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Profile of Homelessness in Nunavut: Full Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cassandra Vink
Description
Study consisted of point-in-time homeless count, survey of those experiencing homelessness, consultations with key stakeholders, and information-gathering in gateway communities outside the territory.
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Progressing on Several Fronts

Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 4 2006, p. 24
Description
Commentary on a recent Australian federal budget which increased funding for health in rural and remote Australia.
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Promoting Community Conversations about Research to End Suicide: Learning and Behavioural Outcomes of a Training-of-Trainers Model to Facilitate Grassroots Community Health Education to Address Indigenous Youth Suicide Prevention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Wexler
Lucas Trout
Suzanne Rataj
Tanya Kirk
Roberta Moto ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1345277
Description
Evaluates training of intervention facilitators in Northwest Alaska to develop local capacity for early response to suicide care.
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Promoting Culturally Respectful Cancer Education Through Digital Storytelling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melany Cueva
Regina Kuhnley
Anne Lanier
Mark Dignan
Laura Revels ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 34-49
Description
Looks at using digital storytelling as a way to combine storytelling traditions with modern technology for promoting both individual and community health.
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Proposal Writing for Health Communities: Workbook

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lincoln Heaney
Travis Holyk
Description
Manual takes a systematic approach to developing a well-written and well-organized proposal with all the necessary elements that most funding agencies require.
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Protecting Our Mob From the Pandemic: Deployment of an Indigenous-Led Specialist Mobile Flu Clinic Team in Response to an Emerging Public Health Threat (H1N1 09 Swine Flu)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Keith 'Bunda' Hunter
Chris Kewley
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 33, no. 6, November/December 2009, pp. 30-33
Description
Looks at successful treatment against a strain of influenza affecting vulnerable Indigenous communities in rural and remote areas of New South Wales.
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Protective Factors of Native Youth: Findings from a Self-Report Survey in Rural Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Wexler
Hang T. Dam
Katie Silvius
Janet Mazziotti
Ife Bamikole
Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 19, no. 3, 2016, pp. 358-373
Description
Study looked at youth's perceived internal and external assets, and evaluated how different factors related to gender, age, and community size. Three hundred and fifty-five adolescents participated.
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Providers' Perceptions of Barriers to the Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Remote Aboriginal Settings

Alternate Title
Barriers to Aboriginal Diabetes Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Onil K. Bhattacharyya
Elizabeth A. Estey
Irit R. Rasooly
Stewart Harris
Merrick Zwarenstein
Jan Barnsley
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 5, 2011, pp. 552-563
Description
Study conducted in the Sioux Lookout Zone highlights key problems associated with the delivery of appropriate care and offers suggestions for improving clinical outcomes.
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Psychological Services/Therapy in First Nations Populations: A Critical Perspective

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mike Webster
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. [10]-12
Description
Contends that the mental health of Aboriginal communities with more control of local government, renewed cultural practices, and successful land claims, boast overall improved mental health for their constituents. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll to page 10.
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Putuna Kulini: The Trouble with "Hearing"

Alternate Title
At the Heart of Learning; Paper 1
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sam Osborne
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 1, 2014, pp. 3-14
Description
Looks at the importance of conversing with remote community members for what is important in the school curriculum.
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QTC Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq

Alternate Title
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
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A Qualitative Study of Provider Perspectives of Structural Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening Among First Nations Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marion Maar
Ann Burchell
Julian Little
Gina Ogilvie
Alberto Severini ... [et al.]
Women's Health Issues, vol. 23, no. 5, 2013, pp. e319-e325
Description
Research suggests that aboriginal women experience health inequalities in cancer screening that are less influenced by personal risk behaviors and more so by societal forces.
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Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
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Racial Discrimination and Depression Among On-Reserve First Nations People in Rural Saskatchewan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Janzen
Chandima Karunanayake
Donna Rennie
Tarun Katapally
Roland Dyck ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e482-e487
Description
Results of cross-sectional, interviewer-administered survey of 874 adults living on two Cree reserves in Saskatchewan conducted from May 2012 to August 2013. Found association between interpersonal discrimination and depression.
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Racial Necrogeographies and the Making of White Space: The Life and Death of Nineteenth-Century Indigenous and Black Burial Places in Rural Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Felepchuk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, pp. 73-87
Description
Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.
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The Rainy Day Project

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nigel Kidd
Description
"A new and innovative program which seeks to assist those members of the Aboriginal community who are struggling with money management issues by utilizing a pro-active & interactive approach."
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Raising the Status of Lappish Communities through Tourism Development

Alternate Title
Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation, and (Re)presentation
Tourism and Cultural Change ; 7
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Satu Miettinen
Description
Describes how the municipality of Inari, Finland has used Sami arts and crafts in tourism development projects aimed at generating income and employment opportunities. Chapter ten from book: Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation, and (Re)presentation edited by Melanie Smith and Mike Robinson. Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 159.
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Re-inventing Canada: The North and National Policy

Alternate Title
An Essay Commissioned by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Description
Looks at the history of policy-making from the 1950s to the early 1990s and conflicts which have arisen between Indigenous peoples and governments. Compares developments to those in Australia's Northern Territory. Revised 3rd edition.
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