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Domestic Trafficking of Aboriginal Girls in Canada: Issues and Implications

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anupriya Sethi
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 9
Description

Discusses key issues identified by grassroots agencies and outlines implications for policy formulation and implementation by governments and other fields such law enforcement, justice system and social welfare services. Chapter from Health and Wellbeing edited by Jerry White, Peter Dinsdale, and Dan Beavon. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

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Don't You Hear the Red Man Calling?

E-Books
Author/Creator
[Samuel Hume Blake]
Description

Includes correspondence and quotes from a range of public and private individuals including Hume, Frank Pedley, John Hines, church officials, a Report of Special Indian Committee (1908) on policies, the state of health, death, and education in industrial and residential schools.

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Dora Meawasige Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Keeshig
Dora Meawasige
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Dora Meawasige where she gives a general account of reservation life and life while trapping in the bush.
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"Douglas Awasis, Raymond Pete, Edgar Pete and Gordon Angus with Santa."

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph in a scrap book (A-792-2) that appears alongside the same photograph as it appeared in a North Battleford newspaper on 7 January 1954. Part of the caption reads: "The youngsters pictured above added much to the festivities by dancing an Indian pow wow for him. From left to right they are Douglas Awasis, Raymond Pete, Edgar Pete and Gordon Angus" Santa is played by Charlie Beattie.
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Drawing Strength from Our Cultures: State of Native American Youth Report

Alternate Title
State of Native American Youth Report 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute
Description
Reports the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-1) online survey of youth under the age of 25. The 700 respondents were asked questions about health and well-being, child welfare, juvenile justice, education and employment, sacred sites, lands, and waterways, and culture's role in each of those areas.
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Dreams and Vision Quests in Janet Campbell Hale’s The Owl’s Song

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frederick Hale
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2; Children’s Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [69]-82
Description
Book essay on: The Owl’s Song by Janet Campbell Hale. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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"Dressed for the Dance"

Images » Photographs
Description
1 photograph. A family (?) portrait, 2 adults and a teenage girl dressed in traditional clothing. Intricate beadwork is visible on each of them.
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Drinking Motives Supporting Binge Drinking of Inuit Adolescents

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Béatrice Decaluwe
Marilyn Fortin
Caroline Moisan
Gina Muckle
Richard E. Belanger
Canadian Journal of Public Health , vol. 110, no. 4, August 2019, pp. 414-421
Description
Assess whether there are specific motives which affect the drinking and binge drinking behavior of Inuit youth; survey of 174 youth finds motives to include enhancement, social, and coping, some gender variation in motivators.
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Dwelling and Nomadic Thoughts: Reflections on the Architecture of Youth (and Intergenerational) Centres in Nunavik

Alternate Title
Habiter et pensées nomades : Réflexions sur l’architecture des Maisons des jeunes (et intergénérationnelles) au Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marika Vachon
Myriam Blais
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 237-259
Description

Examines how architecture can be used to reflect meaning by its intended users. 

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Dying for an Education: Little Charlie

Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Jody Porter]
Description
CBC radio documentary about Charlie Wenjack, a twelve-year-old who died while running away from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in Kenora, Ontario in 1966. Duration: 11:11.
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The Dynamics of Social Inclusion: Public Education and Aboriginal People in Canada

Alternate Title
Laidlaw Foundation’s Working Paper Series, Perspectives on Social Inclusion
E-Books
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Description
Explores the renewed focus on social inclusion and exclusion in Canada's public education system by discussing the changes within the education system, the major dynamics to promote social inclusion, and the impact the process on children and youth with an emphasis on Aboriginal communities.
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E.B. v. Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 45, 2005 SCC 60

Alternate Title
E.B. Appellant and Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia...
E.B. v. OMI of BC File No.: 29890.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Found that the Oblates of Mary Immaculate were responsible for an employee who sexually assaulted a child at the residential school for First Nations.
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ê-kiskakwêyahk/ we wear it

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Neal McLeod
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 29, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 87-90
Description
Poem about transgressions against Aboriginal children in residential schools.
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Earlier Onset of Complications in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allison B. Dart
Patricia J. Martens
Claudio Rigatto
Marni D. Brownell
Heather J. Dean ... [et al.]
Diabetes Care, vol. 37, no. 2, February 2014, pp. 436-443
Description
Study evaluates the risk of complications in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth with type 2 diabetes.
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Early Childhood Caries in Indigenous Communities

Alternate Title
Policy Statement: Early Childhood Caries in Indigenous Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J.D. Irvine
S. Holve
D. Krol
R. Schroth
Paediatrics & Child Health , vol. 16, no. 6, June 2011, pp. 351-357
Description
Presents recommendations for preventive oral health care for young infants and pregnant women.
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Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships
University of Victoria
Description
Website contains links to programs, reports, publications and research that contributes to the knowledge about conditions affecting the health and development of Indigenous children.
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Early Childhood Development: Models and Studies

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sarah Cox
Description
Briefly outlines determinants of children's health and explains various options (both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) in programming and service delivery.
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Early Childhood Education

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Description
Ontario's First Nations look at improving services to support early childhood development.
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Early Childhood Education and Care: Next Steps

Alternate Title
Parliament of Canada ; 2nd Session, 40th Parliamanet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Art Eggleton
Wilbert Joseph Keon
Description
Overview of early learning policies and programs in provinces and territories as well as from other countries.
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Early Days in the Hudson's Bay Coy

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Reginald Bird Beatty
Description
This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary describes how Beatty and a small crew taking a small group of people from Cumberland House to Grand Rapids and the difficulties encountered, including stormy river travel and the scourge of mosquitoes. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

Historical note:

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Early Learnings

Alternate Title
Indigenous Community Development Projects Early Learnings
Telstra Foundation Research Report ; vol. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
Description
Looks at 14 educational projects showcasing Indigenous initiatives likely to contribute to positive change for Indigenous groups, individuals and communities across Australia.
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Early School Leavers: Understanding the Lived Reality of Student Disengagement from Secondary School: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Community Health Systems Resource Group
The Hospital for Sick Children
Description
Report looks into four questions: why students leave secondary school prior to graduation, which factors help students to stay in school, do these factors vary in nature with different populations of young people and what are the implications of the research for policy and practice.
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