Human Rights

Discussion on how colonialism continues to affect Aboriginal people and two-way reconciliation.

Webcast of Global Encounters Initiative Symposium called Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame held at the University of British Columbia, March 4-6, 2010. Panel discussion begins at 36:41. Duration: 2:24:18.

Discusses the challenges facing the social work profession.

Social and Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2004.

Discusses violence against Indigenous women resulting from global economic restructuring based on two cases: missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, and the death of Private Piestewa, a Hopi woman.

Discusses the inequity of federal funding to First Nations Child and Family Services Program in comparison to provincial agencies and off reserve child welfare programs.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Essex, 2014.

Discusses general characteristics allowed Indigenous people to be vulnerable to corruption.

Discusses the difference between the Australian and Canadian reconciliation processes and the silence on colonial genocide.

Examines the impact of colonialism on Indigenous women and children.

Provides information on how other organizations deal with self-declaration and contains an Aboriginal self-declaration form.

Booklet explains the law in general and options under the settlement agreement for survivors against their abusers and the Government of Canada.

Framework for assisting with United Nations operational activities and programs at the country level regarding human rights-based and culturally sensitive development for and with indigenous peoples.

Book review of: He Moved a Mountain by Joan Harper. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 121.

Canadian Studies (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2014.

Discusses a community referendum for Indigenous people to voice their right to consent to development.

Book review of: Historicizing Canadian Anthropology edited by Julia Harrison and Regna Darnell.

Describes the creation of the Indian Act.

Continues discussion of historical evolution of the Indian Act.

Discusses the protest actions of the Gitksan and the Wet'suwet'en Nation and their appeal to the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

2nd edition.

2nd edition.

Description of the rights that indigenous peoples worldwide seek to gain.

Claim submitted to the Federal Housing Advocate.

Dorothy Maquabeak Francis, of the Saulteaux First Nation, now of New Westminster, B.C., was refused service in a Vancouver jewellery store, the same day she was named to the Order of Canada.

Looks at how the government is not meeting its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the discriminatory practices towards Indigenous children.

Overview of what the Canadian Human Rights Commission heard at a series of roundtables attended by individuals and representatives from Indigenous women's organizations and service organizations. Twenty-one barriers were identified as well ideas for overcoming them.

Discusses a policy initiative to reduce inconsistencies in existing policies for service providers in regard to Aboriginal peoples living with HIV/AIDS especially those moving from correctional settings to halfway houses.

Examines whether, and how much, the Arctic States are influenced by international law when developing their national indigenous policy and law.

International Development Thesis (Masters)--University of Vienna, 2014.

"Plenary paper at the conference The Real California Gold: Indigenous & Immigrant Heritage Languages of California, University of California Davis, May 7-8, 2010."

Reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. Duration: 12:27.

Discusses challenges faced regarding rights, equitable access to resources, leadership positions and effective and participation in community development process. To access this article, scroll down to page 38.

Discusses the water supply project, the National Inquiry into Racist Violence, and Baryulgil asbestos problems.

Focuses on the planning associated with 2010 Games held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Development Studies Honours Thesis (B.A)--University of Calgary, 2009.

Discusses the Canadian Human Rights Commission complaint filed by John Melenchuk regarding a controversial pamphlet sent out by Saskatoon Member of Parliament Jim Pankiw. At one point in the article Michael Woodiwiss contends that the essential difference between crimes committed by colonizers and contemporary Aboriginals is that the formers’ crimes went unpunished and mostly unrecorded.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

Report for the PBLI Canadian Aboriginal Law 2013 Forum, held November 25 and 27, 2013 in Ottawa. Explains the Canadian Human Rights Act, sec. 67 and Aboriginal inequality.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New South Wales, 2012.

Reports of the human rights situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea as well as Canadian business interests. To access this article scroll down to page 48.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Brunswick, 1999.

Outlines a letter from Dave Courchene president of the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood to Attorney-General A.H. Mackling.

Book review of: Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Ian McIntosh.