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Community Based Physiotherapy Services in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Achtemichuk
B. McKenzie
M. Fricke
J. Cooper
A. Macaulay
A. Durcan
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 98-100
Findings revealed that the access to physiotherapy treatment has improved since the arrival of the medical rehabilitation program.
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Community Development & Research

Alternate Title
[Aboriginal Peoples Collection ; APC 13 CA (1996)]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Corrections Unit
Policy Branch
Solicitor General Canada
Focus group discussed opportunities and barriers to community development and research. Provides examples of community-based development.
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Community Healing and Aboriginal Self-Government

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Josée Lavoie
John D. O'Neil
Jeffrey Reading
Examines implications of self-government in health for improving provision of services and providing a voice in political health systems. Chapter in book: Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by J. H. Hylton.
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Companion Document of Selected Papers

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Health Services
Vancouver Coastal Health
Purpose of brief compilation is to provide historical and current context for Aboriginal health status. Lists significant legislation and events chronologically, as well as discusses benefits, social determinants of health, gaps in services, etc.
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A Comparative Review of Circumpolar Health Systems

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kue Young
Kathryn Anderson
Gregory Marchildon
Susan Chatwood
Peter Bjerregaard ... [et al.]
Circumpolar Health Supplements, no. 9, 2012
Describes and compares health care systems in the northern regions of the Arctic countries.
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A Comparative Study on Dams and Power-water Diversion Projects across Canada, with Emphasis in Northern Ontario Proposed Water Developments and the Indian People Who Will Be Directly Affected by Their Impacts

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harry Achneepineskum
The author, a member of the Ogoki (Martin Falls) band in northern Ontario, expresses concern with the Canadian government's plan to dam rivers in Canada and divert the water to the United States. He notes that Aboriginal land will be flooded, according to government proposals.
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A Compendium of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research

E-Books
Author/Creator
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Abstracts of works in the Research Series. Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton. Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.
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A Complex Ecological Framework of Aboriginal Family Resilience

Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Discusses the need to develop strategies for assisting communities move forward by understanding both the traditional and contemporary family dynamic.
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Conceptualizing Food Security for Aboriginal People in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elaine M. Power
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 99, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 95-97
Discusses how public health must take full account of the traditional food practices of Aboriginal people including the harvesting, sharing, and consumption of country and traditional foods.
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Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Canada

Alternate Title
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Forty-second Session, 20 October-7 November 2008
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
For materials relevant to Aboriginal women, see points 17-20 (matrimonial real property) and 29-32 (violence and missing or murdered).
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The Confrontation at Rivières aux Ilets de Bois

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allen Ronaghan
Prairie Forum, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1989, pp. 1-7
Examines the confrontation in 1871 at Rivières aux Ilets de Bois regarding land granted to the Métis under the Manitoba Act of 1870. This land was originally given without title property and than later given in concession to new immigrants from Ontario.
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Conservatives Back Down on Ile-a-la-Crosse Promise

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 11, February 2007, p. 8

Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice announces, "Métis students who attended the [Ile-a-la-Crosse Residential] school" will not be part of the Indian residential school compensation agreement.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Consolidated Mandate

Alternate Title
Consolidated Mandate of the Indian Claims Commission
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Establishment of mandate, by Order-in-Council P.C. 1991-1329, of an agency to consider and conduct inquiries into certain matters related to land claims by First Nations in Canada. The mandate also spells out the end for the Indian Claims Commission by asking for final reporting March 31, 2009. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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The Constitutional Right of an Enriched Livelihood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 1, Special Edition: Value(s) Added: Sharing Voices on Aboriginal CED, Fall, 2004, pp. 43-58
Looks at a paper presented at the, Value(s) Added: Sharing Voices on Aboriginal Economic Development: A Practitioner/Multidisciplinary Conference, and discusses the impact of law on economic development.
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The Construction of Dependency: The Case of the Grand Rapids Hydro Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Loney
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 57-78
Impact of settlements made in 1960-1962 between Manitoba Hydro and Cree bands to compensate for the flooding of Cree lands and the relocation of an entire village. Maintains that, as a result, these bands have changed from self-sufficiency to dependent societies with many social problems.
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Contemporary & Desired Use of Traditional Resources in a Coast Salish Community: Implications for Food Security and Aboriginal Rights in British Columbia

Alternate Title
Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnobiology ; 26th, 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Fediuk
Brian Thom
Results from survey of 191 households conducted by the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (Cowichan, Chemainus, Penelakut, Lyackson, Halalt and Lake Cowichan First Nations) to determine actual and wished for levels of harvesting of traditional foods.
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Contemporary Regulation of Public Policy Participation of the Saami and Roma: A Truncated Process

Alternate Title
Contemporary Regulation of Public Policy Participation of the Sami and Roma: A Truncated Process
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Konstantia Koutouki
Doris Farget
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 19, no. 4, 2012, pp. 427-451
Assesses current participatory system for shortcomings and presents available options.
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The Context of Country Food: Understanding Aboriginal Food Security in the Canadian Arctic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carly Donaldson
Capstone Seminar Series, vol. 2, no. 1, Belonging in Canada: Questions and Challenges, Spring, April 2012, pp. 1-19
Argues that the federal government's Nutrition North Canada program fails to meet the needs of northern residents because it fails to take into account the health and cultural aspects of traditional foods.
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Contextualizing the Losses of Allotment Thought Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristen A. Carpenter
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 82, no. 3, The Pedagogy of American Indian Law, 2006, pp. 605-627
Discusses two novels by Louise Erdrich, Lone Wolf and Tracks and Four Souls to show losses in socio-economic, familial, spiritual and tribal life.
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