Post-Secondary

Encouraging Cultural Awareness in Engineering Students

Alternate Title
AaeE 2010: Past, Present, Future
Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thomas Goldfinch
Catherine Layton
Timothy McCarthy
Description
Introduces a pilot project aimed to foster cultural intelligence and awareness in students. Paper from Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education.
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Energy Drink Use, Problem Drinking and Drinking Motives in a Diverse Sample of Alaskan College Students

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monica C. Skewes
Christopher R. Decou
Vivian M. Gonzalez
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21204
Description
Questionnaire conducted on 298 college students revealed that energy drink consumption was associated with increased incidence of other risky behaviours such as use of tobacco, marijuana and risky sexual activity.
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Engaging Life: TCUs and Their Role Building Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Crazy Bull
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Tribal College Communities, Fall, August 20, 2015, pp. [20-24,7]
Description
Briefly discusses tribal colleges and universities' integration of community-based and formal education through ceremonial life, programs, partnerships, and outreach efforts.
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Engaging Literacies Through Ecologically Minded Curriculum: Educating Teachers About Indigenous Knowledges Through an Ecojustice Education Framework

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrejs Kulnieks
Dan Longboat
Kelly Young
In Education, vol. 19, no. 2, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 1, Autumn, 2013, pp. 138-152
Description
Looks at bringing both Indigenous and Western scientific knowledge systems together into teacher education curriculum.
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Epistemological Pluralism: Ethical and Pedagogical Challenges in Higher Education

Alternate Title
Ethical and Pedagogical Challenges in Higher Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Andreotti
Cash Ahenakew
Garrick Cooper
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 1, 2011, pp. 40-50
Description
Overview of concepts related to epistemological dominance and different epistemological methodologies in higher education teaching and learning.
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Ethical Space in the Intellectual Terrain: A Cultural Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Longboat
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 72-83
Description
Looks at the differences between mainstream and Indigenous concepts of knowledge. The author also takes a look at ethical space in academia from a personal, family, and community point of view.
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Ethics and Responsibilities in Writing American Indian History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald L. Fixico
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Writing about (Writing about) American Indians, Winter, 1996, pp. 29-39
Description
Authors examines the moral ethics, professional responsibilities, and the potential pitfalls for historians and other academics who are studying and writing about the history of what are now the Americas, and about Indigenous peoples and cultures.
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Ethnological Problems in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 40, July-December 1910, pp. 529-539
Description
Article published in 1910 laments state of Anthropology in Canada and recommends steps to improve matters.
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Evaluation of an Effective Postsecondary Program in Canadian Aboriginal Communities: Students' Perspectives on Support

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christine Schwartz
Jessica Ball
Description
Study used information gathered between 1998-2000 about the First Nations Partnership Programs developed in cooperation with the University of Victoria. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Postsecondary Education, 2001.
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Evaluation of the College Experience Among American Indian Upperclassmen

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Huffman
Ron Ferguson
Great Plains Research, vol. 17, Spring, 2007, pp. 61-71
Description
Five year study which examined the attitudes, perceptions, and expectations of students attending a predominantly non-Indian university. Focused on two issues: impact of college on appreciation of Native American heritage and level of satisfaction with college experience.
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Evaluation of the Native Cadre Program Based on the Results of the Native Cadre Survey

Alternate Title
Evaluation of the Rural and Native Housing Programs
Rural and Native Housing Programs Evaluation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Program Evaluation Division
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Looked at appropriateness of selection criteria, trainees' increase in knowledge, and success in placing participants in housing-related fields or working with communities or groups.
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"The Event of Place": Teacher Candidates' Experiences of a Northern Practicum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie D. Janzen
In Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 10th Anniversary Online Special Issue: Teaching in the 21st Century Intercultural/Multilingual/Multi, Autumn, 2019, pp. 73-90
Description
Author examines teacher practicums set in Northern Communities as potential opportunities to disrupt colonial narratives, create an understanding of place-based and land-based learning, and to inform ethical and inclusive education practices.
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The Evolution of Mi'kmaw Education: Charting the Challenges, the Failures and the Successes

Alternate Title
Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq]
Description
An overview of the traditional forms and philosophies of education in Native communities in Nova Scotia, and the changes that have occurred since pre-contact and colonization to the present. Chapter Four of Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
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An Examination of First Nations Housing Management Training Programs

Alternate Title
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 03-024
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Neegan Burnside Engineering and Environmental Ltd.
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Goal of project was to identify required skills and current programs, determine effectiveness of existing programs, and produce model plan for training which would be applicable in any community. Includes research highlight and full report.
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Examining Cultural Identification and Alcohol Use among American Indian and Caucasian College Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Martell
Justin Douglas McDonald
Brenda Barragan
Stephanie Ziegler
Victoria Williams
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 2, 2020, pp. [23]-36
Description
Results of study suggest that strengthening identification with culture may help to reduce alcohol consumption. Responses to survey also challenge the stereotype that Indigenous students drink at higher rates than their non-Indigenous peers.
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Examining the Research Practices of Indigenous Studies Scholars at Northwestern University

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Perry
Gina Petersen
Scott Garton
Michelle Guittar
Description
As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers interviewed seven Indigenous Studies (IS) scholars at Northwestern University. Findings indicated that the Library and the University could improve supports for IS scholars in areas of: Interdisciplinary Studies, Making & Maintaining Connections, Collections and Archives and Data, Publishing and Sharing.
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Expand and Contract: E-Learning Shapes the World in Cyprus and in California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Strow Sheley
Carol Zitzer-Comfort
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [71]-90
Description
Describes a cross-cultural university course on American Indian literature and history. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 71.
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Experiences of an Aboriginal Youth

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tonya-Leah Watts
Journal of Student Science and Technology, vol. 8, no. 2, 2015, pp. 78-83
Description
Comments on the mentorship opportunities experienced by a young student including being featured in a documentary series and shadowing a dermatologist.
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