Mixed Reaction to Compensation Package

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Debora Steel
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 9, December 2005, p. 12
Description

Story reports on the residential school compensation deal reached by the Assembly of First Nations, the Federal Government, church organizations and 70 lawyers.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.

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Module 1: Primer on Touchstones for Leadership

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles.This module discusses the goals and hopes of the reconciliation movement to re-develop community-developed visions of healthy children and families. Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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Module 5: Social Change and Resource-dependent Communities in the North

Alternate Title
Module Five: Social Change and Resource-dependent Communities
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Southcott
Description
Discusses main and economic characteristics of single-industry towns and research conducted on changes in forestry and mining-based North American communities, fishing-dependent North Atlantic communities, and communities in Northern Russia. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
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[Module 9]: The Well-being of Northern Peoples and Communities

Alternate Title
Module Nine: The Well-being of Northern Peoples and Communities
University of the Arctic – BCS 100
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100: Introduction to the Circumpolar World]
[Section Two: Contemporary Issues]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larissa Riabova
Description
Discusses the concept and assessment of well-being, compares major trends in health status, income, unemployment, etc. internationally and nationally, and looks at problems in social services delivery. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
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Module III: West (Transformations) — Focusing on the Self-Determination Touchstones

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module focuses on initiative aimed to build on collaboration among the child welfare system and Aboriginal communities in the context of traditional Aboriginal worldviews to reconciliation and healing. Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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Module IV: North (Inward Reflections) — Focusing on the Non Discrimination Touchstone

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores the process and goals for reconciliation against racial discrimination as they apply to child welfare. Materials presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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Module lI: South (Beginnings) -- Focusing on the Culture, Language and Holism Touchstones

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores worldview approaches that reflect and reinforce the intrinsic and distinct aspects of Aboriginal cultures, customs and languages. Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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Module V: East (Wisdom) — Focusing on the Structural Interventions Touchstone

Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores proactive strategies to identify and address systemic and structural barriers that impact the well-being of Indigenous children, families and communities. Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
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Money and Food

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jill Kliener
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, September 1983, pp. 29-31
Description
Chronicles the changes in the diet and lifestyle of Australian Aboriginals since the arrival of Europeans.
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More Understanding in Policy Making

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandy Toussaint
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, June 1982, pp. 14-18
Description
Examines the interaction of Western Australian Aboriginal people with government social services and health care providers.
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Mortality Differentials in Canada, 1951-1971: French, British, and Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Trovato
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 459-477
Description
Cause of death studies show that First Nations people are undergoing epidemiological and demographic transitions, different from French and British population who have higher risks of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
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Mortality of Métis and Registered Indian Adults in Canada: An 11-Year Follow-up Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Tjepkema
Russell Wilkins
Sacha Senécal
Éric Guimond
Christopher Penney
Health Reports, vol. 20, no. 4, December 2009, pp. 1-21
Description
Compares statistical patterns to those found in the non-Aboriginal population. Follow-up study to the 1991 Census. Data was tracked from June 4, 1991 to December 13, 2001.
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Mortality Trends Among Alaska Native People: Successes and Challenges

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Holck
Gretchen Ehrsam Day
Ellen Provost
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21185
Description
Examines mortality rates from the 2004-2008 time period for Alaska Natives/American Indians (AN/AI) and compares them to the overall population. Findings showed a 33% higher mortality rate compared to the rest of the population.
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Moving Toward Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Auger
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 31-45
Description
Describes the Touchstones of Hope reconciliation movement in Canada.
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Multicultural Literature and Discussion as Mirror and Window?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jocelyn Glazier
Jung-A Seo
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 48, no. 8, May 2005, pp. 686-700
Description
Documents the experiences of a group of high schools students as they read and responded to The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday.
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Multiple Exposures: An Environmental Scan of Miwayawin Health Services Regarding Healthy Body Weight and Body Image: Executive Summary

Alternate Title
Iskwĕwak Mīwayawak: Women Feeling Healthy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Carolyn Brooks
Janice Kennedy
Jan Baxter-Jones
Roanne Thomas-Maclean
Laurie Schimpf
Sylvia Abonyi
Jennifer Poudrier
Jenn Shea
Karen Chad]
Description
Identifies importance of goals related to infrastructure, recreation, information and education, and social supports. Part of a larger project "The Cultural and Visual Context of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image Among Aboriginal Women in the Battlefords Tribal Council Region".
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Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women

Alternate Title
Law Union of Ontario Annual Conference ; 2014
Out of the Margins
[Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: What Can Law Do?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kim Stanton
Audrey Huntley
Naomi Sayers
Christa Big Canoe
Description
Panel discussion Duration: 1:19:19.
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The Murders of Indigenous Women in Canada as Femicides: Toward a Decolonial Intersectional Reconceptualization of Femicide

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paulina García-Del Moral
Signs, vol. 43, no. 4, Summer , 2018, pp. 929-954
Description
Argues that the term femicide is inadequate since it refers to generic male violence against women, and crimes against Indigenous women are racialized gendered violence rooted in the effects of colonial power relations.
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My Journey of Magic Realism

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeffry Feeger
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Author discusses his beginnings, achievements, and use of art to raise awareness of the social and political realities of life in Papua New Guinea.
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My Reflection of that Time

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannette Armstrong
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
Description
Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
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My Sobriety: Chapter 14 - Don't Forgive an Alcoholic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Koorie Dhoulagarle
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1981, pp. 50-59
Description
Continuing series excerpted from the book, My Sobriety which was written at the time the author had given up drinking for the previous 18 months.
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My Sobriety: My Wife Marries a Drunk, Chapter V [5]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Koorie Dhoulagarle
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, September 1978, pp. 36-42
Description
Continuing series excerpted from the book, My Sobriety which was written at the time the author had given up drinking for the previous 18 months.
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