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Urban Aboriginal People: Homes, Homelessness and Residential Mobility

Alternate Title
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 88
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Describes development of a survey instrument for studying links between the three variables.
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Urban Aboriginal People in Toronto: A Summary of the 2011 Toronto Aboriginal Research Project (TARP)

Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kevin FitzMaurice
Don McCaskill
Jaime Cidro
Focuses on seven of the fourteen research topics: general demographics; poverty and social services; the emerging middle class; the two-spirited community; law and justice; racism; and the arts. Chapter from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
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Urban Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Beyond Statistics

Alternate Title
Canadian Political Science Association Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joanne Heritz
Looks at the movement between reserve and city (labelled as 'churn') and the concerns submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People and the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study.
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Urban Aboriginal Settlement Patterns and the Distributions of Housing Characteristics in Large Prairie Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shauna L. Wouters
Evelyn Peters
Prairie Perspectives, vol. 10, 2007, pp. 30-46
Looks at the housing traits of rate of home ownership, proportion of dwellings requiring major repairs, average value of dwelling units, and proportion of constructed before 1946 and data for population from census tracts within the defined city boundaries of Edmonton, Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon.
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Urban Aboriginal Task Force: Barrie/Midland/Orillia Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joint Steering Committee
Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Don McCaskill
Kevin Fitzmaurice
Study focused on: demographic and mobility patterns, service delivery, culture and identity, issues specific to children, youth, and women, racism, health, and income and poverty. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 288 respondents.
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Urban Aboriginal Task Force: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joint Steering Committee Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Study undertaken to provide information for development of strategic resource allocation, understanding of current policy approaches and legislative frameworks, and on-going issues faced by the population in the cities of Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Barrie/Midland/Orillia, Sudbury and Kenora.
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Urban Aboriginal Task Force: Kenora Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don McCaskill
Kevin Fitzmaurice
Tara Letwiniuk
Joint Steering Committee
Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Study focused on: education, income, employment, housing, culture and identity, racism, health, issues specific to youth, women and men and provision of social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 280 participants 96 percent of whom were Aboriginal.
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Urban Aboriginal Task Force: Ottawa Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joint Steering Committee
Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Don McCaskill
Kevin Fitzmaurice
Study focused on: education, culture and identity, political representation, housing, economic development, racism, health, economically successful residents, youth issues, and gaps in social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 340.
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Urban Aboriginal Task Force: Sudbury Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joint Steering Committee Urban Aboriginal Task Force (UATF)
Study focused on: demographics and mobility patterns, culture and identity, service delivery, racism, health, housing, income and employment, and issues specific to youth and women. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 441 respondents; 182 participated in qualitative component and 259 participated in quantitative component.
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Urban Aboriginal Task Force: Thunder Bay Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joint Steering Committee
Urban Aboriginal Task Force (AFT)
Don McCaskill
Kevin Fitzmaurice
Study focused on: demographics and mobility patterns, service delivery, culture and identity, issues specific to youth and women, racism, and health. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 425.
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Urban Aboriginal Wellbeing, Wellness and Justice: A Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre Needs Assessment Study for Creating a Collaborative Indigenous Mental Resilience, Addictions and Justice Strategy: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
L. Jane McMillan
Pamela Glode-Desrochers
Study involved front-line service providers and clients of centre located in the Halifax Regional Municipality in a series of focus groups, sharing circles and pathway building exercises. Themes discusses were: Indigenous traditional knowledge and wellness, cultural healing and service provision; encounters with criminal justice and mental health systems; and promising practices to support reintegration of families.
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Urban American Indian Caregiving During COVID-19

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Felina M. Cordova-Marks
Terry A. Badger
Robin B. Harris
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 2, COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples, Part 1, 2020, pp. 5-19
Discusses the results of interviews with twenty survey participants; five themes emerged: concern about care recipient contracting the virus, increased caregiving intensity and medical care issues, changes to personal health behaviors, and support during the pandemic.
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Urban First Nations People Without Homes in Saskatchewan: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies
Focuses on Prince Albert, Saskatoon, and Regina. Uses data from the 1996 Statistics Canada census survey and information gathered from interviews. Profiles homeless and identifies available resources, gaps in services, and barriers to access.
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Urban Indigenous People: Not Just Passing Through

Alternate Title
Urban Indigenous People: 2019 Research Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
Discusses historical and contemporary reasons for migration to urban centres, the lack recognition of an urban presence based on the belief that identity and cities are incompatible because Indigeneity is solely defined by a relationship to the land, and how this attitude, coupled with government policy, has resulted in the lack of culturally appropriate supports and services available.
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Urban Indigenous Strategy Survey: Results Summary

Alternate Title
Hamilton Urban Indigenous Strategy Survey: Results Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Hamilton

Sample of 513 respondents either fully or partially filled out the survey. Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents were asked for comments and suggestions for activities to improve city's response to Indigenous citizens under the themes of land, people, and spirit.

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Urban Reality of Type 2 Diabetes Among First Nations of Eastern Ontario: Western Science and Indigenous Perceptions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hasu Ghosh
Journal of Global Citizenship & Equity Education, vol. 2, no. 2, 2012, pp. [158]-181
Looks at diabetes as a product of economic and social conditions as well as issues of self-esteem and self-worth originating from a colonial past. Provides recommendations for the future.
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Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous Housing: The Next Step

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daniel J. Brant
Catherine Irwin-Gibson
Reports on results of survey of housing providers conducted between the end of December 2018 and March 2019; explains the changing demographics of Indigenous populations; and gives the background to the Urban Native Housing Program and the Rural and Native Housing Programs and discusses the implications of the expiry of Operating Grants under them.
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Use of Biomedical Services and Traditional Healing Options Among American Indians: Sociodemographic Correlates, Spirituality, and Ethnic Identity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas
K. Novins
Janette Beals
Laurie A. Moore
Paul Spicer
Spero M. Manson
AI-SUPERPFP Team
Medical Care, vol. 42, no. 7, July 2004, pp. 670-679
Survey results done on 2,595 people from two different tribes that examined the use of biomedical services and traditional medicine for both physical health and psychiatric problems.
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Use of Cognitive Question Testing Methodologies in Participant Action Research: Implementing the Three-Step Test-Interview Method in Indian Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas W. Pavkov
Jacob Priest
Kathleen Fox
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 18, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 82-90
Reviews importance of culturally competent research and demonstrates how researchers can conduct appropriate research with American Indian and Alaskan Native youth using Three-step method.
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