Income

Purpose of study was to design and test research design which would provide a comparison of different types of communities using education, labour force, income, and housing as indicators. Chapter from Aboriginal Well-Being: Canada's Continuing Challenge edited by Jerry P. White, Dan Beavon and Nicholas Spence.

Reports on current status and makes recommendations for improvement.

Looks at the services provided by the Armidale Association for the Assimilation of Aborigines in the late 1950s.

Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--Université de Montréal, 2017.

Survey results revealed the link between disadvantaged Inuit individuals and greater weight issues.

Results show Indigenous children are at risk of being overweight or obese if there is very low food security and a poor school environment that exposed them to racism, bullying, and drugs.

Study shows a correlation between overcrowded housing and rates of tuberculosis.

Survey shows that an estimated 29% of Aboriginal people, aged 18 or older, lived in food-insecure households and that these households had significantly higher odds of poor general health. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 15.

Discusses disability in terms of common definitions, diagnosis and prognosis by the medical community, and the consequences to and adaptation of families affected by the disability.

Initiative strives to prevent exposure to violence, mitigate the negative impact of exposure when it does happen and spread awareness.

Looks at food access, availability, and use, and examines government policies aimed at dealing with the problem.

Explores the barriers to Indigenous entrepreneurship.

Author discusses the first World Conference of Women's Shelters arguing that governments need to understand that social problems have an economic and historical social basis.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1999.

Discusses suitability of Ontario's basic income guarantee program. Looks at differences between poverty experienced by First Nations as opposed to general population, challenges associated with administration, results of literature review on implementation, and identifies questions that should be asked during the evaluation phase.

Film focuses on the importance of using talents and skills to help others specifically with which raises money for food banks. Duration: 7:02.

Community Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.

Conflict Analysis and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University (Canada), 2004.

Demographics provided include, health, education, social conditions, housing, self-government of First Nations and Canadians living north of the 60th parallel.

Demographics provided include, health, education, social conditions, housing, self government of First Nations and Canadians living north of the 60th parallel.

Demographics provided include health, education, social conditions, housing, self-government of First Nations and Canadians living north of the 60th parallel.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2002.

Comments on a group working to help women escape from abuse and poverty by offering a support system that includes meeting weekly to learn moccasin making and traditional beading. Article located by scrolling to page 19.

Personal narratives from family members who run a bed and breakfast in Prince George, B.C. Duration: 13:23.

Looks at the social issue of homelessness across Canada and a committee trying to set up a Men's Shelter in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Article located by scrolling to page 9.

Comparison with non-Aboriginals using statistics on employment, income and education, as well as suggestions for developing three new indicators: governance, land and resources, and entrepreneurship and business development.

Filmmaker screens and briefly discusses the short Share the Wealth, and the documentary Weaving Worlds. Duration: 1:22:37.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2012.

Discusses the medicalization of women’s in health in Mexico; articulates considerations of separation from traditional healthcare providers and practices, invasive Western practices surround pregnancy and birth, and discrimination against Indigenous and/or Afro-descendant women. Analyzes the way that poor women use the phrase “being cut” to describe “multiple experiences of frustration, mistreatment, and violence during childbirth.”

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University (Canada), 1996.

Physician who spent three years working in a reservation hospital relates her experiences with the health problems faced by the residents set within the context of the general Native American population.

Looks at the least prosperous demographic group in Canada. Introduction from: Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights by Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, Andre Le Dressay.

Study looks into rural Aboriginal womens' experiences of birthing and maternity care. To access article, scroll to page 101.

Law Thesis (LL. M.)--Carleton University, 2003.

Discusses Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn's film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open set in Vancouver, BC. The film is about the interactions between two Indigenous women in a lower income neighborhood.

Book review of Dances with Dependency by Calvin Helin.

Discusses payday loans, refund anticipation loans and checks, car title lonas, and pawnshop loans. Includes analysis of data from several surveys, five case studies of promising practices, and suggestions for Tribal governments wanting to curb the impact of predatory lending. 2003 Report.

Report addresses call from United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues (UNPFII) for United Nations agencies and the United States to contribute to the study of violence against girls and women, particularly in areas where armed conflict is taking place.

Reports on information gathered at Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Workshop and through interviews with community members and service providers.

Discusses process and outcomes of program designed to assess the gap between available and needed housing and community services.

Discusses that more must be done to ensure First Nations peoples have access to library and information services.

Discusses the nature and extent of homelessness, and makes recommendations for improving the situation.

Discusses current situation of Elders, their relationship with their families and communities and the supports needed to ensure their quality of life.

Report presented to the Standing Committee on Finance concerning pre-budget consultations on the housing crisis and lack of action by Canadian government.

Consisted of 13 questions which were broad and primarily quantitative in nature; sample was 66 individuals.

Kinesiology and Health Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--Queen's University, 2008.