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Our Health Counts Toronto Fact Sheets

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone
Raglan Maddox
Kelly O'Brien
Chloé Xavier
Janet Smylie
Sara Wolfe … [et al.]]
Survey conducted in 2015-2016 used Respondent Driven Sampling to achieve sample size of 908. In addition to health questions respondents were asked about a wide range of topics including culture, identity, housing, school experience, and parenting.
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Our Home on Native Land: Cumberland House

Alternate Title
Our Home on Native Land Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ed Watson
Documentary on the Cree Nation of Northern Saskatchewan and the Village of Cumberland House. Duration: 59:43.
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Our Home on Native Land: Wikwemikong

Alternate Title
Our Home on Native Land Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Johnathan Craven
Documentary aboutthe scars and legacy of residential schools on the First Nations Reserve of Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island In Georgian Bay Ontario. Duration: 59:29.
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Our Identities as Civic Power

Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]

Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.

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Our People's Stories

Alternate Title
Nobody Wants to Die. They Want the Pain to Stop: The Mushkegowuk Inquiry into Our Suicide Pandemic
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mushkegowuk Council
Personal narratives gathered during a First Nations' inquiry into high number of suicides in Northern Ontario.
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Our Resistance Will Not Stop

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rucha Chitinis
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Comments on corporate and government-led land grabs and other injustices that threaten the survival, dignity, and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.
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Our Social Environment: Views From Health Workers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Naiti Munungguritj
Judy Purray Burray
Dorothy Gemuluwuy
Phyllis Bara
Elaine Mamarika
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, March 1978, pp. 4-8
Australian health workers discuss the cross cultural challenges and rapid change as it impacts a remote area of the Northern Territory.
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Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada

E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics. Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
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Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada

E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics. Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
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Our Words Must Come Back to Us

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inungni Sapujjijiit Task Force on Suicide Prevention and Community Healing
Looks at recommendations to prevent suicide in Nunavut communities based on themes that emerged from community consultations.
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Out of Davis Inlet

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margo Pfeiff
Canadian Geographic, vol. 123, no. 1, January-February 2003, p. 43
Mushuau Innu hopeful that improved living conditions at new townsite of Namashish, which they helped design, will have positive effects on their community.
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Out of the Rhetoric and Into the Reality of Local Women's Lives

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vicki Hallett
Gail Baikie
Submission presented on the development of the Muskrat Falls Hydro-Electric Development project voices concerns about the socio-economic impacts, inferior Environmental Impact Assessment by NALCOR, and provides suggestions for preventing negative social impacts on women and communities in the Upper Lake Melville region.
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An Overall Approach to Health Care For Indigenous Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Malcolm King
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1239-1242
Discusses different factors to consider when addressing health inequities.
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Overcoming a Culture of Low Expectations

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessica Brown
Issue Analysis, no. 131, March 28, 2012, pp. [1]-[4]
Comments on the attitude of disadvantaged Australians as well as the governments and the communities attitudes.
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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2003: Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision)
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2005 Report

Alternate Title
Second Report on Indigenous Disadvantage
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2007: Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
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Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011: Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
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Overdose Response Project Knowledge Translation Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council (MVAEC)
Report highlights insights gathered from focus group discussions with youth, men and women and summarizes recommendations in the areas of response, harm reduction, culture as treatment, and accessing services for each group.
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Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System: Causes and Responses

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Clark
Literature review includes topics of colonialism, socio-economic marginalization, culture clash, systemic discrimination in policing, courts and corrections, and initiatives such as Gladue courts and changes to sentencing policy. Identifies gaps in efforts to reduce overrepresentation and suggests ways to improve the situation.
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An Overview of Aboriginal Health in Canada

Alternate Title
Setting the Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Fact sheet looks at the social, economic and political determinants impacting health, policies and programs for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
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Overview of the Social Transition in the North Project 1995-1998

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel Mason
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 1, 2004, pp. 5-12
Describes how the Social Transition in the North (STN) study assessed the epidemiological, demographic and domestic changes in northern communities.
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The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Caroline Leaf
Animated Inuit story demonstrates the magic and beauty of family as well as the inherent struggles that arise from cultural differences. Duration: 7:38
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Palmater Dubbed a "Wild Card" in Race for National Chief

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 4, July 2012, p. 15

Profiles Pam Palmater who is running for National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.15.

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Pandemic Experiences and Impacts of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Indigenous Communities: Preliminary Knowledge Synthesis

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alanaise Goodwill
Jeannie Morgan
Corinne Mckay
Looks at previous experiences of contagious disease, impact of social determinants of health, gendered experiences of mental health, effect of physical distancing and quarantine, and existing MHSU (Mental Health and Substance Use Services) and how they might inform COVID-19 health services. Related material: Executive Lay Summary Report: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health and Substance Use.
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