Urban
2016 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Reciprocal Consulting
Description
Statistics on age, family profile, housing, mobility, language, income, employment and labour force, and commuting.
Related Material: 2021 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey
2018 Aboriginal Homelessness Count in Metro Vancouver
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Infocus Management Consulting and Land Management?]
Description
Purpose of count is to obtain estimate of extent of homelessness, identify demographic characteristics of the population, and track trends by comparing results to those of previous counts.
2018 Point-In-Time Homelessness Count Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Jania Chilima
Bill Holden
Abdrahmane Berthe
Description
Statistics on age, days of homelessness, stays in emergency shelters, length of residence in the city, reasons for coming to Saskatoon, causes of housing loss, sources of income, etc. Eighty-eight percent of those who were experiencing homelessness self-identified as being Indigenous.
2020 Greater Victoria Point-in-Time Homeless Count and Housing Needs Survey
Alternate Title
Everyone Counts: 2020 Greater Victoria Point-in-Time Count
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Fiorentino
Diana Gibson
Bernie Pauly
Description
Enumeration took place on March 11 and March 12, 2020. Contains some statistics on Indigenous peoples.
2020 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver: Final Data Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC Non-Profit Housing Association
Description
Snapshot took place March 3rd and 4th, 2020, before the state of emergency was declared due to COVID-19. Indigenous peoples accounted for 33% of the respondents, making them 13.2 times more likely to experience homelessness.
2021 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey
Alternate Title
SUILC Census Data Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Big River Analytics
Description
Statistics on general population, gender and age, families, housing, mobility, language, education, income, employment and labour force, and commuting.
Related Material: 2016 Profile of the Indigenous Population in Surrey.
8th Fire Guide for Educators
Alternate Title
Guide for Educators
At the Crossroads
Indigenous in the City
It's Time
Whose Land is it Anyway?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Prince
Description
Material for four episodes: Indigenous in the City, It's Time, Whose Land is it Anyway? and At the Crossroads.
8th Fire: Indigenous in the City
Alternate Title
Doc Zone ; season 6, episode 13
Eighth Fire: Indigenous in the City
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ryszard Hunka
Charlotte Odele
Coleen Rajotte
Michael Sweeney
Al Lawrence ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at "Concrete Indians" living in urban communities.
Duration: 45:10.
Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Labour-Market, Education, and Occupational Distinctions in Friendship Centre and Gap Communities across Canada
Alternate Title
Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: [Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ben Brunnen
Description
Uses 2006 census data to analyze characteristics in communities with small, medium, and large Aboriginal communities.
Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White and Calvin Hanselmann.
Aboriginal Art in the 60s
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Presents archival material, essays and images centred around themes of totems, residential schools, mentors, community, migration and modernism.
Aboriginal Australian's Experience of Social Capital and its Relevance to Health and Wellbeing in Urban Settings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn Browne-Yung
Anna Ziersch
Fran Baum
Gilbert Gallaher
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 97, November 2013, pp. 20-28
Description
Study conducted in-depth interviews with 153 individuals focusing on positive and negative impacts of relationship networks in a group with limited resources in terms of income, educational attainment and employment.
Aboriginal Camps as Urban Foundations?: Evidence from Southern Queensland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ray Kerkhove
Aboriginal History, vol. 42, December 2018, pp. 141-172
Description
Author explores oral traditions which document what is now Musgrave Park in South Brisbane, Queensland as a pre-settlement Aboriginal camp and meeting place; offers critical assessment of settler narratives surrounding Indigenous camps as inaccurate and marginalizing.
Aboriginal Children Living Off-Reserve: Ages 0-6 Years
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Subcommittee on Children and Youth at Risk
Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Description
Focuses on the challenges and needs of off-reserve Aboriginal children by addressing implications of mobility and jurisdiction.
Aboriginal Communities and Urban Sustainability
Alternate Title
Discussion Paper (Canadian Policy Research Networks. Family Networks) ; no. F 27
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katherine A. H. Graham
Evelyn Peters
Description
Examines the relationship between Aboriginal people, between Aboriginal peoples to cities and city life, as well as the policy implications of that relationship.
Aboriginal Community Incomes and Migration in the NWT: Policy Issues and Alternatives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Gardner
Canadian Public Policy, vol. 20, no. 3, September 1994, pp. 297-317
Description
Recommends ways to keep Aboriginal people in their communities by offering support for sustaining hunting, fishing and trapping through co-management of renewable resources, better use of under utilized resources, training and support for wildlife harvesters and more support for entrepreneurship.
Aboriginal Culture Viewed Through Urban Aesthetic
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cara McKenna
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012
Description
Comments on the exhibition Beat Nation, that expresses freedom from oppression.
Pages 1,3 of insert entitled Raven's Eye: Special Providing News from BC & Yukon. Scanning is out of sequence for this section.
Entire issue on one pdf.
Aboriginal Economic Development in Urban Areas: A Framework for Comparative Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter L. Morris
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 47-62
Description
Looks at Indigenous urban communities, historical differences between Australia and the United States, and the Redfern Aboriginal Corporation in Sydney
Aboriginal Edmonton: A Statistical Story
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Andersen
Description
Summarizes information from Statistical Profile of Aboriginal Peoples Living in the City of Edmonton, 2006. When possible, statistics are broken down into First Nations and Métis-specific details and smaller geographic areas.