Statistics & Surveys

Overview of methods used to collect data from a remote Torres Strait Island for research regarding relocation to the Australian mainland.

Book review of: Take This Child by Barbara Cummings. Review located by scrolling to page 177.

Data drawn from 1,750 15-minute telephone surveys conducted from March 5, 2012 to March 19, 2012.

Shows speech-language pathologists need to adapt and transform their professional behaviours for suitably partnerships with Aboriginal communities. Scroll down to page 21 to read article.

Brief summary of study which involved interviews with 75 individuals representing First Nations, provincial and federal governments and industry. Discusses progress to-date, pressures, barriers, and recommendations. Includes case study of Saskatchewan.

Provides overview of health and alcohol program staffed by Aboriginal workers and results of 1980s health survey of Tasmanian residents.

2nd edition.

3rd edition.

Related Material: Te Ohonga Ake: The Determinants of Health for Māori Children and Young People in New Zealand: Series Two.

Related Material: Te Ohonga Ake: The Health for Māori Children and Young People with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities in New Zealand: Series Two.

Related Material: Te Ohonga Ake: The Health Status of Māori Children and Young People in New Zealand: Series Two.

Sources are Te Kupenga, survey on wellbeing, General Social Survey and Census of Population and Dwellings.

Findings from project involving Maori language.

Findings from project involving Maori language.

Findings from project involving Maori language.

Findings from project involving Maori language.

Findings from project involving Maori language.

Discusses the results and analysis of a study that looks at factors, issues, and problem affecting teacher recruitment, retention, attrition, and student achievement in one provincial school system and schools in one Tribal Council in Saskatchewan.

Discusses the changing, contradictory character of teachers' work shaped by the reforms oriented to improve educational prospects for Aboriginal people in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Explores the changing occupational nature of teaching in relation to initiatives to improve education for Aboriginal people.

Outlines responses of various teachers in regards to the extensive work that remains to be accomplished in constructing inclusive and respectful school environments for Aboriginal learners.

Establishes how many medical schools are teaching courses on cultural issues and examines format, content and timing of courses.

Looks at probable determinants and impacts in Canada, Alaska and Greenland.

Reviews the results of a CBC survey conducted in 1973 on respondents who resided in Frobisher Bay, NWT (now Iqaluit, Nunavut) and Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.

Looks at economic, sociological and psychological data that shows outgroup identity and stress has increased since the arrival of television.

Study, using a sample of 26 households, assessed the impact of the introduction of the new media.

Report provides information on families and children in care with the Southern First Nations Network of Care.

Study investigated why this type of accommodation was needed, challenges faced, whether needs were being met, and what improvements were desirable. Includes survey of users and twelve cases studies conducted in northwestern Ontario. Includes research highlight and full report.

Supportive housing is related to accessing medical care, education and other vital services. Summary of study which involved literature review, survey of users in four Ontario communities, and case studies of 12 providers.

Study examined adult females, registered as reindeer owners or herders or from the register of the Swedish Sami Parliament, living in northern and Arctic regions of Sweden.

Study looked at 49 cases of FASD diagnosed at Anishnawbe Health Toronto (AHT) between 2002 and 2012. Multidisciplinary team assessed neurodevelopmental abnormalities, facial features and growth abnormalities, and inquired about maternal alcohol consumption, current custody and involvement with the criminal justice system.

Study shows a drop in disease incidence after interventions.

Study sample consisted of 340 individuals, including respondents to questionnaires, participants in focus groups, and interviewees. Purpose was to gather information for use in developing appropriate programming.

Explains Aboriginal law and defines who is an Aboriginal. Presents results from questionnaire sent to faculty claiming Indian descent and teaching courses related to Aboriginal law in American law schools.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 1987.

Describes participatory research project dealing with quality and accessibility of health services for urban residents in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. Interviews were conducted with 50 individuals from Penticton, Kelowna, and Vernon.

Measures performance of First Nations governments in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba for 2009.

Summarizes the research undertaken from September 2002 to May 2003 including surveys, questionnaires, focus group discussions and minutes.

Study surveyed 72 attendees from the late 1940s through the early 1980s to gather information on their experiences, both good and bad.

Focuses on the censuses conducted in the post-Confederation period to 2006.

Overview of tobacco use including history, factors of use, and factors of permanent cessation or continued use.

Curriculum and Instruction, Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2007.