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Say Magazine

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Description
National magazine for and about native youth. Includes articles on entertainment, sports, careers, celebrity and youth culture.
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Scabies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Banerji
Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 20, no. 7, 2015, pp. 395-398
Description
Looks at the causes, treatment, and prevention of a disease that disproportionately affects Indigenous communities in Canada.
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Scholarships Help Struggling Students

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 18
Description

Comments on the Royal Bank of Canada's Aboriginal Student Scholarship Award recipients for 2010 and a brief description of the RBC Stay-in-School program.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.18.

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School Autonomy: A Key Reform for Improving Indigenous Education

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julie Novak
Issue Analysis, no. 72, June 21, 2006, pp. [1]-[12]
Description
Comments on the educational under-achievement of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander children in remote communities and discusses the option of school autonomy in remote area communities.
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School Change and Aboriginal Students in Elementary Grade Levels in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Aman
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of contemporary Aboriginal Reality, 2009, pp. 93-101
Description
Looks at school mobility or changing schools as a contributing factor to school success. Compares kindergarten students both on-reserve and band-affiliated and non-band affiliated Aboriginal students to non-Aboriginal peers. Scroll down to page 93 to read article.
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School Reform Requires Local Involvement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marjane Ambler
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 4, Reforming Our Schools, Native Style, Summer, 2006
Description
Discusses ideas set forth by American Indian educators in Alaska and Montana, including a set of culturally based standards to supplement the state standards, to improve education for American Indian students.
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Schools as Protectorates: Stories Two Mi'kmaq Mothers Tell

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debbie Pushor
Bill Murphy
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 114, December 2, 2010, pp. [25]-46
Description
Looks into the experiences of two mothers with their children's educators.
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A Scoping Review of Indigenous Suicide Prevention in Circumpolar Regions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Redvers
Peter Bjerregaard
Heidi Eriksen
Sahar Fanian
Gwen Healey ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, Special Issue: Suicide and Resilience in Circumpolar Populations , 2015, p. article no. 27509
Description
Search identified 95 articles which focused on distinct populations; 19 articles discussed specific interventions and seven of those described program evaluation in methods and results in detail. Majority of publications on specific interventions were in North America. Majority of prevention/intervention documentation was found in supporting grey literature.
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Screening for Type-2 Diabetes in Aboriginal Children in Northern Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather J. Dean
T. Kue Young
Bertha Flett
Pauline Wood-Steiman
Lancet, vol. 352, no. 9139, November 7, 1998, pp. 1523-1524
Description
Outlines a study conducted of schoolchildren in the remote Ojibwa-Cree community of St Teresa Point First Nation to detect early signs of type-2 diabetes, and recommends screening for all people aged 7 years and older.
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SCYAP Played Role in Changing Creighton Jimmy's Life

Alternate Title
Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming Played Role in Changing Creighton Jimmy's Life
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 2, February 2009, p. 13
Description
Focuses on a youth who has turned his life around through involvement in an art program which consists of community art projects, skill enhancement workshops and life skills training. Article located by scrolling to page 13.
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Searching for Solutions to the North's Quiet Epidemic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalie Dunleavy
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 177, no. 12, December 4, 2007, p. 1488
Description
Argues that suicide has become a leading cause of death among youth in the Northwest Territories, and is now twice the national average.
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Second Chance Education in Botswana: Implementing a Holistic Approach Based on the Botho Philosophy to Empower Marginalized Youth in the Kweneng District

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelone Khudu-Peterson
Attwell Mamvuto
AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 1, 2016, pp. 57-70
Description
Discusses the establishment of Springboard Humanism (SBH) organization and project aimed at helping Indigenous BaSarwa and BaKgalagari women pass the Junior Certification Examination.
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Second International Indigenous Youth Conference

Alternate Title
Declaration of the 2nd International Indigenous Youth Conference, 17-21 June 2005, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
Articles » General
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, pp. 24-27
Description
Highlights from conference bringing together indigenous youth representatives from all over the world to define the roles and tasks of a youth network. To access this article, scroll down to page 24.
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The Secret Path

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gord Downie
Jeff Lemire
Mike Downie
Description
Animated film about Chanie Wenjack who died in 1966 trying to get back to Ogoki Post from Cecilia Jeffrey residential school in Kenora, Ontario. Includes post-show live panel on the road to reconciliation. Melanie Nepinak Hadley introduces panel that speaks to the video and reconciliation at large. Video duration:46:15. Panel discussion starts at 59:45.
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Section 10: Aboriginal Youth

Alternate Title
Canadian Youth: Who are They and What Do They Want?
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Services for Youth, Government of Canada]
Description

Most statistics from the 2001 Census. Chapter from Canadian Youth: Who are They and What Do They Want?.

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SEED: A Ktunaxa Nation Resource

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Independent School System
Description
Selective Ethnobotanical Education Directory (SEED) compiled by four Ktunaxa/Kinbasket students. Includes information on plants used in daily life, information about the First Nation and a short quiz.
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The Seed Runner

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jenny L. Davis
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 136-141
Description
Short speculative fiction piece.
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Seeds of Encouragement: Initiating an Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Carpenter
Alex Rothney
Joseph Mousseau
Joannie Halas
Janice Forsyth
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 51-69, 174
Description
Preliminary findings from a youth mentoring program involving high school youth designing and delivering programs for children in an elementary school in Winnipeg.
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Seeking Their Voices: Improving Indigenous Student Learning Outcomes

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mere Berryman
Sheila Carr-Stewart
Maggie Kovach
Corneilia Laliberté
Sharon Meyer ... [et al.]
Description
Study interviews engaged and non-engaged parents, teachers, and school administrators from six Saskatchewan high schools as well as national and international administrators. Concludes with recommendations.
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Self-Concept Comparisons of Anglo and Indian Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Martig
Richard DeBlassie
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 12, no. 3, May 1973, pp. [9-16]
Description
Being Native American not found to have a strong role in self-concept, but Native American children saw adults in school as more threatening to their self-esteem than Anglo children.
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The Sentencing of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth: Understanding Local Variation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony N. Doob
Jane B. Sprott
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, vol. 49, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 109-123
Description
Examines Aboriginal youth being sentenced differently from non-Aboriginal youth and suggests it may be caused by the number of Aboriginals living in cities where longer sentences are frequently handed down.
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