Everyone Has a Place in the Circle: Strategy & Toolkit

Alternate Title
Everyone Has a Place in the Circle: 2020 Gender Equity Toolkit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP)
Description
Discussion of the pre-colonial and current context of women and girls, boys and men, and Two-Spirit people and offers suggestions for taking action, as well as mental health and lateral violence. Includes timeline for "Queering Indigenous Canadian History".
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An Evidence Review from Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Canada for the WA Aboriginal Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Strategy

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
S. Rosenberg
R. Lobo
J. Hallett
Description
Review of 591 resources, primarily journal articles. Topics include: prevention and education; testing and diagnosis; disease management and clinical care; workforce development; enabling environments; research, evaluation, and surveillance; priority populations; research gaps; as well as a domain summary.
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Evidence - Special Committee on Violence against Indigenous Women: Thursday, December 5, 2013

Alternate Title
IWFA no. 3, 2nd Session, 41st Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susanne Decock
Anita Olsen Harper
Carole Brazeau
Stella Ambler
Irene Mathyssen ... [et al.]
Description
Superintendent, Aboriginal Policing Bureau, Ontario Provincial Police and representatives from National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence appeared before the Committee.
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Evidence - Special Committee on Violence against Indigenous Women: Thursday, June 13, 2013

Alternate Title
IWFA no. 8, 1st Session, 41st Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marie Sutherland
Colleen Cardinal
Bridget Tolley
Mary Teegee
Wendy Kellas
Stella Ambler ... [et al.]
Description
Representatives from the Native Women's Transition Centre (Winnipeg), Families of Sisters in Spirit, and Carrier Sekani Family Services addressed the Committee.
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Evidence - Special Committee on Violence against Indigenous Women: Thursday, November 21, 2013

Alternate Title
IWFA no. 1, 2nd Session, 41st Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michèle Audette
Burma Bushie
Robyn Hall
Susan Truppe
Stella Ambler ... [et al.]
Description
President of the Native Women's Association of Canada and two representatives from the Community Holistic Circle Healing, Hollow Water First Nation appeared before the Committee.
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An Examination of the Living Conditions of Urban American Indian Children in Unmarried Families: Increasing Cultural Competence in Child Welfare

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gordon E. Limb
Ryan Garza
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 173-190
Description
Looks at conditions and their implications in three areas: family formation, social support and background characteristics using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.
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Examining Cultural Identification and Alcohol Use among American Indian and Caucasian College Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Martell
Justin Douglas McDonald
Brenda Barragan
Stephanie Ziegler
Victoria Williams
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 2, 2020, pp. [23]-36
Description
Results of study suggest that strengthening identification with culture may help to reduce alcohol consumption. Responses to survey also challenge the stereotype that Indigenous students drink at higher rates than their non-Indigenous peers.
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Examining Reintegration Potential for Aboriginal Offenders

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Raymond Sioui
Jacques Thibault
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 49-51
Description
Assessment of the Reintegration Potential Reassessment (RPR) and its validity when applied to Aboriginals.
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Executive Summary: The Aboriginal Justice Research Project

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime
NETWORK
Justice Sub-Committee
Description
Using data for Montreal on Aboriginal peoples' interaction with criminal justice system explores two central hypotheses: high rates of offending and recidivism/reoffending are related to over-reliance on use imprisonment compounded by lack of appropriate services and programing; and lack of targeted prevention approach which takes into account that more Aboriginal people fall into socioeconomic group most vulnerable to involvement in the system.
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Experiences of Opportunity in the Northern Resource Frontier

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Amati
Brenda Parlee
Naomi Krogman
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 181-206
Description
Presents interviews with immigrants, temporary workers, and refugees in either Whitehorse or Yellowknife about their daily lives and plans for the future.
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Explaining Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Inequalities in Postseparation Violence Against Canadian Women: Application of a Structural Violence Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeanette Somlak Pedersen
Lorraine Halinka Malcoe
Jane Pulkingham
Violence Against Women, vol. 19, no. 8, August 2013, pp. 1034-1058
Description
Uses the 2004 Canadian General Social Survey to interpret differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal postseparation violence. Highlights data on Aboriginal status and coercive control.
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An Exploration of Cultural Activities of Métis in Canada

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mohan B. Kumar
Teresa Janz
Canadian Social Trends, no. 89, Summer, 2010, pp. 63-69
Description
Data collected from 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (15 or older).Looks at participation in traditional activities, events, Métis specific organizations, spiritual practices, and language acquisition.
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An Exploration of Economic Self-Reliance of First Nation Communities

Alternate Title
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association ; 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bert Waslander
Abeer Reza
Description
Compares economies of First Nations communities with fewer than 5,500 residents to other local economies linked or not linked to metropolitan areas.
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An Exploratory Investigation of the Cultural Content and Language Instruction in American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hope K. Gerde
Jessica V. Barnes
Ann Belleau
Linda Rau
Patricia A. Farrell ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 2, 2012, pp. 42-65
Description
Findings indicate that no systematic cultural or language curriculum was implemented in the AI/AN Head Start programs observed in this study.
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