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Submission to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Standing Committee on Social Policy Regarding Bill 210: An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act and Make Complementary Amendments to Other Acts

Alternate Title
Bill 210: Amendments to the Child and Family Services Act (CFSA)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario
Description
Ontario Regional Chief voices concerns about areas such as lack of consultation, customary care, access to crown wards, prevention and protection, and welfare agencies.
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Summary of the Policy Forum on Aboriginal Women and Violence: Building Safe and Healthy Families and Communities

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Federal
Provincial
Territorial Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women
Description
Goals of the Forum were to begin a dialogue on policy and program initiatives between government officials and Aboriginal women's organizations, to share practices on violence prevention, and to showcase programs and services from across the country that are making a difference.
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Summary Report of the Case Study of South East Child and Family Services Politics and Program: A Case Study of a First Nations Child and Family Service Agency by Pete Hudson

Alternate Title
Politics and Program: A Case Study of a First Nations Child and Family Service Agency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce B. Timpson
Pete Hudson
Description
Examines internal and intergovernmental relationships through review of documents produced by the agency, its governing body and non-First Nations governments, and key informant interviews.
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A Survey of the Administration of Justice Respecting the Inuit of Northern Quebec

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Collection ; APC 5 CA (1992)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Corinne Jetté
Aboriginal Peoples Collection
Description
Document relies extensively on interviews with workers and professionals in two northern communities, and finds the administration of justice to be cumbersome and inadequate. Recommendations are appropriate systems relative to culture, education and socio-economic reality.
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The System Is 'Broken": Concrete Actions Are Needed to End Systemic Discrimination: Joint Brief

Alternate Title
Leila Ben Messaoud
Michel Deschênes
E-Books
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQ)
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLSSC)
Richard Gray
Marjolaine Siouï
Derek Montour ... [et al.]
Description

Joint submission to the Special Commission on the Rights of the Child and Youth Protection discusses Quebec's Youth Protection Act.

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The Ta'an Kwach'an Council: Final Agreement Among the Government of Canada, the Ta'an Kwach'an Council and the Government of the Yukon

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Ta'an Kwach'an Council
Government of the Yukon
Description
Signed on January 13th, 2002; providing multiparty agreement on aspects of matters relating to: land, reserves, management of settlement lands, land use palnning, water, wildlife, resource royalty sharing
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Task Forces

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 1980 regarding Task Forces dealing with Native People and the Law, Education and Training, Employment and Economic Development, and Housing.
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The Thatcher Government in Saskatchewan and Treaty Indians, 1964 – 1971: The Quiet Revolution

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Pitsula
Saskatchewan History, vol. 48, no. 1, Spring, 1996, pp. 3-17
Description
Examines the policies of the Saskatchewan government under Premier Ross Thatcher; notes that while the intentions of the government were based in empathy and a desire to implement changes that would improve the quality of life for First Nations peoples, their practice was rooted in paternalistic methods and assimilation policies bringing the Provincial government into conflict with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (FSI, now the FSIN). Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.
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Theorizing Citizenship in British Settler Societies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Pearson
Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 25, no. 6, November 1, 2002, pp. 989-1012
Description
Discusses concepts of citizenship in the context of colonization and Indigenous peoples and proposes a unique framework at both local and global levels is required.
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Therapies of Freedom: The Colonization of Aboriginal Childhood

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne McGillivray
Description
Discusses early authorities' attitudes about the upbringing of Aboriginal children, residential schooling in Canada, judicial responses to culture in child protection cases, and the origin and functioning of intertribal child protection agencies in Manitoba.
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Theresie Tungilik: Arts Activist

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Theresie Tungilik
Alena Buis
Sarah E.K. Smith
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, Summer, 2011, pp. 28-32
Description
Interview with Advisor on Arts & Traditional Economy, Department of Economic Development & Transportation, Government of Nunavut. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 28.
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Thomas Major Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Thomas Major
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Thomas Major was one of the Metis involved in the early Metis organizations of the province.
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To Reach Out in Friendship?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Cross
Cindy Blackstock
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 5-8
Description
Editorial discussing the urgent need for reconciliation in the field of child welfare.
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[To Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of the Dominion of Canada: From the Chiefs of the Shuswap, Okanagan and Couteau Tribes of British Columbia, Presented at Kamloops, B.C. August 25, 1910]

Alternate Title
The Memorial to Sir Wilfrid Laurier: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary, 1910-2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of the Shuswap, Okanagan and Couteau or Thompson Tribes
Description

Text of letter protesting the misappropriation of land, failure to create treaties, and the policies of the B.C. government. Site also includes information on laws and customs, historical and political context, and timeline from 1763 to 2009.

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Toward a Better Tomorrow: Addressing the Challenge of Aboriginal Youth Suicide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Del Graff
Description
Child and Youth Advocate for Alberta reports on seven suicides which took place in 2013-2014. Each individual was either involved with Child Intervention Services at the time of their death, or had been within the previous two years. Includes 12 recommendations for improvements to provincial services and programs.
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Towards a Model of Co-management of Provincial Parks in Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Spielmann
Marina Unger
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 455-486
Description
Explores First Nations' participation in current planning and management of parks which are located in traditional territories and how their concerns and interests might be better addressed.
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Towards Improving Traditional Food Access for Urban Indigenous People

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robyn Ermine
Rachel Engler-Stringer
Patricia Farnese
Glenda Abbott
Description
Looks at legal context of regulating access to hunting, fishing and trapping and barriers to acquiring country foods and makes recommendations for improving traditional food practices at the community, provincial or regional, and federal levels.
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