Children & Youth

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis in Fort Albany, Ontario identified 32 themes which could then be transformed into 12 strategies.

Discusses use of the study by First Nations child welfare agencies to identify ways of making the agencies more useful to First Nations decision-makers.

Reviews literature, government reports and immunization guidelines from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, an the United States.

Describes how six children were killed in a house fire while their parents were out at a Valentine's Day party. Duration: 1:36.

Educational Psychology and Special Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.

Study shows that rapid assessment of food insecurity is feasible among Inuit adults and children.

Qualitative study involving five urban-dwelling families with children between the ages of 18 months and 25 years. Set of values were, in order of importance, parenting, education, culture, family and community, socio-economics, impact of history, and health care and disability.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Nipissing University, 2010.

Conversation with a researcher whose work is based on her desire to change stereotypes. Duration: 28:49.

Main cohort consisted of 443 students in grades 6-8 in seven First Nations communities. Results showed poor intakes of vegetables, fruit and related nutrients and high intakes of "other foods". Prevalence rates of overweight and obesity exceeded those of the general population.

Educational Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1998.

Jury recommendations resulting from inquest into the deaths of seven youths from remote communities attending school in Thunder Bay. Verdict Explanation.

Consists of an interview where Verna Patronella Johnston speaks of uses for traditional foods and medicines. She also gives an account of Grandma Jones, a storyteller.

Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local Indian and Metis people including Brady and Norris.

Looks at a campaign that encourages young people to build a future in Saskatchewan. Article located by scrolling to page 11.

Workbook and resource guide provides examples, narratives and discussion questions to target law services for the community.

A description of victim advocacy and coordinated services for families of missing persons. The services sources covered are: Tribal Victim Services, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and United States Attorney's Office. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 27.

Reports that Aboriginal peoples were three times as likely to experience a violent victimization and that this was more likely within the youth population. Data from the 2004 General Social Survey.

Statistics for sexual assault, maltreatment of Indigenous girls before the age of 15, spousal violence, injury, interpersonal violence after separation, and contact with victim services.

Discusses treatment of these subjects in the work of Ella Doloria, LeAnne Howe, Mary Crow Dog, Louise Erdrich, and Janet Campbell Hale. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Book review of: Victims of Benevolence by Elizabeth Furniss.

Reports results of interviews with 40 frontline workers about: characteristics of trafficking, victims' protection and prevention needs, agencies' responses to trafficking, and gaps and barriers in providing services. Aboriginals were one of the target populations in the study.

Film review of: Video Letters from Prison directed by Milt Lee.

Overview of contributing factors and current issues.

Reviews 50 reports containing over 700 recommendations and identifies and lists 17 recurring "themes" from these reports.

Annotated list of: books, audiovisual resources, articles, reports, declarations, conventions, and acts, and website. Current as of November, 2007.

Reviews eight articles, most focussing on interventions using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy model. Results support using traditional cultural activities in treatments.

Looks at cultural and shared beliefs, poverty, historical trauma in tribes and families, suicide, and substance abuse and treatment.

Looks at community controlled justice to address abuse and family violence. Part 1.

Provides brief information available about violence in lives of Aboriginal girls and young women in Canada.

Looks at project to find the root causes for young Aboriginal women and girls to become more violent, aggressive and prone to gang involvement.

Includes toolkit to help with workshop templates for environmental violence teach-ins, resources for healing and traditional land-based medicines, and community health assessments.

Findings indicate that there was a dramatic reduction in the probability of violence when risk was offset with protective factors.

Developed to provide Aboriginal youth and girls with tools to protect themselves, teach about safety nets and community resource people, and provide communities with tools to prevent youth violence.

Analyses the prevalence of violence and sexual abuse among the Inuit in Greenland. The article also studies associations between health and having been a victim of abuse.

Community Development Thesis (M.A.)--North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, 2014.

Looks at the factors that contribute to the high rates of death.

Most current self-reported data on lifetime (since age 15) prevalence of violent victimization and the prevalence of violent victimization in the past 12 months. Sources included the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS), 2019 General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety (Victimization), and five years (2015 to 2020) of data from the Homicide Survey.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1997.

Discusses the development of respectful relationships between the Garden River Anishinaabe and the Anglican Diocese of Algoma from the beginning to the present.

Special Education Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Queensland, 1998.

Study shows Eskimo children have significantly higher levels of perceptual skills than Caucasian children. Looks at factors affecting skills.

Study examines prevalence of refractive error and other eye conditions in children going to Biidaaban Kinoomaagamik Elementary School and Daycare.

Program helps clients heal from trauma through creative expression, emotional and physical support, and a sense of belonging.

Canada West Foundation's report, Hard Times, highlights the devastating issues needed to be addressed by Aboriginal organizations in order to avoid a 'social catastrophe'.