chan
Olivier Receveur
Food Additives and Contaminants, vol. 15, no. 3, Part A, April 1998, pp. 307-317
Description
Suggests that the health risk associated with cadmium exposure via food and cigarette smoking in Fort Resolution is within the Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) set out by the World Health Organization.
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Risk Factors and Chronic Conditions Among Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations: Research Article

Alternate Title
Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 82-003-XPE
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Lix
Sharon Bruce
Joykrishna Sarkar
T. Kue Young
Health Reports, vol. 20, no. 4, December 2009
Description
Study compares major risk factors and chronic conditions in populations not living on reserves in the north and southern areas of Canada.
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Road To Competency: CHRs [Community Health Representatives] and the Need for National, Competency-Based Training and Credible Career Paths for Inuit, Métis and First Nations Health and Wellness Workers

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merryl Hammond
Description
Focuses on three areas: best scenario for establishing a country-wide structure in the future, current state of affairs, and issues surrounding provision of services to Aboriginal communities.
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Rock Thunder - Portrait

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
E.N. Davis (photographer)
Description
Portrait of man identified as "Rock Thunder, medicine man of Cree."
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