Children & Youth

Discusses book which explores the enslavement of American Indians by French colonists and their Native allies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Duration: 35:09.

Brief overview of the history of the removals and migrants, examines the demands made for reparations and the legal and moral basis of reparations. Concludes with a suggested approach to the issue of providing reparations.

Reports on the relations between police officers and Aboriginal residents in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The article also discusses how one Theatre Company is trying to improve this strained relationship.

Social Work Research Project (MSW)--University of Ottawa, 2020.

Draws parallels between whole language philosophy and the way Native American children are taught to socialize in the home environment.

Looks at useful resources and strategies on how to begin.

Comments on an event that reconnected 150 children with their community.

Brief article on the young cast of Forever To Say Good-Bye who performed at the Labrador Creative Arts Festival in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland.

Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.

Documentary from the report, Bringing Them Home: Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From Their Families. Survivors speak about their experiences. Duration: 32:29.

Overview of juvenile justice over the past ten years in Australia and discussion about lack of action on reforms to the system as suggested in the report Bringing Them Home.

Links to audio of interviews with over 190 Aboriginals who were taken from their families by the Australian government in an effort to assimilate them.

Documents and details how the Aboriginal Head Start On-Reserve Program developed in British Columbia.

Discusses the play, published in 1936, which centered around culturally displaced mixed-blood youths in Oklahoma

Study concludes that rates of lower respiratory tract infections are elevated in First Nations infants living in the Sioux Lookout Zone and hospitalization rates were approximately double the provincial average.

Discusses the relationship between bronchitis and environmental factors that increase the likelihood of contracting the illness amongst Indigenous populations.

An image of two Aboriginal babies wrapped in blankets and leather and lying on cradle boards. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.

Highlights the difficulties faced by reserve residents when accessing urban amenities.

Looks at a pilot program which has promising results and important implications for health care providers and public policy makers.

Discusses the Declaration to the Colombian People, developed at a meeting between young people. To access this article, scroll down to page 19.

Summarizes the Centre for the North’s half-decade of research on Canada’s North and provides an analysis of three priority items to be addressed.

Alfred Biyette and his skiff-in-progress. Dillon, Saskatchewan.

Alfred Biyette in the process of building a skiff. Dillon, Saskatchewan.

Report developed from consultations with Indigenous youth, leaders, employers and other stakeholders and findings from the RBC Future Launch participant surveys which included 2,000 Indigenous respondents.

Students investigate the origins of their own communities. Chapter Five from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.

Focuses on the values of respect, responsibility and seeing others people's points of view. Chapter Four from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.

Focuses on respect of self and others. Chapter One from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow. Note: Page after title page is placed out of order in error. Scroll past page 83 and chapter begins with page i.

Overview of how the court system operates in British Columbia. Chapter Six from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.

Focuses on the rules that must be followed in order to achieve certain goals in life. Chapter 3 from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.

Focuses on rules within the home, school and community. Chapter Two from First Nations Journeys of Justice: A Curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade Seven by Anne Goodfellow.

Comments on strategies that may be the most effective tools to help decrease suicide and suicide attempt including community wellness and cultural competence strategies.

Discusses typology of gangs with four levels of progression through violence and intention. Makes recommendations based on five themes which emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports.

Results of interviews conducted to examine aspects of health including childhood development, personal health practices, and coping.

Describes a program for young Aboriginal women designed to increase cultural knowledge, build self-esteem and leadership skills.

Comments on creation of a community library in the territory of Kahnawake, due to a letter written by a thirteen year old student to her local paper.

Describes the process used by researchers, Inuit youth, and a Naujaat Elder to create a resiliency based community youth project designed increase protective factors against youth suicide.

Study focused the status of children, paying particular attention to federal programs and services available to them. Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.

Discusses mental health concerns including loss of cultural roots, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, depression, and suicide.

Describe the learning journeys shared by two First Nations schools, one in a British Columbia city and the other in a Northern Ontario rural community.

Looks at mortal combat over street corners, schools, and community centres as gangs vie for dominance in the illegal drug trade.

Describes a program that records the narratives of youths who were bullied, the films were shown to non-Aboriginal youth in an effort to address racism and its effects.

Examines the prevalence of bullying behaviours among Greenlandic schoolchildren and the association it has with health outcome and health behaviour.

Study results show little difference between male/female bullying and victimization rates or Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal differences.

Assesses results of the study, which encompassed all racial/ethnic groups.

Two unidentified Aboriginal boys stand in front of a tent, while a man stands at the far right of the image. Trees in background.

Discusses the donors responsible for raising money to build a community center which will house, among other things, a grocery store, Kids First program and a multi-purpose room. Article located by scrolling to page 9.