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Impacts of Social Capital on Educational Attainment in Aboriginal Communities: Lessons From Australia, Canada, and New Zealand

Alternate Title
Social Capital in Action: Thematic Policy Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jerry White
Nicholas Spence
Paul Maxim
Explores how social capital theory has been applied to Aboriginal contexts in each country. Chapter from Social Capital in Action: Thematic Policy Studies by Maurice Lévesque, Norah Keating, Jennifer Swindle, Deborah Foster, Jean Lock Kunz ... [et al.] Scroll to page 66 to access chapter.
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The Implications for Australia of Recent Canadian Experience

Alternate Title
ANTar National Seminar: Forging a New Relationship
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Provides overview of recent Canadain progress on Indigenous policy. Presentation at the ANTaR National Seminar: Forging a New Relationship.
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The Importance of Disaggregated Data

Alternate Title
Child & Youth Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Fact sheet discusses collecting the right kind of data to effectively meet the needs of children, families and communities receiving services from the First Nations Child and Family Services agencies.
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Improving the Access of Health Services to the Local Aboriginal Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lee Martinez
Brenda Carter
Lisa Brown-Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, July/August 1999, pp. 22-24
Paper discusses the partnerships that have been developed to create stronger links between the Australian Aboriginal community, Aboriginal health services and mainstream health services.
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Improving the Health of Canadians

E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Institute for Health Information
p. viii, 158
Scroll to chapter 4, page 74 titled Aboriginal Peoples' Health for relevant material.
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Improving the Quality of Indigenous Health Information

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, May/June 1997, p. 29
Draft summary makes recommendations to increase efforts to record Indigenous health information accurately in a standardized method for meaningful comparisons.
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Improving the State of Health Hardware in Australian Indigenous Housing: Building More Houses is Not the Only Answer

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Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Pholeros
Tess Lea
Stephan Rainow
Tim Sowerbutts
Paul J. Torzillo
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21181
Results indicated that greater allocation of funding is not always going to produce the desired outcome of improved health benefits.
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In All Fairness: A Native Claims Policy: Comprehensive Claims

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Sawchuk
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 1982, pp. 170-176
Introduction to the 1981 Department of Indian and Northern Affairs revised statement of policy on claims based on Aboriginal Title.
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In Canada: First Nations Governance Act Dies : Will a New Government Do Any Better?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael W. Posluns
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Policy Network, vol. 14, no. 2, Fall, 2003
Very brief article discusses the death of the First Nations Governance Act, and looks at the serious concerns to resolving "specific claims" under the Specific Claims Resolution Bill. Access through table of contents.
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In From the Margins, Part II: Reducing Barriers to Social Inclusion and Social Cohesion

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kelvin K. Ogilvie
Art Eggleton
Jane Cordy
Lillian Eva Dyck
Nicole Eaton ... [et a.]
Building on earlier report, In From the Margins: A Call to Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness presents recommendations to support vulnerable groups including urban Aboriginal peoples to overcome health, education, social and economic barriers.
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In Search of an Identity Canada Looks North

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Shadian
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 37, no. 3, Autumn, 2007, pp. 323-353
Discusses how a once marginalized indigenous group grows and develops into an Arctic political authority.
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INAC Remains Committed to Partnerships

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Grassroots: First Nations Business in Alberta, p. 1
States that the Government of Canada through Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has economic development as a priority.
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The Incarceration of Aboriginal Offenders: Trends from 1978 to 2001

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian V. Roberts
Ronald Melchers
Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, vol. 45, no. 2, April 2003, pp. 211-242
Examines provincial custodial sentenced admissions for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders, finding that little progress has been made in reducing the number of Aboriginal sentenced admissions even with policy changes.
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Income Tax Rules for Aboriginal People

Alternate Title
Income Taxation of Aboriginal People
Research Paper (Scow Institute)
Fact Sheet (Scow Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merle Alexander

Research paper analyzes Section 87 of the Indian Act and finds that only 5.6% of Aboriginal people could potentially qualify for income tax exemption.

Related Material: Fact Sheet.

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Increasing the Sustainability of a Resource Development:

Aboriginal Engagement and Negotiated Agreements

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Fidler
Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 233-244
Looks at Aboriginal participation in mine development and how more inclusive social and environmental development models can support a more equitable and sustainable development. Uses the Galore Creek Project as a case study. Scroll down to read article.
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The Indian Act and the Future of Aboriginal Governance in Canada

Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Discusses how the Indian Act is steadily losing its authority and is slowly being replaced with more complex agreements.
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Indian Act and Treaties

Web Sites
Author/Creator
Agriculture in the Classroom

Website includes links to three modules on treaties and five on the Indian Act and the reserve system.

Student worksheet for Indian Act and Treaties.

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Indian Act Colonialism: A Century of Dishonour, 1869-1969

Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Milloy
Provides an overview of legislative acts starting with the British North American Act.
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The Indian Act - Exemption from Taxation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hugh Neilson
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Discusses Section 87 of the Indian Act, legislation that predates the Income Tax Act.
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The Indian Act of Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard H. Bartlett
Buffalo Law Review, vol. 27, 1977-1978, pp. 581-615
Argues that Canadian Federal policy, via the Indian Act has failed to keep obligations that were made during treaty negotiations.
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Indian Act Revision

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 1, January 1977, p. 21
Explains why the present Indian Act is being changed.
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Indian Agent Set a Bad Precedent

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, April 19, 2004, p. B1
Historical overview of the destructive policies of Hayter Reed, who spent much of his career in Indian Affairs was deputy superintendent of Indian Affairs in 1893-1897.
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Indian Agents and the "Indian Problem" in 1946: Reconsidering the Theory of Coercive Tutelage

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victor Satzewich
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 227-257
Examines Noel Dyck's view of Indian Agents as people who uncritically reproduced the Institutions definition of the 'Indian problem' and looks at responses to a 1946 questionnaire for insight into Indian agents' views.
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Indian Agents and the Residential School System in Canada, 1946-1970

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vic Satzewich
Linda Mahood
Historical Studies in Education, vol. 7, no. 1, 1995, pp. 45-69
Discusses government policy, the relationship between the Federal government, its officials and missionaries, and the impact of the government's move away from residential to local schools. The article includes the results of interviews with former Indian agents.
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Indian and Inuit Family Law and the Canadian Legal System

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
American Indian Law Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1980, pp. 199-257
Author contends that the destabilization of Aboriginal families is caused by social service policies, provincial family legislation and the actions of the Canadian judiciary.
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