Contemporary Life

Comments on a ceremony of paying respect to Louis Riel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 122 years after his execution. Article located by scrolling to page 14.

[English and Comparative Literature]Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, 2014. Focuses on Halfbreed by Maria Campbell, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, and works by Gregory Scofield.

A history of the Métis Settlements of Alberta.

Documentary looks at the family and life of a trapper, Frank Ladouceur living in northern Alberta. This movie contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion advised. Duration 28.54

Includes links to media releases, community events, educational training, and employment opportunities.

Looks at a recipient of the Order of Canada, the second highest honour in Canada. Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 4.

Brief interview with the principal of a new school in a core neighborhood and her pride of her Métis roots. Article located by scrolling to page 17 and 22.

Project looked at barriers to health care service access and results showed patients experienced interconnected barriers to services.

Author explores the various aspects of culture and experience that shape the meaning of what it is to be Métis.

Book review of: The Métis by Donald Purich

Argues that Métis children are both unrecognized and over-represented in provincially managed child welfare systems throughout Canada; critiques social work practices that marginalize families and explores issues of identification, identity, and advocates for social work practices which dignify, rather than further alienate Métis families.

Discusses autobiographical narration as a source of healing and resistance. Scroll down to page 169 to read article.

Presentation to Phase Three of the Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair. Inquiry looked into how the Manitoba child welfare system had failed to protect the five-year-old girl.

Highlights the engagement of Métis community members to inform the design of a Métis comprehensive school intervention.

Discusses the difficulty in defining Métis culture and membership.

Teacher's guide.

Advocates for four specific initiatives: establishing a Métis Education Council of Alberta and a Métis Academy (public charter school) in Edmonton, implementing alternative educational programming for Métis learners, and creating a wiki space for information sharing.

Report presented at the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) Summit held February 2009 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Overview of the history of Métis education, including residential schools, mission schools,and the public school system.

Study gathered background information on the current situation in the city, examined successful projects and made recommendations to improve housing after consultations with elders. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Discusses the process involved in organizing the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan election. Article located by scrolling to page 20.

Outlines traditional consumption patterns and the effects of a move away from them in modern times.

The Ontario Court of Appeal hears a case regarding the Métis right to hunt, as protected in s. 35 of the Canadian Constitution.

Author discusses her upbringing as a Métis individual growing up in Alberta.

Contains information regarding Métis history, culture, arts, community, and education.

Book review of: Métis in Canada edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl and Ian Peach.

Statistics include demographics, education, Aboriginal language retention, and employment.

Commentary on contemporary Métis issues including transcripts of Twitter exchanges on IndigenousXca.

Very extensive list (235 pages) of literature covering all aspects of Métis history and contemporary life.

Book review of: What It Is to Be Métis: The Stories and Recollections of the Elders and the Prince George Métis Society edited by Mike Evans, Marcelle Gareau, [... et al.] I Knew Two Métis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young by Gregory Scofield. Thunder through My Veins: Memories of a Métis Childhood by Gregory Scofield.

Paper submitted to the Ontario's Children and Youth Services voicing concerns and changes needed the Child and Family Services Act that would improve outcomes for families.

Website includes links to Métis governments, rights, women, youth and veterans.

Speech marking the one-year anniversary of Canada’s apology to the survivors of the Indian Residential Schools System comments on lack of progress in Federal government funding for Métis programs. Scroll down to see speech.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1970.

Describes the difficulty of defining the term Métis and how most Métis people in Lethbridge, Alberta choose to remain invisible due to identity ambivalence or in an attempt to avoid possible discrimination.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 1973.

Book review of: The Métis of Manitoba: Reformulation of an Ethnic Identity by Joe Sawchuk.

Survey conducted through structured interviews with offenders and family members in order to provide profile of offenders and develop appropriate programming.

Resources for lesson (four class periods) intended for Grade 4. Contains links to lesson plan, rubric, reference list, and worksheets.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1988.

Purpose of review was to gather and synthesize information, identify current promising practices, and provide recommendations for future development.