Children & Youth

Scholarly literature published between 1988 and 2012.

Presents historical, judicial and policy arguments to support the devolution of provincial authority over housing to the Aboriginal Housing Management Association and provides four examples of self-government initiatives and lessons learned from the successes or failures of such models.

Argues that the growth of youth population concentrated in urban cores and off reserve increases risk for incarceration.

Report designed to support the mandate of the Commission by presenting evidence to negotiate visions for the criminal justice system and redefine justice for all. Excerpt from Legacy of Hope: An Agenda for Change, vol. 1.

Compares the differences in educational outcomes for both children and adults that are taught an Aboriginal language.

This survey provides information on children’s Aboriginal language knowledge, and their ability to express their needs in an Aboriginal language or to understand an Aboriginal language when someone speaks it to them.

Website searches English and Mi'kmaq words and offers pronunciation.

Project offering alternative approaches and services for youth in the present justice system. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Looks at the similarities between the novels, Coonardoo and Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

Contends that there is a need for development of a different model for suicide alleviation for the Aborigines, Maori and Inuit in Australia, New Zealand and Nunavut.

Site contains links to Edmonton Public Library catalogue records and brief descriptions of publications that would be of interest to Aboriginal children.

Discusses the process of learning from permanence of objects, permanence of feelings and cognitive development. Follows a boy named Peter from infancy to preschool.

Follows the development stages of a boy named Peter from his school years to adulthood.

Looks at important symptoms for common mental health problems at different ages. The first groups deals with behaviours or problems with normal behaviour and the second group deals with behaviours that are abnormal.

Looks at how Aboriginal children develop language in Lac Brochet, a First Nations community in northern Manitoba. Scroll down to page 35 to read article.

Looks at a project that brought together youth in ten British Columbia communities to discuss the current status of youth health, issues associated with substance abuse, and share ideas about improving youth health in their schools and communities.

Discusses factors effecting nutritious health access and a presentation about the Strong Women, Strong Babies, Strong Culture program.

Comments on the infant mortality rate among the Aboriginal population compared to the Australian average.

A photograph of a group of Aboriginal women and children sitting in the shade of a car with a ceremonial lodge? visible on the right, possibly near Onion Lake, Saskatchewan. Cut trees lie in the foreground. Picture probably taken by George Mann Jr. family who homesteaded in the area. Mann Jr was a telegraph line man for the Government of Canada and would often visit Onion Lake when he checked the line.

Based on Manitoba government program data and statistics gathered from Government of Canada's 2006 Census.

A photograph of a group of Aboriginal men, women and children sitting inside a ceremonial lodge possibly near Onion Lake, Saskatchewan. Picture probably taken by George Mann Jr. family who homesteaded in the area. Mann Jr was a telegraph line man for the Government of Canada and would often visit Onion Lake when he checked the line.

Second edition.

3rd edition updated and expanded.

Resources are listed under the following headings: General readings, Statistical Overviews - Canada, Alcohol Issues, Policy & Health System Initiatives, Prevention & Education, Treatment & Recovery, Gambling, Solvent Abuse, Tobacco Use, Youth, Key Websites, Journals

Chapter 14 from Out of the Shadows at Last: Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction Services in Canada by the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. To access article, scroll to Chapter 14.

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Contends that Aboriginal participation rates will lag behind the non-Aboriginal population until major reforms are executed in elementary and secondary school education and the curriculum used in Aboriginal schools.

Brief review focuses on culturally appropriate Aboriginal child and family services.

Looks at universal early childhood screening for vision disorders to ensure Aboriginal children get the best possible start in life. Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 17.

Report designed to inform Ontario's Best Start Child and Family Centre model for delivering child and family services. Includes results of literature review, case study conducted at Regent Park and Scarborough sites which involved stakeholder interviews with 95 respondents and focus groups, and discussion of how the general model can be adapted to meet Indigenous early childhood and family services needs.

Examines changes in control in child and family services in Northern Manitoba.

Comments on the urgent need for culturally appropriate interventions to prevent more Aboriginal youth from becoming involved in the criminal justice system. Pre-publication version.

Report explores education plan for ensuring Aboriginal youth have the skills and knowledge needed for academic success and bridging the achievement gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.

Looks at Saskatchewan recipients of scholarships awarded by the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation and showcases their achievements. Article located by scrolling to page 8.

2nd edition.

Looks at the higher Aboriginal propensity to attempt and commit suicide. "A Report to the Criminology Research Council on CRC Project 25/96-7".

Guidelines designed create resources to support community driven initiatives and services that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal children with special needs.

Provides resources to support community driven initiatives and services for children with special needs.

Image of Aboriginal woman seated on chair, holding a small child; tent in background. Summer scene.