Women
Breaking Free: A Proposal for Change to Aboriginal Family Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Women’s Association
Description
Report includes: explanation of methodology (report largely based on surveys), review of services available, Canadian Justice system, community care and social workers, summary of the extent of the problem in Ontario, proposals for action.
Breaking Free, Breaking Through: An Arts-Based Research Project to Examine Violence against Aboriginal Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Ontario Native Womens' Association (ONWA)
Description
Project to identify protective factors which led women to leave abusive relationships and stay away permanently. Research involved women from five Ontario cities: Fort Frances, Hamilton, Ottawa, Timmins and Thunder Bay.
Breaking the Silence on Violence Against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women: A Call to Action Based on an Overview of Existing Evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America
Documents & Presentations
Description
Report addresses call from United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues (UNPFII) for United Nations agencies and the United States to contribute to the study of violence against girls and women, particularly in areas where armed conflict is taking place.
Breast Feeding Practices as Cultural Interventions for Early Childhood Caries in Cree Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaime Cidro
Lynelle Zahayko
Herenia P. Lawrence
Samantha Folster
Margaret McGregor
Kristen McKay
BMC Oral Health, vol. 15, 2015, p. article no. 49
Description
Interview and focus group participants in study were primarily grandmothers and mostly great grandmothers who were asked questions about traditional and contemporary practices, and reasons for the increase in dental problems.
Breastfeeding among the Ontario James Bay Cree: A Retrospective Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ray Black
Marshall Godwin
David Ponka
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 99, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 98-101
Description
Discusses a study on low breastfeeding rates and looks at identifying specific socioeconomic circumstances that are associated with the lack of breastfeeding among Cree mothers.
[Brett Rushforth, >Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous & Atlantic Slaveries in New France]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Brett Rushforth
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Discusses book which explores the enslavement of American Indians by French colonists and their Native allies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Duration: 35:09.
Bribri Women Lead the Way in Community-Based Tourism in Costa Rica
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ana Lucía Fariña
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Sacred Places, Sacred Lifeways, March 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses an ecotourism project directed towards protecting the environment and supporting the Indigenous way of life.
Bringing It Home: Artists Reconnecting Cultural Heritage with Community
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Aymar Ccopacatty
Maria Hupfield
Sarah Sawyer
Bobby Wilson
Description
Participants in the National Museum of the American Indian Artist Leadership Program from Canada, United States and Peru discuss their work and participate in a panel discussion.
Duration: 1:39:43.
Brother Encouraged 'A' Student's Curiosity About Science
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 7s
Description
Dr. Lillian Eva Dyck, receipient of the 1999 National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the field of Science and Technology, relates to readers the personal interests and influences that led her to pursue science.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.27.
Buffalo Sage Wellness House (BSWH) Process Review
Alternate Title
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-371
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amy J. M. Pilon
Lisa M. Jewell
J. Stephen Wormith
Patti Laboucane-Benson
Description
Located in Edmonton, Alberta, the Wellness House is a 16-bed, minimum security facility as well as a residence for offenders on release in the community. Purpose of study was to gain an understanding of the women involved and the unique model of case management. Sixteen in-depth interviews with nine offenders and seven staff members were conducted.
Buffering Effects of Social Support for Indigenous Males and Females Living with Historical Trauma and Loss in 2 First Nation Communities.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Bernards
Samantha Wells
Melody Morton-Ninomiya
Sara Plain
Tracey George ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Study uses survey data from 207 males and 279 females from 2 Ontario First Nations to examine whether or not social support can offset the negative results of perceived racism, historical trauma and loss on depression and/or anxiety.
Building a Perinatal Service Model With a Western Australian Indigenous Community
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janette Brooks
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 16-17
Description
Summary of Baseline Evaluation Report provides snapshot of childbearing population revealing need for support and treatment, awareness raising, and professional education and training.
Building Leadership Capacity Amongst Young Anishinaabe-Kwe Through Culturally-based Activities and Creative Arts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sheila Cote-Meek
Kathy Dokis-Ranney
Lissa Lavallee
Dawn Wemigwans
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 8, Indigenous Social Work Practices and Theories, August 2012, pp. 75-89
Description
Describes a program for young Aboriginal women designed to increase cultural knowledge, build self-esteem and leadership skills.
Building on Strengths: Collaborative Intergenerational Health Research with Urban First Nations and Métis Women and Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cooper
S. Michelle Driedger
Josée Lavoie
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 107-125
Description
Describes the research process and results of a participatory project on how Indigenous girls and the female family members that care for them. Results show that flexible design that allows for intergenerational involvement can prove beneficial for both participants and for researchers.
Building Sustainable Relationships: Aboriginal Engagement and Sustainability
Alternate Title
Building Sustainable Relationships: A Compendium of Leadership Practices in Aboriginal Engagement and Sustainability
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William K. McIntosh
Description
Eleven case studies on best practices in business/Aboriginal partnerships.
Bull Plume's Second Sundance Lodge
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
Dave Melting Tallow
Joanne Greenwood
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he describes the ceremonies involved in the construction of a Holy Lodge.
Butterflies without Roots: Aboriginal Women in the Western Northwest Territories: A NWAC Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Looks at issues in the context of remote locations as expressed by the women living there. Concludes with recommendations in the areas of health and social services, education, politics and leadership, justice and culture.
By, For, or About?: Shifting Directions in the Representations of Aboriginal Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Fiske
Atlantis, vol. 25, no. 1, 2000, pp. 11-27
Description
Overview of scholarly literature about, by and for Aboriginal women of Canada focusing on five disciplines: history, law, health, education, and literature.
A Call for a Policy Paradigm Shift: An Intersectionality-Based Analysis of FASD Policy
Alternate Title
An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gemma Hunting
Description
"Demonstrates the necessity and utility of interrogating and shifting the current FASD policy paradigm in order to strengthen the capacity of polity to promote health and social equity."
Chapter from An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework edited by Olena Hankivsky.
Scroll down to page 93 to read chapter.
A Call to Action: Reconciliation with Indigenous Women in the Federal Justice and Correctional Systems: Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women
E-Books
Author/Creator
Karen Vecchio
Pam Damoff
Sheila Malcolmson
Sean Fraser
Rachael Harder ... [et al.]
Description
Report provides overview of women's experiences in the systems, suggestions for policy changes, examination of access to and treatment in justice system, examination of women in the correctional system, and 96 recommendations to the Government of Canada for improvements.
Campeau Part of Historic Victory
Alternate Title
First Nations Candidate Wins Saskatoon Seat
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darla Read
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 10, November 2011, p. 1,6
Description
Comments on a First Nations woman elected to the Legislative Assembly and the many attributes that she brings to the government and the people of Saskatchewan.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 6.