Rural & Remote

Recommendations include: expansion of information on food costs and their drivers, support for consumption of traditional foods, improving Nutrition North Canada subsidy, and replacement of social assistance with basic income administered through the tax system.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of British Columbia, 2009.

Poem which recalls the authors experience of their childhood home and community.

Book review of When Worlds Collide by T. Max Friesen.

Instructive article for Australian rural health research workers provides an understanding of the role that various politicians play in developing health policy.

Based on in-depth interviews with 9 women who had been involved in abusive relationships. Looks at the environmental and cultural factors which contribute to the situation and the culturally appropriate services that are needed to address the problem.

Architecture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 2011.

Account of a multi-day trip to a remote area of southern Australia to observe health care practices.

Reports on a project that used a collaborative process to create a 13 minute whiteboard video about changing environments in Northern Canadian communities and distributed it to local people. Project stakeholders were able to resolve multiple challenges and feel whiteboard videos may provide a viable and culturally relevant way of disseminating information.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.

Discusses how the context of reserves affects viability of the process because communities are small and isolated, with interconnected populations. Issues include: coercion to conceal the problem, competing loyalties, lack of alternatives and resources, and keeping the family intact.

Search of PubMed, CAB Direct and Web of Science for peer-reviewed articles published between 2000 and 2015 produced 201 results which were then analyzed in terms of community-engagement, whether results were utilized by Indigenous communities, governments, or organizations, and whether the study results were accessible (open-access).

Examines Indigenous cultural beliefs and success strategies in providing veterinary services for dog populations in rural communities. The researchers used digital storytelling to collect their data.

Compares methods of dealing with crime on-reserve (communities with a majority Aboriginal population) which may not involve formal processes and off-reserve (communities with a minority Aboriginal population) which are dealt with through the criminal justice system.

Discusses how some Indigenous people may at times perceive contemporary Natural Resources Management ideas and practices.

Discusses the strategies used by the First Nations Innovation initiative to deal with challenges and the opportunities created in providing infrastructural support in Indigenous communities. Provides a framework for creating sustainable telecommunications systems in isolated communities.

Examines the historical and contemporary practices of the ritual feast Wihkohtowin.

Comparative investigation reveals that declines have been recorded in total volume and per capita availability of wild foods in most settlements compared to the early 1980s.

Looks at future public policy decisions regarding tourist use in designated wilderness areas that has raised concerns for Sami people.

Discusses the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce Northern Outreach Project and the distribution of spirit boxes to remote northern Aboriginal communities.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.

Social Work Practicum Report (MSW)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2016.

Discusses the addition of cultural values and skills into education to broaden the experience.

Presents a study that looks at the opinions and life experiences of women in order to shape and plan for health services within Manitoba's rural South Eastman regional health authority (RHA). Published by the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence.

Looks at the support the La Ronge Native Women's Council gives to women of the community.

Presents recommendations made to provide safe and and affordable housing for impoverished women.

Describes the origins of the program which arose due to the large number of preventable health problems in the remote Australian Aboriginal community of Ntaria, Northern Territory.

Study uses interviews with 80 women to collect qualitative data about Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in the areas of agriculture, food processing and preservation, family health care, and child care. Suggests that incorporating place-based cultural and traditional knowledge into rural development will lead to more successful outcomes for communities.

Comments on an ecolodge found in a flourishing northern Canadian community.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1991.

Describes the joint initiative of the University of Queensland Indigenous Health Program and the community of Woorabinda, a remote community located in Queensland, Australia.

New South Wales, Australia employment training program has multiple positive outcomes including increased awareness of health services and enhanced employability for the participants.

Project involved organizing gathering of families in order to hear their stories and opinions, and interviewing front line workers and police officers working in Nunavik.

Guide written for non-indigenous workers and for workers unfamiliar with the cultural, geographical and contexts of three remote communities.

Guide enhances clinical education and practical best practices for inclusion of Aboriginal health and culture into the health sciences curriculum. Includes background information and generic training and support materials to use in northern and rural areas.

Comments on a school that provides a culturally-safe place for young Aboriginal girls to explore adolescent female issues and to promote a positive and healthy gender and cultural identity.

Briefly describes provision of health services in remote Western Australia community of approximately 200 people.

Comments on the benefits of both traditional and contemporary childbearing knowledge and accessible health services.

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A Little Kindness Would Go a  Long Way: A Study of Women's Homelessness in the Yukon: Territorial Report

Study uses results from interviews with eight young Sámi men about their experience with moving from rural to urban spaces and with becoming part of a minority group after having been the majority. Findings indicated that the men experience changes in the main actors and activities in their lives, as well as in their aims for the future.

Environment and Geography Thesis (M.E.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.

Communication Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Concordia University, 2008.

Educational Counselling Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2015.

Researchers consulted with service providers, youth, municipal government workers, community members, and researchers and students from local universities. Identifies structural issues, systems failures, and individual, family and relational factors.

Investigates youth recreational activities in the northern Ontario community of Wapakeka and notes the activities enjoyed are a mix of Euro-American and Native American games of skill.

Reports results of interviews with 17 youth between the ages of 14 and 19 living in Nunavut.

Book review of: Yuendumu Everyday by Yasmine Musharbash. Review located by scrolling to page 281.

Looks at the past 27 years since the Yukon College Act.