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Strengthening Indigenous Communication in Abya Yala

Articles » General
Author/Creator
María del Rosario Sul González
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Discusses the efforts to create a permanent space for Indigenous media to share experiences, challenges and aspirations in the field of communications.
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Strengthening Law and Justice Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victims/Survivors of Family Violence and Sexual Assault and Women and Children: National Policy Issues - A Victorian Perspective

Alternate Title
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Looks at key law and justice issues: funding services in rural areas; national women's legal program; and women's law and justice policy development and funding issues.
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Strengthening On-the-Ground Service Provision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victims/Survivors of Family Violence and Sexual Assault in Victoria

Alternate Title
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Reports on current legal and associated services offered in the state, government initiatives addressing family violence, and results from consultations about experiences with the legal system.
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The Struggle for Equal Rights for First Nations Children in Child Welfare: Briefing to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the Occasion of the Review of Canada’s Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Discusses the over-representation of Aboriginal children in the child welfare system and makes recommendations to keep them safely at home.
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The Sui Generis Nature of Aboriginal Rights: Does it Make a Difference?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Borrows
Leonard I. Rotman
Alberta Law Review, vol. 36, no. 1, Symposium on Aboriginal Legal Issues, December 1997, pp. 9-45
Examines the development, use and impact of term sui generis (meaning of its own kind or genus being unique in characteristics) to describe Aboriginal rights.
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Summary of Legal Needs Assessment

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network(CAAN)
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Study involved consultations, key informant interviews and a focus group about HIV and/or hepatitis C (HCV) in Indigenous communities. Most responses fell into two broad categories: stigma and discrimination in the context of health care and other settings and concerns about privacy and confidentiality, with a number of sub-themes.
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Summary Report: A Call for Action

Alternate Title
National Aboriginal Women's Summit ; 2007
National Aboriginal Women's Summit: Strong Women, Strong Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Women's Summit
Summarizes discussions which centered around three themes: health, safety and wellness, equality and empowerment, and strength, balance and honour. Summit produced 137 recommendations.
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Survey Report on the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Southern Chief's Organization [Manitoba]
Reports findings of survey which asked 23 questions about the Calls to Justice. Topics were: culture, health and wellness, policing, corrections, media and social influencers, education, child welfare, natural resource extraction, human security, and rights.
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A Syllabus for History after the TRC

Alternate Title
A Syllabus for History After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Historical Association
Goal of document is to "gather together materials on Indigenous history in and around Canada that might be useful for people teaching, researching, writing history or working in public history". Current as of 2019.
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Symbolic vs Practical Reconciliation. Why Choose?

Alternate Title
ECPR General Conference ; 9th, 2015
European Consortium for Political Research General Conference ; 9th, 2015
Panel: Comparative Perspectives on Self-Determination: Institutional Models and Political Challenges
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Murphy
Looks at self-determination and links to Indigenous mental and physical health. Paper from 9th ECPR General Conference, Université de Montréal.
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Tamachek Women in the 21st Century

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Saoudata Aboubacrine
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 28-31
Examines the Touareg or Tamachek women and their loss of ancestral lands and control over decisions concerning well-being, economic, social and cultural lives. To access this article, scroll down to page 28.
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Tangled, Lost and Bitter? Current Directions in Writing of Native History in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerry Abel
Acadiensis, vol. 26, no. 1, Autumn, 1996, pp. 92-101
Review essay of: Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeaster North America, 1600-64 by Denis Delage. Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy by Sarah Carter. The Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries by Diane Newell. Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schoolsby J.R. Miller.
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Taxation of Aboriginals in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Howard L. Morry
Manitoba Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1992, pp. 426-452
Overview of taxation law and case law, particularly s. 87 provisions in the Indian Act.
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[Terminology & Rights Handbook]

Alternate Title
A Citizen's Guide to Rights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Craig Charbonneau Fontaine]

Developed to assist students in understanding language used in constitutional discussions, and give information about rights when encountering police.

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Theorizing Citizenship in British Settler Societies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Pearson
Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 25, no. 6, November 1, 2002, pp. 989-1012
Discusses concepts of citizenship in the context of colonization and Indigenous peoples and proposes a unique framework at both local and global levels is required.
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There Is No Longer Time: Mphatheleni Makaulule on the agency—and urgency—of women’s leadership

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colin Rosemont
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Describes the event for Indigenous women's participation in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues. Comments on the role of leadership for women and the necessity of Indigenous knowledge for future generations.
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Think Indigenous [1: Intro Crystal Lameman]

Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Crystal Lameman
Speaker connects Aboriginal ways of knowing to today's world. From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan. Duration: 32:50.
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Think Indigenous [11: Pam Palmater]

Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Pam Palmater
Speaker discusses the importance of teachers to the process of decolonization. From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan. Duration: 42:59.
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Title is with Me

Alternate Title
Free, Prior & Informed Consent: Title is with Me
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Roger William
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. 27-32
Combined presentations by Roger William at the Free, Prior and Informed Consent Forum in 2015 about the historic judgment given to the Tsilhgot'in Nation for lands claimed outside of a reserve.
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