Niiwin Wendaanimak Four Winds Wellness Program Evaluation Report
Alternate Title
Niiwin Wendaanimak Four Winds Wellness Program: Enhanced Health & Community Services for Homeless and At-Risk Aboriginal Populations
Four Winds Wellness Program Evaluation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone]
[Amy Katz]
[Tessa Jourdain]
[Janet Smylie]
[Jessica Syrette]
Description
Program designed for homeless and under-housed Indigenous peoples living in the downtown mid-west Toronto area. Evaluation consisted of environmental scan, developing a client profile, key informant interviews and focus groups.
No Past, No Name, No Place? Urban Sámi Invisibility and Visibility in the Past and Present
Alternate Title
No Past, No Name, No Place? Urban Sami Invisibility and Visibility in the Past and Present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mikkel Berg-Nordlie
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 96-113
Description
Discussion of Sami urbanization, urbanity, and their absence in the local culture in Scandinavia. Focuses on resistance to including Sami place names on signage and lack of public monuments which acknowledge their existence and contributions to society.
Non-Status and Off-Reserve Aboriginal Representation in New Brunswick: Speaking for Treaty and Claims Beneficiaries: A Report for Discussion with the Governments of Canada and New Brunswick and Reserve-Based First Nation Band Councils and Members
Alternate Title
Non-Status and Off-Reserve Aboriginal Representation in New Brunswick Speaking for Treaty And Claims Beneficiaries: Final Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jula Hughes
Roy Stewart
Anthea Plummer
Description
Outlines the historical background of Aboriginal populations; describes New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council's organizational structure, representational capacity and track record of advocacy, with particular reference to membership recognition and representation through programming, in litigation, and policy development; analyzes demographics and options for representation of four groups: Status Indians residing off reserve; non-Status Indians; General List Indians of the Harquail Clan (Sickadomec); and never-registered populations.
The Non-Status Indian Population Living Off-Reserve in Canada: A Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew J. Siggner
Evelyn J. Peters
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, Special Issue on Non-Status Indians, 2014, pp. 86-108
Description
Commentary looks at the differences between Non-Status, registered Indians, Inuit, and Métis people.
North American Indian, Métis and Inuit Women Speak about Culture, Education and Work
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carolyn Kenny
Description
Study researchers conducted interviews with 140 Aboriginal women in eight sites, both urban and rural, across Canada in order to formulate policy recommendations that would support full cultural lives while pursuing contemporary work or education.
North End Food Assessment Report Winnipeg
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margo Malabar
Kaye Grant
Description
Assessment focuses on developing a community profile of the local food system in order to provide a base for capacity building for food related security initiatives.
Related material: Appendices.
Not Strangers in These Parts: Urban Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrew J. Siggner
Carole Lévesque
Eric Guimond
Mary Jane Norris
Paul S. Martin ... Terry Wotherspoon
Evelyn J. Peters ... [et al.]
Description
Collection of papers from the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference addressing some issues and needs faced by communities in urban areas.