Children & Youth

Examines discourses and practices associated with designating some children and youth as being "at-risk" of academic and social failure in and out of school.

Looks at the importance of teaching children responsibility and self-discipline. Article found by scrolling to page 5.

Looks at issues in the context of remote locations as expressed by the women living there. Concludes with recommendations in the areas of health and social services, education, politics and leadership, justice and culture.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.

Lists documents published by the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network. Current as of 2011.

Play about a Chinese-Cree girl growing up in Saskatchewan. It is a fictionalized account of Dr. Lillian Dyck's life.

Comments on culturally appropriate programs designed to help Aboriginal people transition to urban life.

Youth from Ktunaxa First Nation attended camp to learn about computers.

Submitted to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 55 Pre-Sessional Working Group Consideration of List of Issues, Sixth Periodic Report, Canada.

Looks at reasons why Aboriginal groups are more at risk for suicide than other Canadian communities.

Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: October 2014.

Refers to specific articles in the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), outlines concerns about Canada's implementation, and makes recommendations.

Discusses the social environment and interpersonal experience associated with the sexual behavior of Aboriginal adolescents.

Looks at information gathered from interviews conducted with clients to develop a course of action for child protection. Text from interviews included.

Looks at government policies effecting the child welfare system from the residential school era to present day.

Presents a profile of grandparents raising grandchildren in skipped generation households, data is from the 1996 Canadian Census.

Reproduction of sketch from Harper's Weekly. Sketch shows Aboriginal boys in foreground, shooting with bows and arrows at pennies on the ground, in Lorette, [MB]. Well-dressed crowd looks on, with a man and woman riding by in a horse-drawn carriage. Buildings in background; sketch by E.R. Morse.

Historical note:

Survey conducted online between March 22 and April 29, 2019, with stratified samples of 682 Indigenous and 695 non-Indigenous youth (ages 16 to 29), distributed across the 10 provinces and three territories. Related material: Detailed Data Tables: Indigenous Youth.

Looks at the relationship between cannabis use in aboriginal youth and a positive identification with their CPS (Child Protection Services) caseworker.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2015.

Reviews the legacy of formal education on two generations of Inuit youth.

Teaching and Learning Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Calgary, [20--?]

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2012.

Book review of: Captivity & Sentiment by Michelle Burnham.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2000.

Discussion of the counselling model developed by Rod M. McCormick and Norman E. Amundson which is based on an Aboriginal, rather than the Eurocentric worldview.

A group of Inuit dressed in traditional hide clothing gathered outdoors; location unknown. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#11).

Compares 1980, 1984 and 1988 dental health surveys conducted on children ages 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 years of age by the Medical Services Branch of Health and Welfare Canada.

Examines the philosophies and goals of Native American assimilation into Anglo-American culture.

Website contains the history, general information & resources on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School with links to other useful websites.

Bibliography of programs, letters, government reports, student memory books, and other resources in the manuscript collection.

Website includes links to digitized student records, list and ledgers, cemetery information, teaching resources, and publications such as The Indian Helper and The Red Man.

Book review of: Carnal Crimes by Constance Backhouse.

Website contains news, resources and links to health services, family support services, child and family services, research and development, and family justice.

"This paper describes Maori suicide prevention research as a body of knowledge dominated by Western mono-cultural and a/historicised analysis."

Looks at the purposes of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. Chapter 17 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.

Overview of science and technology camps offered in four communities in Ontario and Nunavut.

Discusses a program which provides unemployed Aboriginal youth the targeted training they need to obtain either advanced training or employment in a specific occupation or trade.

Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2012.

Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.

Suggests the lack of resources is one of the major challenges of re-establishing Inuit midwifery in the Canadian Arctic.

Looks at the benefits of working with Alberta's Future Leaders Program (AFL) in Alberta.

Conflict Analysis and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2000.

Investigates perspectives of daycare caregivers, parents and elementary teachers regarding children's Inuktitut language knowledge.

Description and evaluation of "Our Youth, the Voice of the Future" project which was aimed at providing self-development for at-risk teens. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation National Process Evaluation Survey, key informant interviews, and documents and data collected by community support coordinator.

Description and evaluation of project designed to provide culturally-based therapeutic environment for families at risk for involvement with child protection services. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation Supplementary Survey, and key informant interviews with project team and selected community service providers.