The "Other" as Political Symbol: Images of Indians in the Woman Suffrage Movement
Alternate Title
The Other as Political Symbol Images of Indians in the Woman Suffrage Movement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gail H. Landsman
Ethnohistory, vol. 39, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 247-284
Description
Discusses the portrayal of North American Indians by the woman suffrage movement ,1848-1920, in relation to a strategic reinterpretation of womanhood.
'Other' Voices: Historical Essays on Saskatchewan Women
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathryn McPherson
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 79, no. 2, June 1998, pp. 376-378
Description
Book review of: 'Other' Voices edited by David Debrou and Aileen Moffatt. Includes work of Miriam McNab discussing colonization influences on the women of Pinehouse Lake.
Othered Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Bart Gazzola]
Description
Curatorial essay for an exhibition which examined the history of Métis and First Nations women. Artists featured included Sherry Farrell Racette, Mimi Gellman, Tania Willard, Rosalie Favell, Joi Arcand, and Nadia Myre.
Ottawa Inuit Women’s Housing and Shelter Needs Assessment
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Goal was to identify women's needs, determine the current state of services, and develop methods and tools that could adapted by other urban Inuit communities. Research involved survey completed by 124 women and 18 service providers and follow-up interviews.
Our Last Frontier: Imperialism and Northern Canadian Rural Women's Organizations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda M. Ambrose
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 86, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 257-284
Description
Reveals the very slow progress of the Federated Women's Institute of Canada (FWIC) in establishing itself in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
[Our Native Land: Making the Canadian Indian]
Alternate Title
Our Native Land ; September 4, 1982
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Brian Maracle
Keith Penner
Jack Burgard
Jane Godfriesen
Bernelda Wheeler ... [et al.]
Description
Lead story item deals with the issue of women's status under the Indian Act and is followed by various news items. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section.
Duration: 45:38
Our Sacred Water: Theorizing Kuuyam as a Decolonial Possibility
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles Sepulveda
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 40-58
Description
Describes the polluted state of the Santa Ana River in southern California and how it came to be so. Considers traditional perspectives of the Acjachemen and Tongva tribes regarding "guests" as a way to re-center a Indigenous view of the land.
Out in the Open: Elected Female Leadership in Canada's First Nations Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cora Voyageur
Canadian Review of Sociology, vol. 48, no. 1, February 2011, pp. 67-85
Description
Provides an analysis of the First Nations women who served as chiefs and councilors across Canada, and explores whether gender makes a difference in their experiences as leaders.
Out of the Multiple Margins: Older Women Managing Their Health Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice L. Kinch
Sonya Jakubec
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 36, no. 4, 2004, pp. 90-108
Description
Looks at the challenges older women face with their health and health care issues within the context of service access, power, and poverty.
Out of the Rhetoric and Into the Reality of Local Women's Lives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vicki Hallett
Gail Baikie
Description
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.
Out of the Woods: Tsimshian Women and Forestry Work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline F. Butler
Charles R.Menzies
Anthropology of Work Review, vol. 21, no. 2, June 2000, pp. 12-17
Description
Discusses Tsimshian women's experience as laborers and producers and their exclusion from wage work and independent harvesting over the past 100 years.
Outsiders in Their Homeland: Discursive Construction of Aboriginal Women and Citizenship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Fiske
Yale D. Belanger
David Gregory
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 34, no. 3, 2010, pp. 71-92
Description
Discussion of the "not in my backyard" (NIMBY) syndrome including a case study of NIMBYism in a Canadian prairie community.
Over-qualification in the Workforce: Do Indigenous Women and Men Benefit Equally from High Levels of Education?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jungwee Park
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 49-74
Description
Uses data from the 2016 Census to examine the extent to which post-secondary education affects labour market outcomes for Indigenous women compared to Indigenous men and non-Indigenous people in the workforce.
Overdose Response Project Knowledge Translation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council (MVAEC)
Description
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.
Overview of Indian Residential School System & Gender: A Visual Content Analysis
Alternate Title
Gender, Gender Roles & Aggressive Assimilation in the Residential School Era
History and Overview of the Indian Residential School System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dee Ansbergs
Description
Discussion on gender roles and reasons for the existence of residential schools.
PA Indian Princess Rhoda Ahenakew named at PA Annual Pow Wow
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 7 negatives portraying the arrival of the 1969 National Indian Princess in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The two scanned negative show the unidentified National Princess being greeted by dignitaries, presumably at the Prince Albert Airport.
PA Indian Princess Rhoda Ahenakew named at PA Annual Pow Wow
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 4 negatives, and 2 black and white photos of Rhoda Ahenakew, Indian Princess at the Prince Albert Annual Pow Wow held on June 25, 1973, at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Scanned images include two negatives of Ahenakew standing, and one black and white photograph of Ahenakew's face.
Pacific Pathways to the Prevention of Sexual Violence: Full Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Teuila Percival
Robert Robati-Mani
Elizabeth Powell
Pefi Kingi
Maiava Carmel Peteru … [et al.]
Description
Related material: Overview Report.
Paddling To Where I Stand: Agnes Alfred, Qwiqwasutinuxw Noblewomen
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tracey Lindberg
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 226-227,14
Description
Book review of:
Paddling To Where I Stand edited by Martine J. Reid, translated by Daisey Sewid-Smith.
Painting the Picture of Indigenous Women in Custody in Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorana Bartels
QUT Law Review, vol. 12, no. 2, 2012, pp. 1-17
Description
Analyzes data on prisoner numbers, imprisonment rates, age, sentence length, offense type and recidivism. Also looks at physical and mental health and role as mothers.
Pamela Masik and The Forgotten Exhibition: Controversy and Cancellation at the Museum of Anthropology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meg Pinto
Museum Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 1, April 2013, pp. 4-17
Description
Examines issues surrounding the controversial series of paintings which depict murdered and missing women (predominately Aboriginal) from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.