College & University Programs & Services

Overview of panel presentation by students at the Northern Governance and Economy Conference. Presentation was part of their final assignment for 2012.

Editorial introduces special themed issue and presents an outline for each article.

A Menominee female academic relates the difficulties she encountered at two post-secondary institutions.

Briefly discusses various aspects of a course on Federal Indian Law taught through the Native American Studies Department at Nebraska Indian Community College.

Outline for an Aboriginal literature class offered at Brandon University, Manitoba.

Explains the development and historical background of the program.

Focuses on the American Indian Studies (AIS) program at Virginia Tech that has endured by maintaining open lines of communication, honouring tribal advisers and acknowledging those advisers as colleagues.

Examines the Leadership Development for the 21st Century: Linking Research, Academics and Extension (LEAD21) program designed to enhance skills and knowledge in leadership competencies.

Provides evaluation and outcomes of program including resilience and ethnic identity awareness.

Discusses program designed to teach paediatric residents a holistic approach to health care.

Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2005.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

Research based on two-year study of 20 students explores positive changes in attitudes and proficiency with technological integration.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

Author describes the hiring process and their first year as a Professor in the English department of University of Alaska Anchorage; offers discussion of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) hiring practices and of the process of learning “how universities work.”

Author attempts to discover under what conditions it is possible to launch a new program that has Sami arts and crafts as the foundation.

Describes the College and its role in the education of First Nations and Métis with the intention that they would minister to other First Nations and Métis within the Diocese of Saskatchewan. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.

Using their own personal perspective as a Métis Inclusion Coordinator at the University of Manitoba to discuss the positive effects of Métis inclusion initiatives.

Expresses the viewpoint that universities, in partnership with tribal groups, should take the lead in Arizona and all through America in improving elementary, secondary and university education for Native Americans.

Calculates the average lifetime earnings of Aboriginal males and females contingent on whether or not they earn a high school diploma, attend technical school, or attend university.

Chapter nine from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

[Comparative Education?] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Loyola University of Chicago, 1988.

Identifies issues in six areas: financial, institutional, historical, geographical, educational, and personal, and makes 19 recommendations to minimize barriers to education.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ed.D.)--Northern Arizona University, 1990.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--The University of Western Ontario, 2013.

Looks at the effectiveness of an Aboriginal health seminar in altering medical students’ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of Aboriginal health issues, and their preparedness and willingness to work in an Aboriginal community.

Looks at a pre-service teacher education program in Ontario that combines Indigenous knowledge with environmental education.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2000.

Report produced for the Australian Government provides overview of the history and current context in Canada, and identifies exemplary practices and models.

Discussion of the Career Opportunities Program of Education Professions Development Act and its impact.

Explores the effects of colonization on ethnic groups and presents a case against combining Ethnic Studies and Native Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Study used information gathered between 1998-2000 about the First Nations Partnership Programs developed in cooperation with the University of Victoria. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Postsecondary Education, 2001.

Evaluation of a 2-week Institute designed to improve student retention through changes in curriculum, extra-curricular activities, and physical surroundings.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2008.

Examines four Native Studies programs, in four provinces, and how each University has increased its responsiveness to First Nation needs since the 1960s.

Comments on the success of anthropological workshops which brought students together to learn in a more culturally sympathetic and empathetic environment compared to mainstream education.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2014.

Author describes their personal experiences with profound ignorance towards Indigenous peoples and systemic anti-Indigenous racism at the small exclusive college at which they are a non-tenured member of the faculty.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1998.

Nursing Thesis (M.S.N.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.

Education Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2004.

Education Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2004.

Surveyed 30 graduates of the Indian Teacher Education Program at the University of Saskatchewan for their views on the adequacy of preparation for teaching and improvements that could be made to the program.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2001.

Educational Leadership, Counseling and Foundations Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Orleans, 2008

Public Administration Applied Research Project towards (M.P.A.)--Texas State University, 2011.

Looks at a social work program offered by the University of Calgary in collaboration with Blue Quills First Nations College.

Educational Administration, Foundations, and Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.

Examines the format used to deliver overall library orientation and instruction to this specific group of students and their instructors.

Describes the partnership formed between the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and the staff at Nunavut Arctic College (NAC), to recruit and retain nurses in Nunavut.

Analyzed actions and initiatives to see if the Strategy, developed in 2007, had achieved the Ministry's objectives.