The Empty Shawl: Honoring Native Women by Stopping the Violence Against Them
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sherri Downing
Description
Report that follows the Honoring Native Women by Stopping the Violence Against Them Conference discusses the prevalence of the violence, the issues that make law enforcement difficult, seeks solutions, and makes recommendations.
Enabling Women to Live the Life They Choose: Women’s Work
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the benefits of fair trade crafts made by the San Bushmen women of southern Africa.
Encounters with Deer Woman: Sexual Relations in Susan Power's The Grass Dancer and Louise Erdrich's The Antelope Wife
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette Van Dyke
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3-4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall/Winter, 2003/2004, pp. 168-180
Description
Explores how Aboriginal perspectives / attitudes are made accessible to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal audiences in the plots of two contemporary novels.
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Encouraging Participation in Health Promotion
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Valmay Fisher
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, September/October 2005, pp. 13-14
Description
Reports on a workshop to enhance understanding of women's health and help health workers provide education and promotion of women's health issues in their own community.
Ending Violence Against Women in Aboriginal Communities: School Lesson Slides, Handouts and Worksheets
Alternate Title
Ending All Violence against Women in Aboriginal Communities: Slides, Handouts and Worksheets
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Justice Education Society of BC
Description
School lesson designed to educate and mobilize students to take a public stand and public action against violence against women.
Ending Violence Against Women in Aboriginal Communities: Workshop Backgrounder
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Justice Education Society of BC
Description
Workshop designed to educate and mobilize individuals to take a public stand and public action against violence against women.
Background information including definitions,facts and key things to remember to accompany workshop.
Ending Violence Against Women in Aboriginal Communities: Workshop Manual
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Justice Education Society of BC
Description
Workshop designed to educate and mobilize individuals to take a public stand and public action against violence against women Accompanying material: Workshop Participant Handbook.
Ending Violence in Aboriginal Communities: Best Practices in Aboriginal Shelters and Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence(NACAFV)
Description
Project began with visits in the communities of Fisher River First Nation in Koostatak and Mathias Colomb First Nation (Pukatawagan) and later expanded to ten other sites across Canada in a variety of settings (urban, remote, on-reserve, and off-reserve). The study was mainly conducted through interviews with directors, staff and clients of women's shelters.
Engaging and Empowering Aboriginal Youth: A Toolkit For Service Providers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claire V. Crooks
Debbie Chiodo
Darren Thomas
Description
Presents information, strategies, and case studies to help guide facilitators, educators, community partners and researchers in adapting their programs when working with Aboriginal youth.
2nd edition.
Engendering Discipline: Discourse and Counterdiscourse in the Methodist-Heiltsuk Dialogue
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Harkin
Ethnohistory, vol. 43, no. 4, Native American Womens Responses to Christianity, Autumn, 1996, pp. 643-661
Description
Comments on the many comforts the church offered including moral guidance and an optimistic worldview.
Ensuring Aboriginal Women's Voices are Heard: Towards a Balanced Approach in Community-Based Research
Alternate Title
Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Catherine Fillmore
Colleen Anne Dell
Jennifer M. Kilty
Description
Presents innovative model of participatory action research (PAR) based on five central partnership principles.
Chapter 2 in book: Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research edited by Jennifer M. Kilty, Maritza Felices-Luna and Sheryl C. Fabian.
Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Inuit Women in the Resource Extraction Industry: A Literature Review
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Entitlement of Women in Latin America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helia M. Corral
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 7, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1995, pp. 51-68
Description
Discussion on the misconception regarding Latin American women; some of the basic differences between Latin American and American realities; and the problems of entitlement in Latin America.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Entrepreneur Gets Hand Up From Dragons
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Ashawasegai
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, pp. 20-21
Description
Introduction to Quemeez, a handmade baby moccasin-making company, and the entrepreneurial story behind them.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.
Entrepreneurship among First Nations Women in the Atlantic Region
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monica Diochon
Alison Mathie
Eileen Alma
Sheila Isaac
Description
Project's objective was to build research capacity. Phase one consisted of on-line survey to establish baseline information. Phase two consisted of case studies conducted in four communities; involved interviews with 39 entrepreneurs and focus group discussions with 40 non-entrepreneurs.
Entwined Histories: The Creation of the Maisie Hurley Collection of Native Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon Fortney
BC Studies, no. 167, Autumn, 2010, pp. 71-104
Description
Highlights the collector's life and the formation of the collection housed at the North Vancouver Museum and Archives. Includes annotated images.
Epidemiology of Substance-Exposed Pregnancies at One Great Lakes Hospital That Serves a Large Number of American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica D. Hanson
Jamie L. Jensen
Kelly Campbell
Kaushal Raj Chaudhary
Susan E. Puumala
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 4, 2016, pp. 44-62
Description
Looks at effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol, smoking during pregnancy and drug use.
Equal Status for Indigenous Women— Sometime, Not Now : The Indian Act and Bill S-3
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelagh Day
Canadian Women Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Women's Human Rights: Changing the World, 2018, pp. 174-185
Description
An examination of the need for, flaws and impact of amendment Bill S-3 to the Indian Act in 2017.
Equal Status for Women in the Indian Act: The Indian Act and Bill S-3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) Canada
Description
Traces history of discrimination in the Act and gives timeline for the Bill. Proposed amendments came about as a result of the Quebec Superior Court's ruling in the Descheneault case.