The Camp of Mercy: An Historical & Biographical Record of the Warangesda Aboriginal Mission/Station, Darlington Point, NSW
Alternate Title
The Camp of Mercy: An Historical and Biographical Record of the Warangesda Aboriginal Mission/Station, Darlington Point, New South Wales
E-Books
Author/Creator
Beverley Gulumbali Elphick
Don Elphick
Campaign Honours Missing Native Women
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy Devine
Anglican Journal, vol. 130, no. 1, January 2004, p. 2
Description
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC), the Anglican Church and the United Church of Canada form coalition to raise awareness of the disappearance of 500 aboriginal women in the last 20 years through the Sisters in Spirit promotion.
Campus Masinahikanis - News From the University of Saskatchewan Native Studies Department
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 8, August 2012, p. 17
Description
Comments on the numerous summer activities of the Native studies department.
Article located by by scrolling to page 17.
Can Spiritual Ecograms be Utilized in Mental Health Services to Promote Culturally Appropriate Family and Couples Therapy With Indigenous People?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Elliott
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 2012, pp. 118-126
Description
Investigates the use of spirituality into techniques commonly employed in family therapy sessions.
Canada and the Culture Wars: Majority Say Legacy of Colonialism Still a Problem, Two-in-Five Disagree
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Angus Reid Institute
Description
Reports results of online survey conducted from July 26- 31, 2023, with a representative randomized sample of 3,016 Canadian adults who were members of Angus Reid Forum.
Canada and the Legacy of the Indian Residential Schools: Transitional Justice for Indigenous People in a Non-Transitional Society
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Courtney Jung
Description
Expands on a previously published research brief.
Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
Canada, Inc.
The Relevance of Ideology to the Emergence of a Capitalist Social Formation in Rupert's Land and the "Indian Territories" of British North American, 1852 to 1885
Theses
Author/Creator
Storm Lee Sanders
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Univerisity of Saskatchewan, 2010.
Canada's Aboriginal Peoples and Intersecting Identity Markers: Research and Policy Implications for Multiculturalism
Alternate Title
Intersections of Diversity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sandra Lambertus
Description
Literature review of works that encompass identity and how it intersects with economic and social issues. Also discusses concerns and recommendations for future policy research and development in the context of Indigenous peoples.
Canada's and Europe's Northern Dimensions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anita Dey Nuttall
Mark Nuttall
John Kozij
Arja Rautio
Mikko Vienonen ... [et al.]
Description
Scroll down to read book.
Canada's Disgrace: Our Missing Aboriginal Women
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Teacher Resource Guide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
News in Review, October 2014, pp. 14-21
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: October 2014.
Canada's Dominant Ideology Revealed: Uncovering the Crushing Oppression on Aboriginal Women
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Shari Fender
Canada’s First Nations: A Legacy of Institutional Racism
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claire Hutchings
Description
Brief history with respect to the treatment of Aboriginal people.
Canada's Idle No More Movement
Alternate Title
Inside Story Americas
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kimberly Halkett
Pamela Palmater
Clayton Thomas-Muller
Description
In-depth news story on issues which precipitated the movement.
Duration: 25:00.
Canada's Indian Residential School System: Historical Trauma and the Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wayne K. Spear
Visions, vol. 5, no. 1, Aboriginal People, Summer, 2008, pp. 26-27
Description
Presents a brief overview of the work of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.
Canada's International Human Rights Obligations and the Tragedy of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julie Mouris
Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues: Digital Companion, vol. 1, 2014, pp. 32-47
Description
Summarizes statistics complied through the Sisters in Spirit initiative, discusses obligations arising from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and provides timeline of reports and recommendations and the Canadian government's responses.
Canada's MMIWG2S National Action Plan Annual Scorecard: An Annual Report Outlining the Federal Government's Progress on Implementing the Commitments Made in Their MMIWG2S National Action Plan
Alternate Title
[NWAC Report Card 2022]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Rates progress in terms of its Action Plan developed as a response to the 231 Calls for Justice presented by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).
Canada's Other Red Scare: Indigenous Protests and Colonial Encounters during the Global Sixties
Alternate Title
Rethinking Canada in the World ; 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Rutherford
Canada's Residential School System: Measuring the Intergenerational Impact of Familial Attendance on Health and Mental Health Outcomes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Hackett
David Feeny
EmileTompa
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 70, no. 11, November 2016, pp. 1096-1105
Description
Uses information from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to link contemporary health and mental health conditions to residential school familial attendance.
Canada's Residential Schools: The Legacy: The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 5
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 80-86
[Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Canada's Resilient North: The Impact of Mining on Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ginger Gibson
Jason Klinck
Pimatisiwin, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 115-139
Description
Reviews the effects that mining industries can have on the well being of the people in the Northwest Territories.
[Canada's Response to the Follow-up Questions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Concerning its Inquiry into the Issue of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women]: Annex1A
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Information provided by the Government of Canada under the follow-up procedure to the concluding observations of the Committee.
Canada's Tibet: The Killing of the Innu
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colin Samson
James Wilson
Jonathan Mazower
Description
Survival International report criticizing governments' treatment of the Aboriginal group from Labrador and Quebec.
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Indian Residential Schools: Whose Truth? Whose Reconciliation?
Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 81st, 2009]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nadine Changfoot
Description
Explores the theory that the experience of victimization will not change if the power structure which inflicted the damage remains unchanged.
Canada: Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Alternate Title
Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Discusses issues involved with violence against Aboriginal women, presents nine case studies of murdered and missing women and makes recommendations for policies to ensure the safety these women.
Canada: Stolen Sisters: Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada: A Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Highlights cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls over the last three decades. Discusses why this group is at risk and makes recommendations to address the problem.
Canada: Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Alternate Title
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women ; 65th Session, 24 October - 18 November 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Relevant sections deal with violence against Indigenous women and girls and discrimination in the Indian Act.
[Canada: The Missing First Nations]
Alternate Title
Woman with Gloria Steinem ; season 1, episode 3
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gloria Steinem
Amy Richards
Monica Dogra
Description
Documentary focuses on missing and murdered women from British Columbia.
Duration: 17:18.
Canada, The Perpetrator: The Legacy of Systemic Violence and the Contemporary Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Theses
Author/Creator
Gabriel Sy Ancil
Description
International Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2018.
Canada: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ; 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International Canada
Assembly of First Nations
Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador
British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) … [et al.]
Description
Joint statement submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017.
Canadian Drug Policy and the Reproduction of Indigenous Inequities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley G. Marshall
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 1-19
Description
Comments on federal government policy that is dismissive of public health and harm reduction approaches to drug use.
Canadian Governmental Policy and Inuit Food (In)security: Community Concerns from Baffin Island
Theses
Author/Creator
Valerie Shepherd
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on First Nations Child Welfare: Why if Canada Wins, Equality and Justice Lose
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 33, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 187-194
Description
Discusses how First Nations children on reserves receive less child welfare funding than other children in Canada despite the fact that First Nations children have higher child welfare needs.
Canadian Innovations in the Provision of Policing Services to Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John H. Hylton
Description
Topics include: literature review, survey of key respondents, failure of social programs to improve social conditions, progress toward self-government, best practices, and the justice system.
Canadian Public Opinion on Aboriginal Peoples: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Environics Institute for Survey Research
Description
Surveys "non-Aboriginal public knowledge and attitudes about Aboriginal peoples". Report shows eighty-four percent of Canadians surveyed want to be part of reconciliation process with Indigenous people and thirty percent of young people between the ages of 18-29 feel they have an individual part to play.
The Canadian Reconciliation Landscape: Current Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and Non-Indigenous Canadians
Alternate Title
[National Narrative on Reconciliation Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Reconciliation Canada
Description
National online survey was conducted in September, 2016 and had a sample of 521 Indigenous and 1,529 non-Indigenous respondents.
Results for individual provinces and regions can be found here.
Canadian Urban Aboriginals: A Focus on Aboriginal Women in Toronto
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allison M. Williams
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 75-101
Description
Verifies the social and economic impoverishment of urban Aboriginal women, especially female lone parents, and the increasing poverty of women in metropolitan Toronto.
Canadian Youth Reconciliation Barometer 2019: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Environics Institute for Survey Research
Description
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.
CanMEDS–Family Medicine: Indigenous Health Supplement 2020
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Health Committee
College of Family Physicians of Canada
Description
Includes definitions, descriptions, and key and enabling competencies for each of seven roles: expert, communicator, collaborator, leader, health advocate, scholar and professional.
Supplement to CanMEDS-FM 2017 competency framework.
Cannabis Use Among Aboriginal Youth in the Non-Aboriginal Child Protection Services System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Randall Waechter
Eman Leung
Christine Wekerle
Maryln Bennett
The Map Research Team
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 114-125
Description
Looks at the relationship between cannabis use in aboriginal youth and a positive identification with their CPS (Child Protection Services) caseworker.
Cape York Justice Study (Fitzgerald Report)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kari M. S. Kristiansen
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, March/April 2002, pp. 4-5
Description
Report studies the issues and provides several proposals for concrete action by Cape York (Australia) Indigenous people to achieve a more positive outcome.
"Captains" and "Selly-Welly": Indigenous Women and the Role of Transactional Sex in Homelessness
E-Books
Author/Creator
Catherine Homes
Eva McRae-Williams
Captive in Not So Well Upholstered Hells: Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit and Sterlin Harjo’s Goodnight Irene
Alternate Title
Native American Leadership: Past, Present and Future
Native American Symposium ; 11th, 2015
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jennifer L. McMahon
Description
Compares and contrasts Sartre’s play and Harjo’s short film; focuses on the setting, characters, and themes of confinement and social / personal interaction.
Care, Cooperation and Activism in Canada's Northern Social Economy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Matthew Beaudoin
Jean-Sébastien Boutet
Cédric Drouin
Frédéric Moisan
Lucille Villaseñor-Caron ... [et al.]
Caring Across Boundaries: Is This Our Canada?
Alternate Title
Is This Our Canada? How Racial Discrimination in Children's Services Undermines the Potential of This Generation of First Nations Children and What You Can do to Help
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Executive Director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada speaks on inequities in funding for Aboriginal children, focusing on Jordan's Principle, Shannen's Dream, and the discrimination complaint lodged with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5 (slide show)
Total Duration: 41:88.
Caring Across the Boundaries: Promoting Access to Voluntary Sector Resources for First Nations Children and Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Samantha Nadjiwan
Cindy Blackstock
Description
National survey study evaluated the extent of participation in the provision of culturally appropriate services to on-reserve populations.
Caroline Tait: Aboriginal Health Researcher
Alternate Title
Engaging Minds: Profiles of Discovery and Creativity at the U of S
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Caroline Tait
Description
Short video on researcher's interests in Indigenous health, social justice, and the challenges faced by women.