Child Abuse and Neglect in Indigenous Australian Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Stanley
Adam M. Tomison
Julian Pocock
Child Abuse Prevention Issues, no. 19, September 2003, pp. 1-31
Description
Statics show that the occurrence of violence in Indigenous communities is disproportionately high in comparison to the rates in the Australian population as a whole.
Child and Family Service Standards in First Nations: An Action Research Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brad McKenzie
Esther Seidl
Norman Bone
Child Welfare, vol. 74, no. 3, Special Issue: Changing the Child Welfare Agenda: Contributions from Canada, May/June 1995, pp. 633-653
Description
Summarizes the findings of a study conducted with nine communities in Manitoba. Focuses on responses to questions involving service concepts, placement planning, and culture and community,
The Child and Family Services Act in Relation to Indigenous Children: Does it Measure up to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hilary Brown
Canadian Family Law Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 171-191
Description
Discusses the crisis of the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system as a direct consequence of the residential school system.
The Child and Family Services Authorities Act
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brenda Smichura-Jerome
Underneath the Golden Boy, vol. 3, 2004, pp. [143]-157
Description
Discussion of the Manitoba Act which enabled the devolution of responsibility for child and family services to First Nations and Métis communities.
A Child Becomes Strong: Journeying Through Each Stage of the Life Cycle
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Best Start Resource Centre
Description
Information manual topics include: First Nations child rearing practices, developmental milestones and stages of life, healthy child development issues, strategies to promote healthy child development, how parents can be positive role models and more.
Child Hunger in Canada: Results of the 1994 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn McIntyre
Sarah K. Connor
James Warren
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 163, no. 8, October 17, 2000, pp. 961-965
Description
Examines the prevalence of hunger among Canadian children and the characteristics of, and coping strategies used by, families with children experiencing hunger.
Child, Nation, Race and Empire: Child Rescue Discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850-1915
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Xiaobei Chen
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 557-559
Description
Book review of: Child, Nation, Race and Empire: Child Rescue Discourse, England, Canada and Australia, 1850-1915 by Shurlee Swain and Margot Hillel.
Child Poverty in Canada and the Rights of the Child
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Brian Howe
Katherine Covell
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, 2003, pp. 1067-1087
Description
Examines child poverty in accordance to the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child ratified in 1991.
Child Rearing Practices of the San Communities in Botswana: Potential Lessons for Educators
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annah Anikie Molosiwa
Dipotso Galeforolwe
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 130-137
Description
Using narratives, focus group discussions and interviews this study gathers and analyzes qualitative data from 15 Basarwa (San) participants about how they transmit their cultural practices to their children. Results show the San want education that is inclusive of their cultural practices and language; they would like to see San teachers in the schools.
Child Sexual Abuse in Nunavut Linked to Suicide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 187, no. 16, November 03, 2015, pp. E463-E464
Description
Reports on the relationship between child sexual abuse and youth suicide in Nunavut which has a suicide rate nearly 10 times greater than the rest of Canada.
Child Socialization among Native Americans: The Lakota (Sioux) in Cultural Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beatrice Medicine
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 1, no. 2, Autumn, 1985, pp. 23-28
Description
Explains the learning of sex roles, for men the way of bravery, fortitude, generosity and wisdom and for women the goals of industry, hospitality, kindness and chastity. Discusses naming ceremonies, the mysterious and unexplainable wakan ki, and other aspects of culture.
Child Welfare Law, "Best Interests of the Child" Ideology, and First Nations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marlee Kline
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 1992, pp. 375-425
Description
Examines the role of the courts as an instrument for "racist structures in child welfare law" instituted by provincial legislation.
Childcare and Caregiving: Overlooked Barriers For Northern Post-Secondary Women Learners
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colin Bonnycastle
Susan Prentice
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 1-16
Description
Contends that childcare is an essential service needed in post-secondary institutions and should be considered as important as other tools for learning.
Childhood Experiences Affect Aboriginal Offenders
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelley Trevethan
John-Patrick Moore
Sarah Auger
Michael MacDonald
Jennifer Sinclair
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 7-9
Description
Examines how early experiences may effect later behaviours which lead to criminal offences and incarceration.
Childhood Experiences of Aboriginal Offenders
Alternate Title
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Shelley Trevethan
John-Patrick Moore
vol. 2
Description
Study examined link between living conditions of offenders while growing up and current offender status.
Chapter twelve from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Childhood Exposure to Adversity and Risk of Substance-Use Disorder in Two American Indian Populations: The Meditational Role of Early Substance-Use Initiation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
Janette Beals
Christina M. Mitchell
Spero M. Manson
R. Jay Turner
et al.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 70, no. 6, November 2009, pp. 971-981
Description
Study shows that three categories of events (major childhood events, traumas, and witnessed violence) increased the odds of early substance use and substance-use disorder.
Childhood Obesity in a Population at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Kue Young
Heather J. Dean
Bertha Flett
Pauline Wood-Steiman
The Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 136, no. 3, March 2000, pp. 365-369
Description
Comments on the importance of early identification and intervention of childhood obesity.
Childhood Violence and Adult Chronic Pain among Indigenous Sami and Non-Sami Populations in Norway: A SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Astrid M. A. Eriksen
Berit Schei
Ketil Lenert Hansen
Tore Sølie
Nils Fleten ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, 2016, p. article no. 32798
Description
Based on survey on health and living conditions, study reports on chronic adult pain, number of pain sites, and pain strength.
Children and Adolescent Exposure to Alcohol Advertising During Bathurst 1000
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sondra L. Davoren
Craig A. Sinclair
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 36, no. 1, 2012, pp. 90-91
Description
Investigation suggests that alcohol advertising during sporting broadcasts reaches children and young people during a time period that normally doesn't allow alcohol advertising.
The Children Are Worth the Investment
Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 5
Description
Looks at the underfunding of First Nations education and the necessity of involving First Nations people in any discussion regarding educational reform.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Children at Muskoday (John Smith) Reserve.
Images » Photographs
Description
Children in western dress posing in front of house. Description on back reads: John Smith Indian Reserve. A very few of the children. Said Bunny " -- they are as numerous as chickens." McEwan supplied the food they are eating. This is the chiefs home and therefore better than the others. August 17, 1942.
Children Folowing Advisory Commission Members
Alternate Title
Children Following Advisory Commission Members
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
Advisory Commission Members being followed by children. Fort Franklin, N.W.T. In 1993 the community was renamed Deline.
Children for Social Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeff McCrossin
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 2012, pp. 40-51
Description
Reviews the history of children participating in social justice campaigns and their level of comprehension of the issues involved.
Children in Greenland: Disease Patterns and Contacts to the Health Care System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marius Kløvgaard
Nina Odgaard Nielsen
Thomas Lund Sørensen
Peter Bjerregaard
Britta Olsen ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, 2016, p. article no. 32903
Description
Looks at use of health care facilities for children ages 0-10 in the Ivaaq (The Greenland Child Cohort) and CLEAR (climate changes, environmental contaminants and reproductive health cohort) in Nuuk .
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Vicky Johnston
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. 69-70
Description
Book review of: Children of the Broken Treaty by Charlie Angus.
Entire review section on one pdf. To read this review scroll to p. 69.