Describe the $5.2M Rio Tinto Child Health Partnership which is focused on reducing smoking and alcohol during pregnancy and improving child health capacity.

File contains 2 negatives from a ceremony held at the Prince Albert Indian Metis Friendship Centre to commemorate the official opening of the Iskwew program for abused women.

Reports on Marrin Weejali Aboriginal Corporation which runs a referral, counselling and support programs in western Sydney, Australia.

Statistics for opiate use and the medications used in treatment of diabetes, heart conditions, mental health conditions, inhalers for respiratory conditions, smoking cessation products, and reproductive and sexual health. Covers the years 2000 to 2009.

Collection of six short videos from the Nindibaajimomin Summer Institute held at the Oral History Centre. My Story by Eileen Clearsky. My Mother's Love was in a Bowl of Porridge by Marlyn Bennett. Reflections by Cheryl Morin. Our Story by Priscilla Settee. Heart and Mind by Dallas Good Water. Okosisimaw by Lana Whiskeyjack. Combined duration: 19:34.

Examines various elements of indigenous culturally based governance and its applicability to mental health and addictions programs in Canada.

Focuses on history of poor settler/Diné relations in communities of Gallop and Farmington, New Mexico.

Looks at taking positive action to stop unhealthy behaviors for the betterment of the entire community. Article located by scrolling to page 9.

Excerpt of report presented to the launch of a program to enable health workers to assist families with caring for a loved one with a substance abuse problem. NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)

Examines the potential of and the challenges faced by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Reports on the three year collaborative research project to address knowledge, attitudes and resources related to tobacco use.

Findings of the report highlights poor health of Aboriginal people compared to non-Aboriginal counterparts.

Examines the different levels of understanding and the barriers to dealing with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE).

The youths had relocated from remote communities to Thunder Bay in order to attend high school. 2018 Report. 2019 Report

Provides an overview of health and living circumstances and includes data on community characteristics, non-medical determinants of health and health status.

Related material: Quick Facts from the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey.

Interviews with homeless and former homeless people as part of a campaign to give a voice to the homeless. Part 1 of 2. Duration: 23:21.

Book review of Nunavut by Gregory P. Marchildon and Renée Torgerson.

Report provides collection of articles addressing social issues, crime, and justice issues in the North and the nature and results of community-based justice projects in Canada. "Unrevised".

Looks at child welfare statistics, the role of the child protection worker and how the system works for Aboriginal children.

Comments on the release of the plan after the minister responsible for suicide prevention resigns.

Describes the process and outcomes, and role of nurse scholars in one-day event which involved community leaders, people and families living with addiction, service providers, local stake holders, health professionals, researchers and Indigenous Elders.

Discusses increased health risk of being overweight and how a modern lifestyle is contributing to that.

Examines the need for dietitians as an essential component of treatment and recovery from chemical dependency.

Concludes that there are elevated rates of pancreaticobiliary cancers in Alaska Natives. Possible risk factors that are modifiable are tobacco use and obesity.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2005.

Examines trajectories of Aboriginal youths under a probation sentence in Manitoba, and compares them to those of non-Aboriginal juvenile probationers.

Reviews the deaths of 16 youths, ages 10-19, who died by suicide on the remote Ontario reserve.

Looks at program developed to help control juvenile crime and improve the justice system in American Indian communities.

Presents a story of a top student turned drug addict and how she turned her life around.

Health survey of Kahnawá:ke, Quebec conducted in 2015.

Inquest looked into the deaths of youths had relocated from remote communities to Thunder Bay in order to attend high school. 2018 Report 2019 Report

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2015.

Describes BP's efforts to contribute to a reduction in gas-sniffing and suicides by eliminating the aromatic compounds that produce a high when sniffed.

Webcast of the keynote speaker from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium, Beverly Cook, who speaks on child sexual abuse and the ACE program (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Duration: 31:58.

Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998.

Designed to educate Indigenous service providers and clients about substance use issues and healing options locatef in Vancouver. Focuses on community strengths and resiliency.

Infographic with statistics on usage of individual drugs and overdose deaths between 2014 and 2016.

Statistical information on number of prescriptions, number of prescriptions by type, rates of opioid-related hospitalization and emergency department visits, and mortality

Describes two workshops that looked at issues from the perspectives of research, health care, social service provision and supportive care.

Data for: mortality (apparent accidental deaths from fentanyl/non-fentanyl opioids), confirmed drug and alcohol toxicity deaths (both accidental and suicides), opioid dispensing, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and emergency medical response.

Study confirms the prevalence of dental disease in American Indian population with HIV/AIDS as compared to general population.

Smoking and oral-health related behaviours were determined to be the chief factors of poor oral health of First Nations compared to Caucasians.

Reports on a rehabilitation centre located in New South Wales, Australia which focuses on skill development as a key component of the process.