Displaying 1451 - 1500 of 2252

An Overview of the Indigenous Economy in Canada

Alternate Title
Staff Discussion Paper (Bank of Canada) ; 2023-25
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alex Chernoff
Calista Cheung

Discusses characteristics such as labour market and the business sector, institutional settings, and the state of infrastructure.

Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Painting a Picture of the Métis Homeland: Synthesizing Knowledge about Métis Education, Employment, and Training

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Poitras Pratt
Chris Andersen
Guido Contreras
Kelsey Dokis-Jansen
Purpose of study was to look at provincial mandates and work to date and determine whether inter-provincial best practices could be developed. Sources of information were literature search, primary documents and semi-structured interviews.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Pan-Territorial Report: A Study of Women's Homelessness North of 60

Alternate Title
Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Judie Bobb
Rian van Bruggen
Shylah Elliott
Lyda Fuller
Mira Hache ... [et al.]
Results of interviews or focus group sessions with 205 women (66 in the Northwest Territories, 66 in Yukon and 73 in Nunavut). Fifty-three percent were Inuit, 30 percent First Nations, 10 percent Caucasian, 5 percent Inuvialuit, 1 percent Métis, and 1 percent immigrant. Chapter 4.5 of Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada edited by J. David Hulchanski, Phillippa Campsie, Shirley B.Y. Chau ... [et al.].
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Paniqutaupik

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
On information card: Paniqutaupik, 18 years old, an employee at the Craft Shop; photograph [in Craft Shop].
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Parallel Information Concerning the Situation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Indigenous Small-numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation

Alternate Title
The Fifth Periodic Report of the Russian Federation to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
IWGIA
Submitted at the 46th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, May 2-20, 2011.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Participation in the Traditional Economy in Northern Saskatchewan: The 21st Century Landscape + Anohc Nehithawi Pimachesowin Ote Kiwetinohk Saskatchewan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonita Beatty
Stan Yu
Northern Review, vol. 53, Indigenous Self-Determination through Mitho Pimachesowin: Perspectives from Northern Saskatchewan, 2022, pp. 113-123

Looks at the Northern Saskatchewan Indigenous communities participation in a traditional economy that complements their culture and values. 

Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Partners Team Up to Train Chemical Technicians

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 26

Reports on a group of Aboriginal students, from northern Saskatchewan, that are taking part in a program that allows them to take the first year of a two-year chemical technology course without having to leave the North.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.

Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Pathways for First Nation and Métis Youth in the Oil Sands

Alternate Title
CPRN Research Report ; April, 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Taylor
Tracy L. Friedel
Lois Edge
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Pathways to Health and Healing - 2nd Report on the Health and Well-being of Aboriginal People in British Columbia: Provincial Health Officer's Annual Report 2007

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P. R. W. Kendall
Evan Adams
Rosemary Armour
Kelly Barnard
Lucy Barney ... [et al.]
Update to 2001. Discusses determinants of health, pregnancy, infants and children, diseases and injuries, physical environment and health services. Related material: The Health and Well-being of Aboriginal People in British Columbia (First Report).
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Pathways to Homelessness: Rural-Urban Migration & Housing Insecurity in Yellowknife and Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julia Christensen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 1, Special Issue: Pathways to Prosperity: Voices From the Northern Governance and Economy Conference, 2013, pp. [51-55]
Examines several factors behind migration of Indigenous northerners to urban centres: concentration of economic opportunities in urban centres and scarcity of housing in small northern settlements.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Pauingassi Report

Alternate Title
Unless You Listen, You Can't Hear Me: Manitoba's Children's Advocate Annual Report: April 1st, 2002-March 31st, 2003, April 1st, 2003-March 31st, 2004
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Office of the Children's Advocate of Manitoba
Eleven recommendations were made to Southeast Child and Family Services to deal with the issue of solvent abuse. Excerpt from: Manitoba's Children's Advocate Annual Report. To locate report, scroll to page 11.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Pierre Dorion Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pierre Dorion
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Pierre Dorion was a young boy when Jim Brady was living in Cumberland House from 1948-1951. Dorion talks about Brady's attempts to organize a Metis Society and his efforts to get people jobs in the area.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Pierre Harper Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pierre Harper
Mary Mountain
Iris Baker
Indian History Film Project
Interview includes general reminiscens of Pierre Harper's life.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

A Pilot Study: Improving Indigenous Worker Safety in Agriculture

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Antonia Hawkins
John Temperley
Candice Dahlstrom
Lyn Fragar
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 6, September 2010, pp. 14-17
Studies enhancing the health and safety of agricultural workers in two pilot regions of Australia.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Pipeline Protest Produces Agreement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darla Read
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 1,3
Comments on a tentative deal between Enbridge Pipeline officials, the Saskatchewan government and First Nations people that promises training and employment for First Nations people. Article found on page 1 and by scrolling to page 3.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Plain Talk 13: First Nations Economic Growth and Employment: Youth Income Assistance Toolkit: Dollars and Sense

Alternate Title
Dollars and Sense
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 13
Youth Income Assistance Toolkit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Document reinforces the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) "Call to Action on Education" which has a direct impact on the ability of First Nations communities to create sustainable economies employing Indigenous people.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Plain Talk 8: First Nations Quality of Life

Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Looks at perspective as an important aspect when defining quality of life and provides 10 components of First Nation quality of life.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Plan Trains Aboriginal Workers for Mining Careers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 3, July 2001, p. 33

Reports on a Multi-Party Training Plan for preparing Aboriginal workers for mining careers in northern Saskatchewan, where 40% of the employees are Aboriginal.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.33.

Login or Register to create bookmarks.

[Polar Bear Monitor Looking into the Distance]

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans Dommasch
Side view of Inuk man with hand up to face; two ships in background. "Caption by Dommasch: "BeauDril 40 km off shore, Arctic Ocean, 24 hour watch polar bear monitor". [Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.]
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

[Polar Bear Monitor on Ski-Doo]

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans Dommasch
Adult male Inuk facing camera. "Caption by Dommasch: "BeauDril 40 km off shore, Arctic Ocean, 24 hour watch polar bear monitor". [Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.]
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Police Boat Tied Up

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Marcel Chappuis
Saskatchewan Provincial Police patrol boat tied up at Ile a la Crosse. Dr. F. X. Boucher and Corporal W. P. Cornell stand in the front. An unidentified man (perhaps Metis?) stands at the back of boat.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Police Boat Tied Up, Photo Two

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Marcel Chappuis
A photograph of a Saskatchewan Provincial Police patrol boat tied up at Ile a la Crosse. A different angle on the same picture identified as LH-6389-74. Three unidentified men are in the photo, one (perhaps Metis?) stands at the back of boat. There is a canoe on the roof of the cabin loaded with supplies.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

PotashCorp, STC Sign Employment Agreement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 10, November 2011, p. 19
Comments on an agreement between the potash industry and the Saskatoon Tribal Council geared towards improving employment and training opportunities for First Nations. Article located by scrolling to page 19.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.
Subscribe to Employment