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Well-Being of Off-Reserve Aboriginal Children

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Martin Turcotte
John Zhao
Canadian Social Trends, no. 75, Winter, 2004, pp. 22-27
Describes the physical, mental, intellectual, spiritual and emotional well-being of children age 14 and under. Adapted from A Portrait of Aboriginal Children Living in Non-Reserve Areas: Results from the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
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The Wellbeing of Māori Pre and Post Covid-19 Lockdown in Aotearoa / New Zealand

Alternate Title
[The Māori Identity and Financial Attitudes Study (MIFAS)}
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carla Houkamau
Kiri Dell
Jason Paul Mika
Chris Sibley
Turuhia Keelan
... [et al.]
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Reports results of the Te Rangahau o Te Tuakiri Māori me Ngā Waiaro ā-Pūtea/The Māori Identity and Financial Attitudes Study (MIFAS) conducted between April and November, 2020. A total of 3,116 Māori responded.

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Wellbeing of Māori Pre and Post COVID-19 Lockdown in Aoteraroa/New Zealand

Alternate Title
Wellbeing of Maori Pre and Post COVID-19 Lockdown in Aoteraroa/New Zealand
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carla Houkamau
Kiri Dell
Jamie Newth
Jason Paul Mika
Chris Sibley
Turuhia Keelan
Tamela Dunn
Reports results of the Te Rangahau o Te Tuakiri Māori me Ngā Waiaro ā-Pūtea/The Māori Identity and Financial Attitudes Study (MIFAS) conducted between April and November, 2020. A total of 3,116 Māori responded.
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Wen:de Series of Reports Summary Sheet March 12, 2007

Alternate Title
Key Findings From Wen:de: We are Coming to the Light of Day and Wen:de the Journey Continues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
List of the key findings of two reports done regarding the number of First Nations children in state care and examining ways to keep them safely at home. See also : Wen:de: We Are Coming to the Light of Day and Wen:de The Journey Continues
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Western Education Meets Native Westerners

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Arthur H. DeRosier
Victoria Brown Cech
National Forum, vol. 71, no. 2, Spring, 1991, p. 7
Brief general discussion of Montana's American Indian enrolment statistics, problems encountered when tribal colleges apply for accreditation and a cooperative effort by three institutions to ease the transition from tribal colleges to four-year institutions.
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What about the Men?: Northern Men's Research Project: Final Report

E-Books
Author/Creator
Shelley Tulloch
Bob Patles
Steven Kormendy
Allie Winton
Mike Nitsiza ... [et al.]

Research conducted to document men's feelings about learning, work and well-being. Methods used were interviews (33 participants), closed questionnaires (166), workshop with the community-based researchers and Indigenous male role models (11).

Related Material: Summary and Recommendations.

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What are the Odds?: Community Readiness for Smoke-Free Bingos in First Nation Communities

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter James Hutchinson
Joan L. Bottorff
Natalie Chambers
Roberta Mowatt
Dennis Wardman
Debbie Sullivan
Wanda Williams
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 7, no. 1, Social Networks and Health, March 2011, pp. 32-41
Looks at the findings of a study to establish tobacco control policies and create smoke-free public spaces in First Nations communities.
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What Does It Take? Successful Alaska Native Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Elena Reyes
Journal of College Student Retention, vol. 2, no. 2, 2000/20001, pp. 141-159
Students identified persistence, commitment to community, family, financial, and institutional supports as contributing to their success. Barriers were lack of funding, negative experiences in high school, lack of affordable housing and childcare.
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What Explains the Educational Attainment Gap between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth?

Alternate Title
Working Paper (Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network) ; no. 78
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marc Frenette
Using the Youth in Transition Survey (which excluded people who lived on-reserve or in the North) author found that 90 percent of the university attendance gap was associated socio-economic and academic characteristics.
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What Really Matters in Family Literacy? Research Findings - Year One

Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 181
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Wason-Ellam
Joanie Crandall
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Discusses research project activities including literature review of family literacy, assessment of literacy programs in Saskatchewan, environment mapping, and the development of a province wide online survey tool.
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What's to Eat?: Improving Food Literacy in Canada

Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; October 2013
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 14-091]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Howard
Jessica Brichta
Examines why food literacy matters, the state of food literacy in Canada, current efforts to develop food literacy, and recommends strategies to further improve Canadian household attitudes, skills, and knowledge about food.
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What Their Stories Tell Us: Research Findings From the Sisters in Spirit Initiative

Alternate Title
Sisters In Spirit 2010 Research Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Report, based on five years of research into missing and murdered Aboriginal females in Canada, explores circumstances, root causes and trends of violence, numbers of missing/murdered women, and questions why this is occurring.
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Where Are All The Native Grads

Alternate Title
Where Are All the Native Graduates
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 1, April 2003, p. 32

Examines the factors affecting education of Aboriginal youth, creating graduation rates that lag behind that of their non-Aboriginal classmates.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.44.

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Where Are the Children Buried?

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Hamilton

General overview of historical context along with examples of specific schools for illustrative purposes and 'gap analysis' to recommend areas where further research is required. Second part of report is a more detailed summary of information on each school’s location and construction sequence, duration of operation, and reported cemeteries.

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Where We Have Been

Alternate Title
Research in Profile: Where We Have Been
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anna Paletta
Kimberly Burnett
Just Research, no. 15, 2008, pp. 5-10
Research conducted to help the Nunavut Government Department of Justice monitor and assess justice programs and help communities develop local programs suited to Inuit people. On one pdf. Scroll down to page 5 to read article.
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White Evaluation of the Quality of Inuit Sculpture

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nelson H. H. Graburn
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Fall, 2001, pp. 30-39
Study shows that non-Inuit evaluations of Inuit art are inconsistent as opposed to Inuit evaluations which are more consistent. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.
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[Whitehorse Point-in-Time Count] 2018 Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Kate Mechan]
Survey of people experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness was conducted on April 17, 2018. Seventy-three percent of sample were Indigenous
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Who is Aboriginal? Variability in Aboriginal Identification Between the Census and the APS in 2006 and 2012

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claire Durand
Yves-Emmanuel Massé-François
Michael Smith
Luis Patricio Pena Ibarra
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016
Discusses factors affecting the way questions were answered by identified Aboriginal Canadians in the National Household Survey and the Aboriginal Peoples survey. Recommends using caution with data from statistics gleaned from standard sources.
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“Who is there to support our women?”: Positive Aboriginal Women (PAW) Speak Out about Health and Social Care Experiences and Needs During Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
[Saara Greene
Allyson Ion
Kerrigan Beaver
Valerie Nicholson
Rachel Derr
Mona Loutfy]
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 7, Winter, 2015, pp. 1-32
Study surveyed 29 women from Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia about their experiences, including HIV testing, perinatal care, and interactions with the child welfare system.
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Who Owns the Problem?: Crime and Disorder in James Bay Cree Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol LaPrairie
Eddie Diamond
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3-4, July-October 1992, pp. [417]-434
Compares methods of dealing with crime on-reserve (communities with a majority Aboriginal population) which may not involve formal processes and off-reserve (communities with a minority Aboriginal population) which are dealt with through the criminal justice system.
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Who Sells Inuit Art, and How

Articles » General
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. 44-51
Summary of findings of dealer survey conducted in Canada and United States. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Why a Living Wage Matters in the North

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kendall Hammond
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 60-62
Discusses the cost of living and prevalence of poverty in the North.
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Why are Some Children Left Out? Factors Barring Canadian Children From Participating in Extracurricular Activities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Li Xu
Anne H. Gauthier
Lisa Strohschein
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 36, no. 3-4, pp. 325-345
Information from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth looks at family income, neighborhood environment, and demographic characteristics and parental preferences.
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Why People Gamble: A Qualitative Study of Four New Zealand Ethnic Groups

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samson Tse
Lorna Dyall
Dave Clarke
Max Abbott
Sonia Townsend
Pefi Kingi
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 10, no. 6, December 2012, pp. 849-861
Project aimed to develop a framework to explain how environmental, cultural, and social factors contribute to gambling behaviours.
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Widening the Circle

Alternate Title
Widening the Circle: Newsletter of the Native Mental Health Research Team
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kahá:wi Jacobs
Laurence Kirmayer
Jean Stevenson
Newsletter of the Native Mental Health Research Team, vol. 2, no. 2, Winter, 1999, pp. 1-9
Information on the Urban Aboriginal health survey; Pimadiziwin Quebec Native Women’s conference; Aboriginal wisdom & wellness; NMHRT Advisory Committee meeting; calendar of events; video review; models for suicide prevention in Aboriginal communities; Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal begins fundraising campaign; resource materials.
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Wisdom and Influence of Elders: Possibilities for Health Promotion and Decreasing Tobacco Exposure in First Nations Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colleen Varcoe
Joan L. Bottorff
Joanne Carey
Debbie Sullivan
Wanda Williams
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 154-158
Discusses smoking practices and health risks for First Nations pregnant and parenting women and their children, and looks at culturally-relevant strategies to support tobacco reduction.
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Workplace RAP Barometer 2014

Alternate Title
Workplace Reconciliation Action Plan Barometer 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Darryl Nelson
Results of survey conducted on behalf of Reconciliation Australia to monitor the impact of its action plan. Sample was 8788 working adults aged 16 or more.
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