Infrastructure

Study uses 90 in-depth interviews to explore the determinants of medevac decision-making from the perspective of frontline care providers; finds that possible factors that influence the decision include: the care provider’s experience, staffing levels, access to diagnostic/treatment related equipment.

File containing a government report on the economic condition of indigenous peoples living in the Yukon and the North West Territories

Highlights the challenges facing northern transportation that result from higher costs, limited capacity and a harsh climate.

Looks at the capacity to handle opportunities and challenges that come along with economic diversification, the Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor, and the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline.

Analyzes the use of information communications technology by Aboriginal communities in Manitoba and reviews its potential for facilitating economic revitalization.

Provides information about The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health (CRCAIH): originally created in 2013 to foster tribal partnerships in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota with a focus on research review, regulation, and data management. Authors note the role of the partners in the expansion of local, community-based research infrastructure that serves the community it is situated in.

Collection of papers from the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference addressing some issues and needs faced by communities in urban areas.

Related Material: From Science to Policy in Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: Synthesis and Recommendations.

Looks at a strategy to identify and share information to support strategic planning for Nunavut’s economic development; and looks at issues related to the land, people and communities in addition to more traditional economic concerns.

Reports on implementation of recommendations in four areas: land; people; community economics, and territorial economics. Information will be used to develop a second Nunavut Economic Development Strategy for 2014-2024.

Examines the need for dietitians as an essential component of treatment and recovery from chemical dependency.

Creation of a certificate program the Faculty of Education, Brandon University, to train teachers to provide special services appropriate to local needs.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2005.

Consists of an interview that discusses the changes occurring in Haida culture. NOTE: Lavina Lightbrown probably Lavina Lightbown

Consists of an interview that is essentially a general discussion on the conflicts between generations.

Discusses lack of adequate funding from federal government and other options that might provide access to financial resources needed by communities.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2011.

Compares Canada's northern strategy compared to other arctic regions.

Focuses on housing and economic structure in off-reserve communities situated near the railway in northern Ontario by comparing household surveys from 1975 and 1985.

Reports on housing capacity, subsidy and ownership, and age, condition, replacement needs and costs, and water and waste system capacity and condition. Ontario region results from the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) On-Reserve Housing and Related Infrastructure questionnaire. Most respondents were the Housing/Band Managers.

Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.

Recommendations include: improving teacher and community engagement, developing and implementing strategies to deliver expanded and flexible programs to a variety of students, increasing and extending funding, and conducting needs and outcomes assessment.

Concludes that Richardson's information appears to have been obtained from George Cartwright's text on the same subject.

Study of 71 participants from Oyo, Ogun, and Lagos states in Nigeria finds economic- and health-related benefits attached to the production, sale, and consumption of black soap. Suggests Nigerian success be used as a model program for economic development in other communities and makes policy recommendations.

Documentary on Algonquin community of Kitcisakik in northern Quebec. Duration: 57:59.

Reports on requirements for minimal physical environment standards in remote communities in Australia.

City Planning Thesis (M.C.P.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.

Discusses how partnerships between governments and the private sector to build schools, roads, hospitals, etc. or deliver service to communities could contribute to addressing the current shortfall of infrastructure.

Family Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1998.

Looks at how the relational methodology was applied during a study conducted in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.

Looks at the Eagle Woman's Lodge transition house which offers educational and training opportunities for Aboriginal women who are coming out of provincial corrections facilities, federal prisons, and drug treatment centers.

Study of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) and the Province of Saskatchewan gaming partnership and how the structure may apply to providing housing.

Day School destroyed by fire on Friday, April 23, 1976.

Includes four case studies: Tk’emlups te Secwepemc and the City of Kamloops; Tsleil Waututh Nation and the District of North Vancouver; : Musqueam and the City of Vancouver; : Cowichan Tribes and the City of Duncan; and Fort Nelson First Nation and Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.

Research conducted to obtain a profile of residents and to record opinions and experiences of those who live in the neighbourhood. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2000.

Article examines business practices in three Arctic communities and discusses how these cooperative practices reflect community-centered, culturally rooted values.

Examines how the Croatan used the building of a school and church to maintain their identity and reinforce their community ties.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2010.

Documentary examines the housing crisis facing Attawapiskat First Nation, which precipitated Chief Theresa Spence's declaration of a state of emergency. Duration: 50:14.

Physical and Health Education Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 2005.

Discusses how chronic diseases have increased in prevalence in Aboriginal populations and affect those residents disproportionately when compared with other ethnic groups in the United States.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.N.)--University of Victoria, 2000.