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City of Thompson Youth Homelessness / Housing Instability Count 2016

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marleny M. Bonnycastle
Maureen Simpkins
Of those surveyed (69), 85% were Indigenous and 57% were Indigenous females; average age for youth experiencing homelessness for the first time was 18, and most common ages were 18 and 21, which coincides with "aging out of care".
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Clarry's Reward: A Breath Of Fresh Air

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, March/April 2000, p. 23
Describes how local activists in the remote Northern Territory, Australian community were able to reduce air pollution by planting trees supplied by the Rio Tinto mining company.
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Cleaning up Cosmos: Satellite Debris, Radioactive Risk, and the Politics of Knowledge in Operation Morning Light

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellen Power
Arn Keeling
Northern Review, no. 48, October 18, 2018, pp. 81-109
Examines the debris recovery efforts surrounding the crash of Soviet nuclear-powered satellite in 1978; notes that a misunderstanding of the North, its climate, its residents and their cultures created many barriers for Canadian and United States military teams.
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Climate Change and Food Security in Regional Inuit Centers

Alternate Title
ArcticNet Annual Research Compendium (2013-2014)
Climate Change and Food Security in Regional Inuit Centres
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Ford
Elaine Power
Christopher Furgal
Susan Chatwood
William Gough
Overview of project aimed at Identifying and characterizing the vulnerability and resilience of food systems. Phase two looked at policy linkages and attempted to identify opportunities and priorities for adaptation intervention in high risk populations.
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Climate Change, Wellbeing and Resilience in the Weenusk First Nation at Peawanuck: The Moccasin Telegraph Goes Global

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. Lemelin
D. Matthews
N. McIntyre
M. Johnston
R. Koster
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 2, Human Health at the Ends of the Earth, 2010, pp. 1-18
Analysis of 22 interviews conducted with members of the First Nation indicated that residents are concerned with a variety of changes in the environment and their ability to use the land.
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Climate-Induced Displacement of Alaska Native Communities

Alternate Title
Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin Bronen

Gives an overview of climate change in Alaska and discusses its impact on rural villages, climate risks in eight communities, communities requiring complete relocation, and governments' responses.

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'Closing the Gap': How Maternity Services Can Contribute to Reducing Poor Maternal Infant Health Outcomes For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. Kildea
S. Kruske
L. Barclay
S. Tracy
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 3, August 6, 2010, p. article no. 1383
Reviews current services, initiatives & challenges to the delivery of safe maternity services for Aboriginal women in rural and remote areas of Australia.
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Closing the Gap in Indigenous Education Workshop Report

Alternate Title
How to Close the Gap in Indigenous Education
Documents & Presentations
Focuses on educational reform for Indigenous children in remote and northern Australia to improve educational outcomes. Feedback from participants provides recommendations.
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Collaborating toward Improving Food Security in Nunavut

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Wakegijig
Geraldine Osborne Sara Statham
Michelle Doucette Issaluk
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21201
Describes the efforts to increase political interest in and public engagement regarding the issue of food insecurity.
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Collaborative Delivery of Work-integrated Learning to Indigenous Australians in a Remote Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cecil A. L. Pearson
Sandra Daff
Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, vol. 12, no. 2, 2011, pp. [125]-145
Describes vocational education programme offered to participants with elementary and lower secondary school education. Opportunities and challenges for industry, academia and community are discussed.
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A Commitment to First Nations Data Governance: A Primer for Health Librarians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Read
Gail McDonald
Brad Mackay
Eugene Barsky
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, vol. 35, no. 1, Special Issue on Aboriginal Health Information, April 2014, pp. 11-15
Discusses the principles of Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP) which define how information can and should be used by researchers, governments and corporations.
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Communication Tools and Sources of Education and Information: A National Survey of Rural and Remote Nurses

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Kosteniuk
Norma J. Stewart
Erin C. Wilson
Kelly L. Penz
Ruth Martin-Misener
Debra G. Morgan
Chandima Karunanayake
Martha L. P. MacLeod
Journal of the Medical Library Association , vol. 107, no. 4, October 2019, pp. 538-554
Analyzed data from a subset of responses to the cross-sectional survey "Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada II". Found that most nurses relied on online/electronic sources more often than in-person education to update their nursing knowledge.
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Community and Aboriginality in an Aboriginal Community: Relating to Histories in and of Île-à-la-Crosse

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katya MacDonald
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 2, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, Fall, 2009, pp. 18-28
Two-part paper first examine the history of Île-à-la-Crosse in the context of mainstream histories, then examines how local community histories have become markers of Aboriginality. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 18.
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Community and Child Health Services, W.A.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gabby Willaway
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, June 1982, pp. 34-38
Describes duties of the Aboriginal health coordinator for Community and Child Health Services including advising the director what Aboriginal communities' health needs and priorities are.
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Community Attitudes to Researchers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alun Williams
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, January/February 2001, pp. 25-26
Community health nurse in an isolated Australian community comments on the visiting health researchers that periodically visited the community.
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Community-Based Health Research Led by the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Alternate Title
Community-Based Health Research Led by VGFN
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sonia Wesche
Roseanne C. Schuster
Pam Tobin
Cindy Dickson
Darcie Matthiessen ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 4, 2011, pp. 396-406
Discusses an exceptional research partnership which studied food security.
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Community-Based Participatory Research Projects and Policy Engagement to Protect Environmental Health on St Lawrence Island, Alaska

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pamela K. Miller
Viola Waghiyi
Gretchen Welfinger-Smith
Samuel Carter Byrne
Jane Kava
Jesse Gologergen
Lorraine Eckstein
Ronald Scrudato
Jeff Chiarenzelli
David O Carpenter
Samarys Seguinot-Medina
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21656
Findings from a series of exposure assessments indicate the presence of carcinogenic chemicals is cause for concern by local community leaders.
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Community-Based Suicide Prevention Research in Remote On-Reserve First Nations Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Corinne A. Isaak
Mike Campeau
Laurence Y. Katz
Murray W. Enns
Brenda Elias
et al.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 258-270
Outlines the research process, key challenges and lessons learned in a collaborative First Nations suicide prevention project conducted with eight north-western Manitoba First Nations communities.
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Community Collaboration in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examples of How Remote First Nations in Northern Ontario Managed the Pandemic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mayheve C. Rondeau
Keira A. Loukes
Michael A. Robidoux
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 18, no. 1, Emerging Research from a Post-Pandemic World, 2023

Examines the community-based strategy to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by Indigenous communities.  

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A Community Development Approach to Mental Health Services

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Kamin
Romeo Beatch
Northern Review, no. 7, Rural and Northern Social Work, Summer, 1991, pp. 92-111
Looks at providing social services to people living in remote Arctic communities of the Northwest Territories.
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Community Development Employment Projects

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donnaleen Campbell
Russel Kapeen
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, March/April 1994, pp. 22-24
Looks at Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) and the development of projects.
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Community Development Employment Projects

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donnaleen Campbell
Greg Stewart
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, pp. 19-20
Interview with coordinator of the La Perouse CDEP in Sydney about projects in urban, rural and remote areas. Aboriginal people on unemployment benefits can work for 15 hours a week and receive payment equivalent to the benefit payment.
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Community Development to Feed the Family in Northern Manitoba Communities: Evaluating Food Activities Based on Their Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shirley Thompson
Asfia Gulrukh Kamal
Mohammad Ashraful Alam
Jacinta Wiebe
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 2012, pp. 43-66
Comments on the unacceptability of the high rate of food insecurity, the lack of safe drinking water, the need for healthy, and other necessary infrastructure for healthy living.
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Community Food Program Use in Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Marie-Pierre Lardeau
Hilary Blackett
Susan Chatwood
Denise Kurszewski
BMC Public Health, vol. 13, October 18, 2013, p. article no. 970
Study found that users were more likely to be housing insecure, female, middle-aged, unemployed, Aboriginal and lack a high school education. Compares results with those from a previous study conducted in Iqaliut, Nunavut.
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Community Health Programs In Papua New Guinea

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Beryl Djakala
Janet Bilin
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 26-31
Overview of tour by senior health workers to improve health care delivery in home communities.
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Community Remoteness, Perinatal Outcomes and Infant Mortality Among First Nations in Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Spogmai Wassimi
Nancy G. L. Mchugh
Russell Wilkins
Maureen Heaman
Patricia Martens
et al.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, January 2010, pp. 32-38
Determines there is a need for more effective perinatal and infant care programs in remote First Nations communities to reduce mortality rates.
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