Developing a Culturally Restorative Approach to Aboriginal Child and Youth Development: Transitions to Adulthood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Estelle Simard
Shannon Blight
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 28-55
Description
Reviews literature on culturally restorative practices, best practices for successful engagement with Aboriginal populations, thematic of Aboriginal development, as well as implications for child and youth services.
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Developing Culturally Sensitive HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Prevention Curricula for Native American Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie A. Baldwin
Jon E. Rolf
Jeannette Johnson
Jeremy Bowers
Christine Benally
Robert T.Trotter
Journal of School Health, vol. 66, no. 9, November 1996, pp. 322-327
Description
Discusses culturally sensitive approach to curricula development based on three critical processes: selection of integrative theory, use of ethnographic methodology and use of process and outcome evaluations.
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Development of an Aboriginal Offender Substance Abuse Program

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David D. Varis
Virginia McGowan
Peggy Mullins
Forum on Corrections Research, vol. 18, no. 1, Managing Addictions, June 2006, pp. 42-44
Description
Discussion of demonstration phase of the Program which involved research and development activities as well as field testing at institutions in each of Correctional Service's five regions.
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Deviant Constructions: How Governments Preserve Colonial Narratives of Addictions and Poor Mental Health to Intervene into the Lives of Indigenous Children and Families in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah de Leeuw
Margo Greenwood
Emilie Cameron
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 282-295
Description
Argues that current interventions into child welfare are a continuation of past patriarchal attitudes and actions which in turn have produced unhealthy families and communities.
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Diabetes and Adverse Outcomes in a First Nations Population: Associations With Healthcare Access, and Socioeconomic and Geographical Factors

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia J. Martens
Bruce D. Martin
John D. O’Neil
Melanie MacKinnon
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 31, no. 3, September 2007, pp. 223-232
Description
Comments on the prevalence of diabetes and adverse outcome of amputation among First Nations populations and discusses the ecologic associations with geography, income, and access to healthcare.
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Diabetes in Aboriginal Populations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Riccardo Baschetti
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 7, April 4, 2000, p. 969
Description
Argues that prevalence of diabetes is due to diet rather than socioeconomic or genetic factors. Response to letter by John Anderson published in vol. 162, no.1.
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Diefenbaker Memoirs - Correspondence - Alvin Hamilton

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a list of accomplishments by the Diefenbaker government including policies on development of the North, and describes how this, along with housing and education programs has helped the Inuit population. Also, notes for a speech about the role the North and its people should play in Canadian development, and how development would give prosperity to the Inuit.
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Disability

Alternate Title
2011 Census Paper Series
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Mandy Yap
Matthew Gray
Description
Uses data from 2006 and 2011 Australian censuses to analyze geographic and demographic distribution of disability within Indigenous population and compare results to non-Indigenous population.
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"The Disappearance of Aboriginal Women in Canada"

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carrigan Desjardins
Description
Looks at Canadian government response towards inquiry, how public inquiry should be addressed and prevention of further disappearances. Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2014.
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Discrimination and Indigenous Identity in Chicago's Native Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James V. Fenelon
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue on American Indians and the Urban Experience, 1998, pp. 273-303
Description
Examines the discrimination and Indigenous identity in Chicago's Native community.
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Dispelling Common Myths about Indigenous Peoples: 9 Myths & Realities

Alternate Title
Dispelling Common Myths about Indigenous Peoples: Nine Myths & Realities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bob Joseph
Description
Covers issues such as adequacy of reserve lands and resources, housing, tax exemptions, post-secondary education funding, residential schools, connection between unemployment and health and social problems, and missing and murdered women and girls.
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