Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marie Laing
Michelle Firestone
Jessica Syrette
Description
Authors conducted key informant interviews with people who had known five homeless individuals who had died within the previous three years to develop a "lifeline map" of the subject's experiences from childhood to death. Significant events such as family separation and apprehension by child welfare agencies, relationships, instances of violence, incarceration, and hospitalizations were tracked to gain a picture of their lives and insight into the events leading up to their deaths.
"Hope for Change--Change Can Happen": Healing the Wounds of Family Violence with Indigenous Traditional Holistic Practices
Theses
Author/Creator
Donna Michele Lester-Smith
Description
Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2012.
Horizontal Pilot Project for Homeless Urban Aboriginal People with HIV/AIDS
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nine Circles Community Health Centre
Description
Describes results in terms of cultural support worker activities, literature review and needs assessment (interviews and feedback session).
Hot Lunch Program One of Many Services to Community
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 13 s
Description
Brief profile of Elder Theresa Stevenson, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Community Development. Theresa is recognized for her devotion to humanitarian causes such as advocating for Aboriginal role models in schools, hot lunch programs, and low income housing.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.33.
House at Batoche used as a Barracks by the Metis in 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of a house used as a barracks by the Metis during the Northwest Resistance. On back of photo: "House built in 1879 and Â’80 by Xavier Batoche. Used as store and dwelling. In 1885 used as barracks by the Metis."
House at Battleford
Images » Photographs
Description
Original description reads: "A house at Battleford remaining from the Riel Rebellion days."
House or Home: Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Paving the Way for Better Living Conditions
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donnaleen Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 2-3
Description
Elders at conference were asked what they would like to see come out of the conference, what their major concerns were and their opinion was about living in Department of Housing accommodations.
Household Crowding and Food Insecurity among Inuit Families with School-Aged Children in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Ruiz-Castell
Gina Muckle
Éric Dewailly
Joseph L. Jacobson
Sandra W. Jacobson
Pierre Ayotte ... [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 105, no. 3, March 2015, pp. e122-e132
Description
Study conducted between 2005 and 2010 with 292 participants living in 14 Nunavik communities found that likelihood of reducing size of children's meals was higher in crowded households.
Households and Families of the Longhouse Iroquois at Six Nations Reserve
Alternate Title
Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Merlin G. Myers
Housing Adequacy for Aboriginal Households in First Nations Communities by Degree of Community Accessibility
Alternate Title
Research Insight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Insight. Housing Indicators and Analytics ; October, 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Combines statistics on housing needing only regular maintenance or minor repairs with degree of accessibility by road.
Data from 2011 National Household Survey and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada's First Nations communities geography.
Housing and Aboriginal People in Urban Centres: A Quantitative Evaluation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yale D. Belanger
Gabrielle Weasel Head
Olu Awosoga
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2012, pp. 4-25
Description
Comments on the current state of housing, the cyclical process that hinders home ownership, and the need to alleviate housing disparities.
Housing and Drinking Water: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mylene Riva
Christopher Fletcher
Philippe Dufresne
Antoine Lachance
Gina Muckle
Description
Housing and Health Among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve: Results From the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Guèvremont
Evelyne Bougie
and Dafna Kohen
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2016, pp. 81-98
Description
Examines the link between housing and physical and mental health of pre-school aged children.
Housing and Health in Alberta First Nations Communities: Examining the Relationship Between Enteric Disease and Environmental Factors
Theses
Author/Creator
Joan Emma Elson Yee
Description
Public Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2007.
Housing and Homelessness Policy Recommendations for Indigenous Women Affected by Domestic Violence: A Scoping Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deanna Yerichuk
Brittany Johnson
Roxanne Felix-Mah
Tara Hanson
Description
Summarizes policy recommendations from 56 documents produced over previous ten years and results of community consultations.
Housing and Indigenous Disability: Lived Experiences of Housing and Community Infrastructure
E-Books
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Grant
George Zillante
Amit Srivastava
Selina Tually
Alwin Chong
Housing as a Determinant of Health 2010 Annotated Bibliography
Alternate Title
Health and Housing Realities for Inuit
[Homelessness and Housing Realities for Inuit Workshop]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cathleen Knotsch
Morgan Akalehiywat
Maatalii Okalik-Syed
Housing as a Determinant of Health in the Sayisi Dene First Nation, Tadoule Lake, Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
David Boutilier
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2013.
Housing as a Social Determinant of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Health
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Housing as Northern Community Development: A Case Study of the Homeownership Assistance Program (HAP) in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories
Alternate Title
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Report. External Research Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William E. Rees
J. David Hulchanski
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Evaluates success of program, identifies key strengths and weaknesses, recommends improvements, and suggests how positive aspects could be shared with other communities.
Housing Characteristics and Conditions
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, pp. 24-25
Description
Describes the publication on the housing status of Australia's Indigenous people. Less than 30% of Indigenous people owned their home compared to a 70% home ownership rate of non-Indigenous Australians.
Housing Conditions among First Nations People, Métis and Inuit in Canada from the 2021 Census
Alternate Title
Census in Brief
Census of Population, 2021
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Alexandria Melvin]
[Thomas Anderson]
Housing Conditions and Respiratory Hospitalizations among First Nations People in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gisèle M. Carrière
Rochelle Garner
Claudia Sanmartin
Health Reports, vol. 28, no. 4, April 2017, pp. 9-15
Description
Even after adjusting for housing conditions, household income and residential location, odds were three times higher for on-reserve First Nations and two times higher for off-reserve First Nations than for non-Aboriginals.
Data from the 2006 Census linked to the Discharge Abstract Database were used.
Housing Conditions in 2 Canadian First Nations Communities
Alternate Title
First Nations Housing
Housing Conditions in Two Canadian First Nations Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Larcombe
Peter Nickerson
Matthew Singer
Robert Robson
Joseph Dantouze
Lloyd McKay
Pamela Orr
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 2, 2011, pp. 141-153
Description
Looks at the association between poor housing, crowded living conditions, and self-reported tuberculosis.
Housing Conditions of Aboriginal Households Living On-reserve, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011, [2006 and 2001]
Alternate Title
Canadian Housing Observer
[Aboriginal Housing Conditions]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Statistical table broken down into living in/able to access adequate and suitable housing, and living below adequacy and suitability standards and unable to access acceptable housing for owners, renters and band housing in Canada as whole, as well as each province/territory. Each Census year on separate tab.
Source: CMHC (National Household-based housing indicators and data).
Housing Conditions of Aboriginal Households Living Outside Reserves, Canada, All-CMA [Census Metropolitan Area] Total, and Non-CMA/CA Areas 2011, [2006, 2001]
Alternate Title
Canadian Housing Observer
[Aboriginal Housing Conditions]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Statistical table broken down into living in/able to access acceptable housing, and living in core housing need by type of need. Each Census year on separate tab.
Source: CMHC (National Household-based housing indicators and data).
Housing Conditions of Aboriginal Households Living Outside Reserves, Canada, Provinces, Territories and Metropolitan Areas, 2011, [2006 and 2001]
Alternate Title
Canadian Housing Observer
[Aboriginal Housing Conditions]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Statistical table broken down into living in/able to access acceptable housing and living in core housing need by type of need for owners and renters in Canada as a whole, as well as provinces/territories. Each Census year on separate tab.
Source: CMHC (National Household-based housing indicators and data).
The Housing Conditions of Aboriginal People in Canada
Alternate Title
Research and Development Highlights (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation). Socio-economic Series ; no. 27, 1996
Research and Development Highlights. Socio-Economic Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Research and Development Highlights (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation). Socio-economic Series
Description
Combines data from the 1991 Census and Aboriginal Peoples Survey and applies the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's core housing need model. Compares Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal households.
The Housing Conditions of Aboriginal People in Canada: Census of Population, 2016
Alternate Title
Census in Brief
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Anderson
The Housing Conditions of Off-Reserve Aboriginal Households
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amran Wali
Description
Uses information from the 2016 Census and measures of acceptable housing and core housing need (CHN). Includes statistics for rate of improvement, housing standards and CHN need status, rate of CHN, share of households in CHN and standards not met, and income and shelter costs.
Housing Conditions on a First Nations Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Timothy S. Reeve
Description
Civil Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2013.
Housing Crunch Taking Its Toll On Saskatoon Families
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrea Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 12
Description
Comments on the many impacts large rent increases are having on low-income people.
Article located by scrolling to page 12.
Housing Design in Indigenous Australia
Alternate Title
Take (Royal Australian Institute of Architects) ; 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julian Wigley
Barbara Wigley
Paul Memmott
Jane Dillon
Mark Savage
... [et al.]
Housing Discrimination among a Sample of Aboriginal People in Winnipeg and Thompson, Manitoba
Alternate Title
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Irwin M. Cohen
Raymond R. Corrado
vol. 1
Description
Looks at perceived housing discrimination and the reactions and effects.
Chapter six 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.
Housing Discrimination among a Sample of Aboriginal People in Winnipeg and Thompson, Manitoba
Alternate Title
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Irwin M. Cohen
Raymond R. Corrado
vol. 1
Description
Looks at perceived housing discrimination and the reactions and effects.
Chapter six 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.
Housing Discrimination and Aboriginal People in Winnipeg and Thompson, Manitoba
Alternate Title
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Corrado Research and Evaluation Associates
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Results of survey which asked questions about renting, homeownership and discrimination, perceived discrimination in the last five years, and how it may have impacted social cohesion.
Sample size of 300 in Winnipeg and 100 in Thompson.
Housing Education Program: Eastmain Pilot Project
Alternate Title
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 04-010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Line Gullison]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study involving consultation with Cree Nation of Eastmain about finding solutions to non-payment of rent in its social housing.
Housing Education Program Phase A: A Summary and Consultation Regarding Existing Rental Housing in Cree Communities (Eastmain Pilot Project) 2001: Final Report
Alternate Title
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Report. External Research Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Martin Desgagné
Isabelle Champagne
Maïti Chagny
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Main objective was to identify factors that lead to non-payment of rent and subsequent neglect in housing maintenance, and inform each party (financial/CMHC, Band, tenants) of their responsibilities.
Housing Experiences and Measures of Health and Well-Being among First Nations People Living Off Reserve, Métis and Inuit: Findings from the 2018 Canadian Housing Survey
Alternate Title
[Indigenous Peoples Thematic Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tara Hahmann
Huda Masoud
Housing Experiences in Canada: Inuit in 2016
Alternate Title
Housing Statistics in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Zachary Thurston
Jeff Randie
Description
Includes information on: tenure status of household, shelter costs, affordability and suitability, condition of dwelling, core housing need, and living arrangements for Inuit living in private dwellings.
Data from the 2016 Census.
Housing Experiences in Canada: Métis in 2016
Alternate Title
Housing Statistics in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Zachary Thurston
Jeff Randie
Description
Includes information on: tenure status of household, shelter costs, affordability and suitability, condition of dwelling, core housing need, and living arrangements for people living in private dwellings. Differentiates between those living in urban and rural areas.
Data from 2016 Census.
Housing Experiences in Canada: Status First Nations People in 2016
Alternate Title
Housing Statistics in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Zachary Thurston
Jeff Randle
Description
Includes information on: tenure status of household, shelter costs, affordability and suitability, condition of dwelling, core housing need, and living arrangements for people living in private dwellings. Differentiates between those living in urban and rural areas.
Data from 2016 Census.
Housing for Aboriginal Children & Youth: The Need for a Holistic Approach
Alternate Title
Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
National Council of Welfare
Description
Chapter 6.1 from: Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada edited by J. David Hulchanski, Phillippa Campsie, Shirley B.Y. Chau, Stephen H. Hwang, Emily Paradis.
Housing for Aboriginal Youth in the Inner City of Winnipeg
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Brown
Dilly Knol
Sonia Prevost-Derbecker
Kelly Andrushko
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 56-64
Description
Found that homeless youth wanted more than just a place to sleep, they wanted a home that was safe, nurturing and long-term. The article also mentions the need for the expansion of community-based and community-driven housing.
Housing From a Cultural Perspective: The Hopi Way of Dwelling
Theses
Author/Creator
Rameen Ahmed
Description
Architecture Thesis (M.Arch)--University of Arizona, 1993.
Housing in Nunavik: Information Document
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Société d’habitation du Québec?]
Housing in Nunavik: Information Document
E-Books
Author/Creator
Société d’habitation du Québec
Housing Inadequacy in Rural Saskatchewan First Nation Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Kirychuk
Eric Russell
Donna Rennie
Chandima Karunanayake
Clarice Roberts
Jeremy Seeseequasis
Brooke Thompson
Kathleen McMullin
Vivian R. Ramsden
Mark Fenton
Sylvia Abonyi
Punam Pahwa
James A. Dosman
PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 2, no. 8, 2022
Description
Using surveys to examine the housing conditions for Saskatchewan Indigenous communities.
Housing Indian Elders On-reserve
Alternate Title
Research Report (Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation)
Research Report. External Research Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Randy Pecarski
Margaret Eberle
David Hulchanski
Description
Consists of literature review, review of federal policies and programs, demographic analysis and case study of Lytton First Nation's senior citizen complex.