Demographics

Book review of: Third World in the First: Development and Indigenous Peoples by Elspeth Yong.

Discusses three misconceptions: that there is a large migration taking place from reserves and rural areas to urban centres, that once in these centres they become members of an impoverished ghetto, and that Aboriginals face huge challenges in building culture and community in urban settings.

Discusses lack of consensus on settlement patterns based on wide variation in number of dwellings. Study of a site at Porden Point, N.W.T. found structures were not all constructed or occupied at the same time.

Working draft of strategy with vision to build local capacity through relationship and understanding, excellence and equity, and accountability to First Nations and Métis learners and all learners across Saskatchewan. Access Catalyst Leaders' Toolkit.

Looks at the challenges and conflicts in co-management systems to conserve polar bears, including climate change and overhunting.

A report of quantitative and qualitative data collected from friends and family of missing and murders Indigenous females in Northern California.

Study on the prevalence of smoking, the use of other substances by Aboriginal youth, and the increased health risk compared with non-Aboriginal youth.

Insights into how sustainable prosperity can be achieved in the North.

Discusses issues of ethnicity and identity in Native American communities.

Found that traditional food is regarded as natural and fresh, tasty, healthy and nutritious, inexpensive, and socially and culturally beneficial.

Explores literature that suggests traditional medicine and indigenous knowledge as protective factors for at risk Aboriginal communities and populations.

Describes prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and associated neuropsychiatric problems among two communities, one in the Southwest U.S., and one in the U.S. Northern Plains.

Examines trends and patterns in Canadian dropout rates and labour market outcomes.

Reviews policing models in New Zealand, Australia, United States and Canada. Identifies some promising practices.

Literature review aims to help identify interventions addressing health disparities in the Métis population.

Concludes that trained benefits counselors at tribal clinics can substantially increase third-party insurance coverage among patients.

Essay identifies the domestic and international legal principles that control data governance. Discusses how tribal sovereignty is impacted by these principles and argues for a critical look at the structures for data governance and the need for intergovernmental cooperation.

Looks at the relationships between tribal, federal and state governments.

Looks at the investigation, and the findings, that resulted from cases of laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis in the municipality of Port Alberni and on the nearby Aboriginal reserve. The report offers recommendations for future tuberculosis prevention and control activities.

Examines tuberculosis transmission in the Canadian prairies to inform a national policy to deal with the disease.

Discusses results from the University of Saskatchewan survey Taking the Pulse, 2012. Contains data on Aboriginal issues, health, wellbeing, family, economics, and crime. Scroll down to page 6 to read article.

Looks at Indigenous ancestry, family history, obesity, and hypertension as risk factors to increase type 2 diabetes among Indigenous populations.

Looks at reasons why Indian agents and national census takers often could not obtain accurate information, including: linguistic and cultural differences, distrust, uncertainty of racial categories, geographic mobility, and isolation of communities.

A discussion regarding the low COVID vaccination rates, compared to general population, of urban Indigenous populations in two Ontario cities.

Examines assimilation policies by the U.S. Bureau of the Census regarding the racial character of Native Americans from 1969 up unitl 1980.

Discusses the 'self-identification' question added to the census by Statistics Canada in 1986.

Evaluates racial coding on death certificates and the effects of coding errors on estimation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality.

Concludes that disparities in immunization have been present, but unrecognized, since 2001.

Report indicates that the majority of offenders have suffered from personal histories of violent victimization.

Investigates the response to the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program on pregnant women's behaviors and birth outcomes amongst various social groups.

Presents a study which demonstrates that family life is essential to Inuit conceptions of well-being and that interventions for mental health promotion should be community-based and family centered.

Reports on the health disparities between urban First Nations individuals and the general population.

Data from the 2011 Australian Census shows that a high proportion of caring activities are being undertaken in regional and remote areas of the country.

Describes Cartwright's explorations and reports in Beothuck territory.

Discusses the history, demographic composition, social problems of the area and the community groups that seek to address these issues.

Two year study identified challenges and determined practical solutions for policy makers and service providers.

Health Studies and Gerontology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Waterloo, 2011.

Variables studied were: population, age, mobility, household income, homelessness, education, unemployment, homelessness, household type, home ownership, and core housing need. Highlights from research report of same name.

Looked at ten variables in nineteen cities. Primarily used data from the 2001 Census and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Uses data from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey and 2006 Census to analyze size, concentration, and characteristics (age, sex, mobility, language), and to draw comparisons with lower-income and higher-income Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals.

Looks at income disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, reasons for this disparity and proportions of Aboriginal people in the middle-income category.

Focuses on seven of the fourteen research topics: general demographics; poverty and social services; the emerging middle class; the two-spirited community; law and justice; racism; and the arts. Chapter from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.

Study focused on: education, culture and identity, political representation, housing, economic development, racism, health, economically successful residents, youth issues, and gaps in social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 340.

Survey results show a higher prevalence of heath-risk behaviors in urban American Indian and Alaska Native youth compared to other youth.

Summarizes trends in diabetes services and clinical outcomes among American Indian/Alaska Native patients at participating Urban Indian Health Institutes.

Topics examined in report are: demographics, data sources, health status, determinants of health, jurisdictional issues, trends in research, and suggested topics for future research.

Reviews current status of the population and makes recommendations for future policies and research.

Looks at the differences in rural versus urban birth and infant outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Quebec.

Reports on results of survey of housing providers conducted between the end of December 2018 and March 2019; explains the changing demographics of Indigenous populations; and gives the background to the Urban Native Housing Program and the Rural and Native Housing Programs and discusses the implications of the expiry of Operating Grants under them.