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Career Planning & Job Hunting

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deanne Minniecon
Yvonne Cadet-James
Mary E. Black
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, July/August 1999, pp. 28-29
Advises Australian Indigenous people to take control of their employment destiny through a career plan in the healthcare sector.
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Case Studies in Effective Indigenous Skills Development

Alternate Title
Commentary (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 25
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dharmjot Grewal

Looks at Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment & Training Services (KKETS) located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and Mawiw Tribal Council located in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

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Case Study: Essential Skills for Aboriginal Futures (ESAF), Aboriginal Community Career Employment Services Society (ACCESS)

Alternate Title
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Inventory Project (FIMESIP)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF)
Discusses a program which provides unemployed Aboriginal youth the targeted training they need to obtain either advanced training or employment in a specific occupation or trade.
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A Case Study Of Kitsaki Development Corporation

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael B. Decter
Jeffrey A. Kowall
Discusses the creation and accomplishments of the Kitsaki Development Corporation, an economic development and investment arm of the La Ronge Indian Band.
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A Case Study of Successful Project Management in Two Indigenous Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Jose
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 43-48
Author states that when local community organizations are empowered with the delivery of employment and training programs, the chances of a successful outcome is improved.
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Casinos Paying Off in Jobs, Higher Self-Esteem

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Diane Adams
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 21
Comments on the Bear Claw Casino and hotels' success including employing thousands of First Nations people. Article located by scrolling to page 21.
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Challenges in Harnessing Indigenous Knowledge Systems through Creation of Employment for Rural Women in Tanzania: The Case Study of Barabaig Leather Products in Manyara Region

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John M. Mtui
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 4, pp. 68-94
Study surveyed 100 households on use of traditional knowledges in production of leather hides for clothing. Identifies opportunities and barriers for sustained poverty reduction, and makes recommendations for both improving the perception, transmission, and use of traditional knowledge and techniques, and for integrating methods.
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The Changing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population: Evidence From the 2006-11 Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset

Alternate Title
2011 Census Paper Series
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 18
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Heather Crawford
Uses data to analyze what factors predicted changes in identification and place of usual residence, effect of migration on employment, extent that caring responsibilities had on education and employment outcomes, and characteristics which may explain differences in fertility decisions.
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Characteristics of Successful Native Leaders

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert J. Silverman
William G. Demmert
Research on characteristics of elected Native leaders in various organizations in southeast Alaska. Results are organized using the eight assumptions for success.
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Chief's Blunt Talk Welcome in Indian Country

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, May 15, 2009, p. A9
Contends that all people should work for a living and that any individual has the capability for success by following a few simple rules. Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band in the South Okanagan presents his band as an illustration of this success.
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Circles of Disadvantage: Aboriginal Poverty and Underdevelopment in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joan Kendall
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 43-59
Discusses the poor socio-economic conditions faced by many Aboriginal people in Canada and initiatives undertaken to address these problems.
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Claude Morrison Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Claude Morrison
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Mr. Morrison was an employee of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan. He talks about the Saskatchewan Prospectors' Assistance Plan.
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Closing the Education Gap in Canada: Assessing Progress and Estimating the Economic Benefits

Alternate Title
CSLS Research Report ; 2015-03
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Matthew Calver
CSLS Research Report
Assessment of educational attainment and labour market outcomes between 2001 and 2011 and updated estimates of benefits accrued by eliminating the gap. Statistics broken down by province, sex, age, Aboriginal identity, registered Indian status, and residence on- and off- reserve. Appendix.
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Closing the Gap: Prime Minister's Report 2014

Alternate Title
Closing the Gap Report 2014
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tony Abbot
Outlines the targets made by the Australian government to close the gap in life expectancy, early childhood health, education, and employment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Colonized Labor: Apaches and Pawnees as Army Workers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janne Lahti
The Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 283-302
Discusses how Indigenous soldiers, who performed the same labor tasks as white soldiers, were institutionally marginalized and distanced as a second-class.
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Community-based Learning Opportunities for Aboriginals Winner, 2004: Connecting Women in Need with ICT Skills

Alternate Title
Case Study (Conference Board of Canada) ; December 2004
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 693-04]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Alison Campbell]
Overview of iSisters Technology Mentoring, a program that helps Inuit women obtain technology training to address literacy, basic skills upgrading, and find jobs.
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Community Based Participatory Research as a Long-Term Process: Reflections on Becoming Partners in Understanding Social Dimensions of Mining in the Yukon

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gertrude Saxinger
First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 187-207
Based on the Labour Mobility And Community Participation in the Extractive industries (LACE) research project, this article outlines the key elements of CBPR (community based participatory research): establishing partnerships, knowledge sharing and co-production, and data and research-product ownership.
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Community Development Employment Projects

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donnaleen Campbell
Greg Stewart
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, pp. 19-20
Interview with coordinator of the La Perouse CDEP in Sydney about projects in urban, rural and remote areas. Aboriginal people on unemployment benefits can work for 15 hours a week and receive payment equivalent to the benefit payment.
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Community Development Employment Projects

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donnaleen Campbell
Russel Kapeen
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, March/April 1994, pp. 22-24
Looks at Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) and the development of projects.
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A Community Development Project Among the Churchill Band at Churchill, Manitoba / September 1959 - March 1960 - Walter M. Hlady. - Report. - December 1960.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Walter M. Hlady
Report on the feasibility of applying community development principles to the problems of the Churchill Band of Chipewyan Indians located in the Churchill, MB area. Aspects needing improvement according to the report are employment placement, band government, and animal hide tanning.
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