Social Issues

Combines data from the 2006 census involving risk and protective factors with literature review to form basis for policy/program recommendations. Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White and Calvin Hanselmann.

Outlines programs and strategies to prevent Aboriginal youth gangs, and discusses positive opportunities for youth to interact with community role models and participate in community programs.

Environment and Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.

Discusses the­ psycho-social, economic, educational and environmental factors and the impact they have on the socialization experiences of Aboriginal youth. The article also examines the factors that contribute to risk and resiliency.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.

Book review of: Aborigines and Change edited by R. M. Berndt. Chapters are papers presented at symposium of the Institute of Aboriginal Studies. To access review, scroll down to page 152.

Reviews a participatory evaluation of the 6-week residential 'Namgis Treatment Centre (NTC) program in Alert Bay, British Columbia.

Looks at geographic, socio-economic, and cultural barriers to health services and strategies to improve services.

Sources for statistics, case law and constitutional issues, international law, rights, legislation and policy, law enforcement, prison system, access to legal information, and sociological and background information.

Includes discussion of the context of colonization, barriers to justice, needs of survivors, and promising practices and innovative models, as well as a case law review and analysis, and suggestions for moving forward.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 1997.

Used 19 key informant interviews with experts, senior administrators and front-line workers to identify issues related to 12 sub-themes. Concludes with recommendations generated from responses.

Describes the process involved in developing a policy to manage the use of alcohol in recreational facilities, including policy regulations, community survey results, and indicators of success.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tromsø, 2012.

Brief reports from several health workers from across Western Australia regarding local health practices and programs.

Two personal narratives from employees of Groote Eylandt Mining Company's Industrial Health Department regarding the upheaval of mining development and the importance of hygiene in disease prevention.

Examines Inuit media production, global marketing and distribution strategies.

Contains material on band membership inquiries by the Superintendent General, logging on reserve land, stopping of a payment of an annuity and interest money to any woman who lives immorally (section 73), intoxication and prostitution.

Media release calls on the government to make changes to the alcohol taxation system.

Designed to give administering authorities tools needed ensure communities receive an optimal system of income assistance.

Reports on health and social plan delivery in the remote Aboriginal community in south eastern Queensland, Australia.

Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 2001.

Discusses critical perspectives within American Indian/Native American studies including nationalism, indigenism, cosmopolitanism, and tribal transnationalism.

Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.

Highlights the past and future activities of the Foundation and the need for funding to continue programming.

Discusses the relationship between the protest essay and the protest novelsand concludes that essays may actually achieve greater success than novels or poems in achieving desired political goals.

Discusses the historic approach of governments and the courts in addressing Aboriginal rights relating to land, and some of the key historical circumstances that have prevented resolution of the issues in the past. The article also looks at the current federal and provincial land claims policies in Ontario.

Discusses disproportionate burden of poor health and social suffering on Indigenous peoples and the rational for why the involvement of Indigenous peoples in health policy is essential for addressing health disparities.

Examines how organizations serving Aboriginal people can help to create supportive and nonjudgmental environments for two-spirit people living with HIV/AIDS through the development of policies addressing homophobia and raising awareness.

Reports results of literature search and qualitative and quantitative survey data from 29 women living in Arviat, Salluit, Inuvik, and Baker Lake. Study's focus was sexual violence and harassment in the workplace, and identifying gaps, opportunities and recommendations to ensure women's safety and economic security.

Related material: Literature Review.

Study conducted over five years consulted with over 150 Mi'kmaq through interviews, focus groups, and community forums in order to develop strategies to address violence.

Presents statistical information on the socio-economic conditions faced by Aboriginal women and analyzes the priorities outlined by the Conservative government in terms of addressing these issues.

Public Health Thesis (MPH)--Simon Fraser University, 2010.

Summarizes emerging themes from past comparative literature work regarding Indigenous living conditions and identifies areas for improvement.

Author conducts a literature review examining resources and writings surrounding the issue of violence towards Indigenous women and the suppression of the issue; argues that media representation plays a large role, and issues a call to action from the general public to help solve the problem.

A multi-module training curriculum to address the challenges and barriers facing Two-Spirit people in Native communities.

Discusses the broader issue of rights in every area of life and the difficulties in the legislative system with recognizing group rights.

Results indicate that treatment practices vary within the Canadian Arctic region, additional research is recommended.

Argues that Aboriginal youth have acculturation pressures, that do not exist for other adolescent populations, and discusses how community workers can effectively intervene and support youth during this vulnerable developmental period.

A mentoring program, which had success in African American and Latino communities, could have some value in the Greenlandic setting.

Criticizes the ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) as not being a satisfactory process to fairly compensate all residential school survivors in a timely fashion.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

Suicide Prevention American Indian and Alaska Native Task Force of researchers met to identify important factors affecting suicide and outline a research direction in prevention.

Looks at parent reported negative childhood experiences from ages 0-17 years and the associated emotion, behavior and developmental outcomes.

Young boys aged 11 to 12 years of age, from lower income households, were found to have the greatest risk of food insecurity.