[Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada]
Description
Defines the sector, maps funding economy, identifies key issues, gives insights from focus groups, and makes recommendations. Includes five case studies: Got Bannock, Bear Clan, Indspire, Families First Foundation, and the Royal Bank of Canada.
An Assessment of Major Phases of the Research Methodology Used in IFSD’s First Nations Child and Family Services Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Halaina Gaspard
[Scott Edward Bennett]
Description
Study conducted as a result of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling that First Nations children were being discriminated against in the existing child welfare system. Purpose was to: develop reliable data collection, analysis and reporting methodology; provide technical expertise to analyze current agency needs and advice on how to monitor and respond to needs from fiscal and governance perspectives; analyze complete needs assessments; and complete a cost analysis.
Discusses using participatory action research (PAR) methodology, developing culturally appropriate research, communication and data protocols, and working with intermediary organizations to help build relationships. Concludes with a list of best practices.
Chapter from The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods, 2nd edition, edited by Nigel G. Fielding, Raymond M. Lee, and Grant Blank.
Reports results of interviews with service providers, Elders, community members, and people experiencing homelessness in 11 Saskatchewan communities and one in Manitoba.
Documents research carried out on 11 authorities located in communities across Canada. Identifies issues, challenges and critical success factors, and makes recommendations.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 06-018
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Issues and challenges identified included autonomy, turnover, operating environment, demographics, history and community support, relationship problems and conflict, and housing and land shortages.
Highlights from research report of the same name.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, January 24, 1977 regarding a motion to establish a Community Liaison Committee to highlight issues of importance to understanding and co-operation between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in Saskatoon.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 179-189
Description
Discusses how two organizations, the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) and Northern Health, have approached incorporating Indigenous knowledge about health and wellness into their healthcare practices.
Presents Aboriginal Healing Foundation's code of conduct which is designed to ensure safety ,as well as fictional stories to illustrate various aspects of ethics.
"Enthusiastic Supporters": The File Hills Farm Colony and the Junior Red Cross
Theses
Author/Creator
Karrie Lorena Gibbons
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2020.
See chapter 4: "Enthusiastic Supporters": The File Hills Farm Colony and the Junior Red Cross.
Northern Review, no. 48, October 18, 2018, pp. 51-80
Description
Discusses the ongoing evolution of the Artic Council which formed in 1996 and includes Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the United States; notes that despite increasing capacity through funding and creation of a permanent secretariat, institutional powers remain limited.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 227-252
Description
Findings of an ethnographic study done by Aboriginal residents to explore the importance of cultural orientation for the future direction of urban development.
Overview of process to identify, examine and discuss broad issues of registration, membership and citizenship beyond the amendments to Bill C-3. Included participation of 20 organizations resulting in 55 national, regional and local First Nation and Métis organizations taking part.