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Finding Heart

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Tells the story of Peter Bryce, Chief Medical Office for the Department of Indian Affairs who reported health abuses and high death rates in Residential Schools as early as 1907, drawing attending to the overcrowding, poor sanitation and ventilation. Concludes with middle school children speaking about their feelings. Duration 14:12.
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Finding Their Way Home: The Reunification of First Nations Adoptees

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ashley L. Landers
Sharon M. Danes
Sandy White Hawk
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope For Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [18]-30
Study shows that social identity plays an important role in the reunification process.
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Findings From a National Needs Assessment of American Indian/Alaska Native Child Welfare Programs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Leake
Cathryn Potter
Nancy Lucero
Jerry Gardner
Kath Deserly
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 47-63
Present assessment which explored current practices in tribal child welfare to identify unique systemic strengths and weaknesses.
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First Nation and Métis Youth Perspectives of Health: An Indigenous Qualitative Inquiry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
JoLee Sasakamoose
Andrea Scerbe
Illa Wenaus
Amanda Scandrett
Qualitative Inquiry, vol. 22, no. 8, 2016, pp. 636-650
Describes methodology and results of project involving 14 youth from Treaty 4 and 6 territories and Métis communities from across Saskatchewan which was hosted by the Fred Sasakmoose Aboriginal Youth Leadership and Wellness Program.
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The First National Survey of Indigenous People's Health and Nutrition in Brazil: Rationale, Methodology, and Overview of Results

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carlos E. A. Coimbra
Ricardo Ventura Santos
James R. Welch
Andrey Moreira Cardoso
Mirian Carvalho de Souza ... [et al.]
BMC Public Health, vol. 13, 2013, p. article no. 52

Measured nutritional health of Indigenous children under 5 and Indigenous women 14 to 49. Focused on: nutritional status, prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in women, child hospitalization, prevalence of tuberculosis and malaria in women, access to health services and programs, and characteristics of the domestic economy and diet.

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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On-Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2012

Alternate Title
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2013
FNIHB Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2010-2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Data sources: 2007-2011 First Nation and Inuit Health Branch program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database. Data from 2008-2010 First Nation Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and Statistics Canada are also included.
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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On-Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2013

Alternate Title
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2013
FNIHB Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Information from First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (regional and national) program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database for years 2008 to 2012. Data from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and Statistics Canada are also included.
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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2014

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
[Health Canada]
Data sources: First Nations and Inuit Health program reports, Non-Insured Health Benefits Pharmacy Claims, Regional Health Survey, Aboriginal Peoples' Survey, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), and Statistics Canada. Covers period from 2009 to 2013.
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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2015

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Atlantic Region
[Health Canada]
Data sources: First Nations and Inuit Health program reports, Non-Insured Health Benefits Pharmacy Claims, First Nations Regional Health Survey, First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), and Statistics Canada. Covers period from 2010 to 2014.
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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On-Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2016

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Data sources: 2011 to 2016 First Nations and Inuit Health Branch program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database. Data from the First Nations Information Governance Centre, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency are also included.
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First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey

E-Books
Author/Creator
Jeff Reading
Ken Svenson
Christopher Lafontaine
John O'Neil
Kue Young
Brenda Elias ... [et al.]
Survey results are categorized by: children's health, elder health, chronic diseases, activity limitations, dental health, and search for wellness.
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First Nations Child and Family Caring Society Appeal

Alternate Title
Between: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Applicant) and Attorney General of Canada, Assembly of First Nation, Canadian Human Rights Commission, Chiefs of Ontario and Amnesty International (Respondents) Notice of Application
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
Court document outlines reasons for an appeal launched in the wake of the ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal regarding the level of services provided to First Nations children in foster care.
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First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and Assembly of First Nations and Canadian Human Rights Commission and Attorney General of Canada (Representing the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada) and Chiefs of Ontario and Amnesty International Decision

Alternate Title
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ; 2016 CHRT2
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (for the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sophie Marchildon
Edward Lustig
Proceedings look into governmental discrimination against First Nations children living on reserves for providing less support for child welfare than for those living off reserve. File No: T1340/7008.
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First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and Assembly of First Nations (Complainants) and Canadian Human Rights Commission (Commission) and Attorney General of Canada (Representing the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada) (Respondent) and Chiefs of Ontario and Amnesty International (Interested Parties): Ruling

Alternate Title
2013 CHRT 16
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sophie Marchildon
Réjean Bélanger
Edward P. Lustig
Complaint alleged that inequitable funding for child welfare services on reserves amounted to discrimination on the basis of race and national ethnic origin. Ruling gave government until end of August to produce documents it had been withholding.
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First Nations Child and Family Services and Indigenous Knowledge as a Framework for Research, Policy and Practice

Alternate Title
Partnerships for Children and Families Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlyn Bennett
Cindy Blackstock
Discussion of the difficulties involved in delivering culturally relevant programs while operating under policies and legislation determined by provincial governments. Highlights the Caring for First Nations Children Society Aboriginal Social Worker Training Program, the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry-Child Welfare Initiative, Social Work Program at the University of Manitoba and the Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency as examples of successful innovations.
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First Nations Child & Family Services: Breaking the Silence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pete Hudson
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, 1997, pp. 161-172
Full potential of child agencies is not realized due to reluctance to acknowledge difficulties and barriers and limited control faced by agencies.
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First Nations Child Welfare in Saskatchewan (2011)

Alternate Title
Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 99, 2012
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 99, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Kozlowski
Vandna Sinha
Gail Hartsook
Shelley Thomas
H. Monty Montgomery
Brief document provides context for current system.
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First Nations Communities at Risk and in Crisis: Justice and Security

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wanda D. McCaslin
Yvonne Boyer
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 5, no. 2, First Nations Communities in Crisis, November 2009, pp. 61-87
Looks at the stressors such as poverty, child welfare, youth gangs, policing and domestic violence and suggests that a realistic plan must be developed to foster healthy communities.
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First Nations Early Childhood Care and Education: The Meadow Lake Tribal Council/School of Child and Youth Care Curriculum Development Project

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alan Pence
Valerie Kuehne
Margo Greenwood-Church
Mary Rose Opekokew
Vicki Mulligan
Multiculturalism / Multiculturalisme, vol. 14, no. 2, [1992], pp. 15-17
Outlines historical development of project to establish future training for youth caregivers and local childcare committees.
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First Nations Elders in Northwestern Ontario's Perspectives of Health, Body Image and Eating Disorders

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taslim Alani-Verjee
Peter Braunberger
Tina Bobinski
Christopher Mushquash
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 76-96
Interviews with five First Nations Elders to gain a better understanding of health, healthy eating and ideal body image and the relationship to the well-being of youth.
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First Nations Funding Woes Will Be Exacerbated

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, September 18, 2009, p. A13
Contends that First Nations funding falls short, and with the recession, and growing deficit there will be further cuts to programs that are already underfunded.
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