Science & Technology

Uses Jeff Barnaby’s film, File Under Miscellaneous, and SyFy’s series, Helix, to discuss the subtleties inherent in Gerald Vizenor’s concept of “survivance” and Archille Mbembe’s competing logics of “martyrdom and survial.” Considers these as elements of resistance to colonial biopolitics.

Contrasts Indigenous and Western approaches to research in colonized communities. Stresses the need for research being done in Indigenous communities to serve Indigenous people. Highlights the importance of self-awareness on the part of the researcher and a commitment to community service.

Stresses the importance of good data collection in order to deliver quality health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander citizens in Australia.

Looks at disengagement from a cultural viewpoint of Maori students in New Zealand and Seediq/Atayal students in Taiwan.

Looks at the ethics and proper etiquette for Indigenous knowledge exchange through the Breakthrough Listen project.

Compares ITK which is associated with personal and reflective knowing to scientific study based on controlled trial methodology.

Article investigates the advantages and limits of global social media for a small localized group by studying Twitter categories created by users.

Article explores some of the meanings and implications of the online education project: FourDirectionsTeachings.com

Founder of a rotating twitter account which features a new Indigenous host each week discusses its development and possible future directions. Duration: 28:53.

Looks at the dynamics of being or becoming Indigenous in a digital age.

Fine Arts Thesis (MFA)--The University of British Columbia (Okanagon), 2015.

Focuses on outcomes observed with four students. Data collected through self-assessment, teachers' records of fluency and use of strategies in oral readings, evidence of semantic and syntactic development in stories, and standardized tests. Study took place at Westmount Community School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Education Leadership with a Specialization in Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ed.D)--University of Phoenix, 2009.

Announces the launch of a new Indigenous index by The State Library of New South Wales, Australia.

Based on survey of households with school-aged children and interviews with education service providers at the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation.

Looks at the theory of social capital as it applies to Aboriginal communities and presents the social capital framework that guides its examination in relation to information and communication technology. Also presented is a summary of case descriptions of information and communication technology implementation in First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.

Briefly describes the resource: www.db.ndri.curtin/edu/au

How the advent of information communication technologies has brought about behavioral changes in choices for education, employment and where to live.

Library and Information Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Alberta, 2000.

Review of national strategies, plans, projects and users in the health social sectors.

Reports on the findings from a two-day conference discussing best practice for incorporating Indigenous knowledge in science education, which involved 50 science teachers, consultants, and administrators from urban, rural, and First Nations communities in Manitoba.

Presents a collection of cases to help academics, researchers, community practitioners and policymakers in the use of knowledge translation.

Looked at a total of 21 municipalities, some of which have significant Sami populations.

Looks at a study conducted on decomposition and insect succession in the Prairie Ecozone of Saskatchewan in the year 2000.

Math and Science Institute, Bureau of Indian Affairs, seeks to enhance teaching these subjects in a multicultural setting.

Secondary Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 2010.

Discusses the guidelines that gather different perspectives of the world and include both western knowledge and traditional knowledge.

Presents an example of how local and scientific knowledge can be integrated to form a workable system for fisheries management.

Discusses implementation challenges of geography, technical infrastructure, human resources and cross-jurisdictional services.

A paper presented by Glen Aikenhead of the University of Saskatchewan to the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, New Orleans, April 26, 2000.

Explores ways to alleviate the alienation experienced by Aboriginal students in the science classroom.

Pre-publication version of chapter to be published in Convergence, and Integration edited by Lars K. Hallstrom, Nicholas P. Guehlstorf and Margot W. Parkes.

Looks at emerging concepts for post-secondary science project at Cape Breton University.

Looks at the efforts to bridge scientific knowledges from Indigenous and western worldviews for the purposes of science education, science research, science applications, and science outreach for youth and the community.

Focus group consisting of members from Blackfoot community including students, faculty and teachers discuss what is needed for Aboriginal success in post-secondary education with a specific focus on science.

Presents an overview of Internet resources that could be useful in the study of entrepreneurship and business development.

Looks at management and staff members working in Aboriginal communities and the functions and benefits of strength-based practices specifically in Tribal courts and agencies helping AI/AN communities.

Looks at issues surrounding integrating Aboriginal healing practices with the mainstream Canadian health care system, such as who controls licensing, what standards should apply to healing practices and definition of what constitutes a healing practice. Paper from the Aboriginal Administrative Law Conference.

Young woman from Cumberland House pursues a career in the sciences.

Review of the program "First Americans—Tomorrow’s Engineers" designed to recruit engineers.

Specially themed issue is intended to create an interdisciplinary dialogue on Indigenous science education in the North American context.

Book review of: Inuit Adoption by Lee Guemple.

Looks at how new media technologies such as the Nanisiniq Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) Adventure Website can be used as a resource in the preservation and promotion of Inuit traditional knowledge.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2014.

Book review of: Inuit in Cyberspace by Neil Blair Christensen.