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Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal

Employment in the South Australian Public Sector: Accompanying Report II: Public Sector Workforce Analysis Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alicen McNaughton
Kate Barnett
Description
Objectives were to: identify number of Aboriginal full-time equivalent positions; identify which positions were exempted from Equal Opportunity legislation and which were Aboriginal-specific; examine the nature of positions; and undertake a comparative analysis of the number of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal trainees.
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Equity Works: Achieving the Target of 2% Aboriginal

Employment in the South Australian Public Sector: Summary Report

Alternate Title
Dunstan Paper ; no. 1, 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kat Barnett
John Spoehr
Eric Parnis
Description
Argues that as well as numbers employed other factors such as type and level of appointment and retention must be considered. Looks at quality of employment experience and barriers to achieving desired outcomes and concludes with 14 recommendations.
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Ernabella Arts Inc.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winifred Hilliard
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, December 1979, pp. 33-37
Description
Examines the handicraft work undertaken since the late 1940s in the remote community in South Australia.
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Ernest L. Debassigae 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ernest Debassigae
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who gives an account of his experiences during and after World War II and his travels around Canada and the United States. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
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Ernest L. Debassigae 3

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Ernest Debassigae
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who recounts the history of the Manitoulin Island Indians and problems with Indian agents. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
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Eskasoni First Nation Governance 2 of 4

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Eskasoni First Nation Governance
Description
Looks at the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi with an unemployment rate of zero percent and a language retention rate of 90 %. It describes how things could change in Eskasoni and looks at the process of economic development. Duration: 9:00.
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Eskimo Telephone Operator

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Bell Telephone Company (photographer)
Description
Portrait of Inuk female telephone operator seated in front of cordboard.
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Ethics, Economics, and Ecosystems

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jon Kosek
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Resource and Sanctuary, Spring, 1993
Description
Presents interviews, with indigenous leaders from British Columbia, that address the logging industry in Canada.
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An Ethnohistorical Analysis of Micmac Male and Female Economic Roles

Alternate Title
An Ethnohistorical Analysis of Mi'kmaq Male and Female Economic Roles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gonzalez
Ellice B.
Ethnohistory, vol. 29, no. 2, Spring, 1982, pp. 117-129
Description
The impact of Western culture on roles of men and women in Mi'kmaq communities.
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Evaluation of Aboriginal Tourism Team Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hussein Rostum
Description
Results to determine what has been successful in influencing and developing tourism policy and programs for the benefit of Aboriginal people.
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Evaluation of an Entrepreneurship Education Intervention for American Indian Adolescents: Trial Design and Baseline Sample Characteristics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francene Larzelere
Lauren Tingey
Allison Ingalls
Feather Sprengeler
Sean Parker ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 1-20
Description
Study examines the outcomes of a strengths-based Entrepreneurship Education program conducted with Aboriginal youth and articulates how a participant’s baseline socio-demographic, socio-cultural, and family/household characteristics are shown to influence outcomes.
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Evaluation of inDigiMOB Year 3: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Guenther
Description
Program was designed to increase digital inclusion, with four main objectives: overcoming barriers to uptake and use of technologies, applying technology to suit local needs and projects; creating digital mentors; and establishing employment models for those hired as mentors.
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Evaluation of the Income Assistance Program

Alternate Title
Evaluation of INAC’s Income Assistance Program
Evaluation of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's Income Assistance Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Audit and Evaluation Sector, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Looks at program delivery on-reserve and summarizes key findings. Concludes with recommendations.
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Evaluation of the Native Cadre Program Based on the Results of the Native Cadre Survey

Alternate Title
Evaluation of the Rural and Native Housing Programs
Rural and Native Housing Programs Evaluation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Program Evaluation Division
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Looked at appropriateness of selection criteria, trainees' increase in knowledge, and success in placing participants in housing-related fields or working with communities or groups.
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An Examination of Aboriginal and Caucasian Women Offender Risk and Needs Factors

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colleen Anne Dell
Roger Boe
Description
Uses Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) Offender Intake Assessment (OIA) in conjunction with data from One-Day Snapshot of Inmates in Canada's Adult Correctional Facilities. Ratings for seven needs: employment, marital/family, association/socialization, substance abuse, community, personal/emotional, and attitude.
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Examining Partnership Arrangements Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Businesses

Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lori Ann Roness
Description
Looks at 10 partnerships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal companies emerging in Atlantic Canada and the objectives, benefits & challenges for them to increase opportunities for community economic development.
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Expanding Nahmah Miigwan Services

Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nina Kent
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief case study of consulting company that works exclusively with First Nations communities to build reilience in communities through Ontario Works employment programming.
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Expectancy-Value Theory of Achievement Motivation: How Perceived Racial Prejudice Can Influence Ability Beliefs, Expectancy Beliefs and Subject Task Value of Métis Post-Secondary Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leon Myles Ferguson
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, October 28, 2019, pp. 25-46
Description
Study of 165 Métis post-secondary students examines the interaction between the factors of Métis identity, perceived racism, and motivation and their combined result on participants' expectations of success and their actual task performance.
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Experiences of Opportunity in the Northern Resource Frontier

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Amati
Brenda Parlee
Naomi Krogman
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 181-206
Description
Presents interviews with immigrants, temporary workers, and refugees in either Whitehorse or Yellowknife about their daily lives and plans for the future.
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An Exploration of Economic Self-Reliance of First Nation Communities

Alternate Title
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association ; 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bert Waslander
Abeer Reza
Description
Compares economies of First Nations communities with fewer than 5,500 residents to other local economies linked or not linked to metropolitan areas.
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An Exploration of Joint Ventures as a Sustainable Development Tool For First Nations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Jane Fraser
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Special Issue on Sustainability, Summer, 2002, pp. 40-44
Description
Asserts joint ventures allow First Nations to enter resource development and service industries which in turn provide income and revenue to support social spending.
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Fall 2015 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada [to the House of Commons]: Report 7: Establishing the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia

E-Books
Author/Creator
[Michael Ferguson]
Description
Includes study covering period from 2005 to Health Canada's finalization of the transfer of control to the First Nations Health Authority in 2013 as well as selected aspects of the Authority's accountability and governance framework between 2013 and 2015 in response to allegations against the Authority.
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Families in Transition: The Impact of Family Relationships and Work on Mobility Patterns of Aboriginal People in Urban Centres Across Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Quinless
Ricardo Manmohan
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2016, pp. 114-135
Description
Looks at how factors such as age, sex, education level, family composition, and total personal income affect mobility patterns. Data used from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
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Family Resettlement - And My Family

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Roy Simon
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, December 1981, pp. 18-22
Description
Author reports on his family's resettlement to better opportunities in Bathurst, NSW, Australia which was aided greatly by the Family Resettlement Aboriginal Corporation (FRAC).
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