Racism & Discrimination

Joint statement submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017.

Canada, USA and Australia describe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as "profoundly imperfect;" contrary to Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Aboriginal Affairs assessment and support of the document.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2011.

Gender Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2016.

File contains a report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1948 for the Indian Affairs Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources. It is a comprehensive report that includes demographic data and the activities or "progress" of Indians in each region of Canada (enfranchisement, land sales etc). There is also an editorial titled "The Canadian Indian" that appears to be an educational press release about the departments view on misconceptions about Canadian Indians.

Analysis of fifteen major daily newspapers' coverage of the issues over a one week period. Done to test influence of three variables: region of publication, corporate structure of publisher, and sources used in reports.

Surveys "non-Aboriginal public knowledge and attitudes about Aboriginal peoples". Report shows eighty-four percent of Canadians surveyed want to be part of reconciliation process with Indigenous people and thirty percent of young people between the ages of 18-29 feel they have an individual part to play.

Discusses the notion of cultural harm during the residential school era, which is defined as "the breakdown of the spiritual, moral, health and emotional fabric of Indigenous people."

Survey conducted online between March 22 and April 29, 2019, with stratified samples of 682 Indigenous and 695 non-Indigenous youth (ages 16 to 29), distributed across the 10 provinces and three territories. Related material: Detailed Data Tables: Indigenous Youth.

Explores the possibility of an Aboriginal Canadian Prime Minister after Barack Obama was elected President in the United States.

Looks at the genocide of the Indigenous population over the past 300 years in the United States. Duration: 1:03:10.

Book review of: Capturing Women by Sarah Carter.

Discussion on the rationalization and justification of coerced and racially segregated hospitals.

Examines the philosophies and goals of Native American assimilation into Anglo-American culture.

Bibliography of programs, letters, government reports, student memory books, and other resources in the manuscript collection.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--American University, 1979.

Book review of: Carnal Crimes by Constance Backhouse.

Book review of: Cartographies of Desire by Rebecca Blevins Faery. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Comments on spousal abuse, domestic violence and discrimination against Aboriginal women in the Canadian justice system.

Looks at education as one of the most important means to alleviate poverty and marginalization.

"This paper describes Maori suicide prevention research as a body of knowledge dominated by Western mono-cultural and a/historicised analysis."

Study involved interviews with 10 individuals who had served in the legislature or on county councils about their experiences running for, and serving in, political office given that the state is considered to be highly racialized.

Discusses how official policy changed from exclusion to inclusion of Aborigines after the high losses of personnel in 1917 and 1918 and presents a case study of the experiences of three Aboriginal enlistees in the Australian Imperial Force. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to the appropriate page.

Indigenous Australian Studies (Ph.D.)--James Cook University, 2009.

Provides a perspective on how Aboriginal women were viewed during the settlement period in 1884 in Alberta.

Discusses how digital media storytelling can create new lived historical narratives.

English and Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2007.

A study that focuses on Indigenous female drug using sex workers in British Columbia to discuss the culture of violence and its ties to both historical and ongoing colonization.

Reports on the Seven Oaks School Division study on Aboriginal perspectives of education by former students.

Book review of: Celluloid Indians by Jacquelyn Kilpatrick. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Community Health Services Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Calgary, 2021.

Video (17 min.) narrated by Gerry Oleman of the BC Provincial Residential School Project. Includes numerous archival photos.

Describes the arrest of Verna Clarke and subsequent dismissal of the assault charges.

Discusses the history & conditions of boarding schools and the impact on Native children.

Interview with vice-president of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada about the issue of racism in healthcare. Some focus on the case of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored in emergency ward and died 34 hours later without being seen by doctors. Duration: 27:09.

Looks at various cross-cultural negotiations that occur in theatre productions.

Asserts that Canadian Aboriginal and treaty laws should reflect our shared history.

Goal of study was to identify factors related to risky behaviours and provide strategies to promote healthy lifestyles.

Book review of: Challenging Racism in Higher Education: Promoting Justice by Mark Chesler, Amanda Lewis, and James Crowfoot.

Explores the relationships, through policy, between the Canadian state and urban Aboriginal peoples focusing on the cities of Thompson and Brandon, Manitoba.

Contends that racist and sexist ideology is still apparent for Aboriginal women in contemporary society.

Research findings show lack of financial resources as a barrier to post-secondary education for First Nations peoples.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2012.

Looks at how to get non-Indigenous peoples engaged in Indigenous education and sovereignty.

Comments on Eastman's work, From the Deep Woods to Civilization, and his notion that Aboriginals had little choice but to assimilate into white society if they were to survive. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.

Front exterior view of the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta (no date).