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Second NACCHO Showcase

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, May/June 2001, pp. 10-13
Description
Describes various events held at the National Rural Health Conference (Australia) to provide delegates with an overview of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Organization's (NACCHO) work.
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Security Challenges and Legal Capacity of Greenland and Nunavut Jurisdictions

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natalia Loukacheva
Description
Comments on the role of law in measures that secure the legal scope of governance in the Arctic to deal with security challenges. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
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Seeking Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Origins of and Responses to the Food Crisis in Northern Manitoba, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karlah Rae Rudolph
Stephane M. McLachlan
Local Environment, vol. 18, no. 9, 2013, pp. 1079-1098
Description
Looks at the issue in terms of environmental and food justice. Sixteen participants from Grand Rapids and the Misipawistik Cree Nation were interviewed about food needs and priorities, how they had changed over time, and what actions they felt would address needs.
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Seeking Serenity: Living With HIV/AIDS In Rural Western Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. N. Groft
A. Robinson Vollman
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 7, no. 677, 2007, pp. 1-11
Description
Explores living with HIV infection in rural Alberta; understanding the idea of health, accessing care, challenges and benefits of rural life, and the relationship between personal beliefs and values to HIV.
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Sentinel Surveillance for Zoonotic Parasites in Companion Animals in Indigenous Communities of Saskatchewan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janna M. Schurer
Janet E. Hill
Champika Fernando
Emily J. Jenkins
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 87, no. 3, 2012, pp. 495-498
Description
Analysis of Zoonotic Parasites levels in dogs and how public health interventions can help control the spread of the parasites in rural communities.
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SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Economic Enterprises and Rural Revitalization in Alberta: Summary

Alternate Title
Summary: SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Economic Enterprises and Rural Revitalization in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wendy Aupers
Description
"The research of SERC 2, has been undertaken to determine if countervailing opportunities for such communities in other natural resources sectors with respect to the sectors of non-timber forest resources, non-traditional fisheries, local and organic food systems, renewable energy, and eco-tourism existed within Alberta and B.C."
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A Serological Survey of Echinococcosis, Toxocariasis and Trichinellosis among Rural Inhabitants of Central Yakutia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sergey S. Nakhodkin
Vera G. Pshennikova
Paraskovia S. Dyachkovskaya
Nikolay A. Barashkov
Alena A. Nikanorova ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study involved 90 participants and includes a questionnaire on food habits and environmental factors, and a venous blood sample. Findings indicate that only echinococcosis and trichinellosis appeared to be in Yakutia as health threats among the 3 investigated zoonoses.
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Setting Health Care Priorities of Badu Island

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Wiseman
Patricia Nona
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, m 1998, pp. 21-22
Description
Describes the evolution of health care delivery from district managed to greater community involvement.
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Setting the Table For Food Security: Policy Impacts in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Myers
Gerard Duhaime
Stephanie Powell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 425-445
Description
Reviews the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adequacy of food security including law and policy, which impede food production and acquisition, and provides recommendations for achieving food security.
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The Settlement of Cape Barren Island

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fiona Maynard
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, December 1985, pp. 3-5
Description
Chronicles the history and the Aboriginal struggle to remain on Cape Barren Island and own the occupied land.
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Settler Colonialism and First Nations e-Communities in Northwestern Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Beaton
Peter Campbell
Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 10, no. 2, [Building the First Mile], 2014, p. [?]
Description

Focuses on how the Keewaytinook Okimakanak organization allows member First Nations to maintain community ownership and control of technological infrastructure.

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The Sioux Lookout

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Desmond L. Gurry
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, March 1980, pp. 34-38
Description
Australian author reports on life in the remote northwestern Ontario community of Sioux Lookout.
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SKC Marks 10th Year of Offering Online Classes

Alternate Title
Salish Kootenai College Marks Tenth Year of Offering Online Classes
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 3, Beyond Our Names: Uncovering Identity, Spring, 2008
Description
Comments on new technology and the contribution technology has had on offering online classes to students in remote areas.
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Smoking among Off-Reserve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit High School Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyne Bougie
Dafna Kohen
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, April 2018, p. Article 1
Description
Study investigates the relationship between smoking and a number of school, peer, and family characteristics of students aged 12 to 21 years. Uses data collected in the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (2012). .
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Social Justice, Access and Quality of Healthcare in an Age of Austerity: Users' Perspective from Rural Iceland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sonja S. Gustafsdottir
Kristjana Fenger
Sigridur Halldorsdottir
Thoroddur Bjarnason
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1347476
Description
Looks at access, variety, quality and equity in health care after the consolidation of healthcare services in Fjallabygoo.
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