Income

Looks at suicide triggers and prevention on and off the reserves.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001.

Study by the University of British Columbia, commonly known as the The Hawthorn Report , conducted October 1967.

Discusses differences between First Nation and non-first Nation parental involvement in the education system as well as barriers that limit parental involvement in schools.

Examines how provincial and local policies concerning income support affect women’s health. Published by the Prairie Women's Centre for Excellence

A submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Reports Canadian government policy is in breach of basic fundamental rights and is keeping Aboriginal people living in poverty.

Highlights the dysfunctional and atrocious living conditions on First Nations reserves, arguing that solutions must be locally driven and urban migration only creates different social issues.

Focuses on the ways that humour has been used by Indigenous Australian performing artists to highlight unpleasant social issues.

Examines the Touareg or Tamachek women and their loss of ancestral lands and control over decisions concerning well-being, economic, social and cultural lives. To access this article, scroll down to page 28.

Paper outlines an Indigenous Māori Peoples' solution to the problems of education disparities.

Related Material: Te Ohonga Ake: The Determinants of Health for Māori Children and Young People in New Zealand: Series Two.

Statistics show that the Aboriginal population is significantly younger and growing more rapidly than the general population of the United States. Statistics also show that it is a population significantly poorer and more at risk in terms of accidents, suicides, homicides, and deaths linked to alcoholism.

Discusses incarcerated women, mental illness, incarceration rates and decarceration. Duration: 1:06:07.

Survey shows that three out of four Aboriginal Australians do not perceive depression as a state that could be treated.

Examines the policies of the Saskatchewan government under Premier Ross Thatcher; notes that while the intentions of the government were based in empathy and a desire to implement changes that would improve the quality of life for First Nations peoples, their practice was rooted in paternalistic methods and assimilation policies bringing the Provincial government into conflict with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (FSI, now the FSIN). Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.

Looks at the executive director of a youth centre and the role he has played in changing the lives of many youth. Article located by scrolling to page 7.

Speech by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine to the Canadian Club in Ottawa about poverty, residential schools and how these issues are affecting the people today. 9 minutes.

Journalism Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2014.

Discusses three misconceptions: that there is a large migration taking place from reserves and rural areas to urban centres, that once in these centres they become members of an impoverished ghetto, and that Aboriginals face huge challenges in building culture and community in urban settings.

Discusses the impact of contaminants and provides lists of strategies for service providers.

Promotes Kelowna Accord intiatives, arguing they need to be enacted to stem aboriginal poverty.

Presents infographics of results from survey which focused on social determinants of health (housing, employment, education, health, and essential supplies), and demographics and was conducted May 6 and June 15, 2020.

Comments on societies based on kinship.

Chronicles how the Alaska Tobacco Control program targets high-priority groups by creating population segments based on a combination of factors.

Addresses contradictory comments made by Conservative candidates during the 2006 federal election.

Argues that tough on crime policies do not work, and that Canada is heading down the same path as the United States. The author further contends that poverty is the core issue surrounding crime and that it must be addressed.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1988.

Examines contemporary social work practice in relation to homeless Greelanders and suggests an Indigenous social work model as a culturally relevant alternative that roots interventions in cultural competency, recognition, and participatory action.

Applies after- tax Low-income Measure to data from the 2006 Census, the 2011 National Household Survey, and the 2016 Census to track trends, compare results for provinces and urban centres. Data for population as whole and broken down by Aboriginal group (status First Nations on and off-reserve, non-status, Inuit, and Métis).

Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: December 2005.

Comments on the high prevalence of trachoma and the urgent need for health interventions to wipe out this treatable and preventable disease.

Environmental Studies in Northern Environments and Culture Thesis (MES)—Lakehead University, 2012.

Book review of: Training the Excluded for Work edited by Marjorie Griffin Cohen.

Provides a history of the negotiations of Treaty 8, beginning with an 1879 petition to the federal government from the peoples in Stanley, Pelican Narrows, and Île-à-la Crosse for a treaty and support with food and clothing. Note the government’s disinclination to treat with the First Nations until they required the land for settlement. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 16.

Address by the director of U. S. President Johnson's "War on Poverty" states that Native Americans must determine their needs and solutions to problems rather than being dictated to by government.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2014

Looks at the investigation, and the findings, that resulted from cases of laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis in the municipality of Port Alberni and on the nearby Aboriginal reserve. The report offers recommendations for future tuberculosis prevention and control activities.

Looks at the incidence rate, determinants of tuberculosis infection and social determinants of health. Chapter 14 from Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 7th edition.

Discusses territorial rights and the need for increased community based control of forest resources.

Discusses main problems facing Twa women. To access this article, scroll down to page 14.

Public Policy Thesis (MPP)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1981.

Explores men's family histories and looks for links between homelessness and intergenerational trauma.

Argues that the United States has a legal and moral obligation to meet quality health services, and for many low income Aboriginal Americans the Indian Health Service (IHS) is the only source of coverage.

Brief fact sheet.