Aboriginal Policy Research

Aboriginal Policy Research - Volume IV

Moving Forward, Making a Difference

Introduction
1. Exploring Indigenous Concepts of Health: The Dimensions of Métis and Inuit Health 2. Aboriginal Participation in Health Planning: Representation, Reconciliation, and Relationship- Building with an Aboriginal Advisory Committee 3. The Transition from the Historical Inuit Suicide Pattern to the Present Inuit Suicide Pattern 4. A Regional Model for Ethical Engagement: The First Nations Research Ethics Committee on Manitoulin Island 5. Healing Historic Trauma: A Report From The Aboriginal Healing Foundation 6. A Cultural Approach to Aboriginal Youth Sport and Recreation: Observations from Year One 7. The Reconstruction of Inuit Collective Identity: From Cultural to Civic The Case of Nunavut 8. Perceptions of Implementation: Treaty Signatory Views of Treaty Implementation 9. Inuit Women Reach a Deadlock in the Canadian Political Arena: A Phenomenon Grounded in the Iglu 10. Organizing Indigenous Governance in Canada, Australia, and the United States 11. Successful First Nations Policy Development: Delivering Sustainability, Accountability, and Innovation 12. Urban Hidden Homelessness and Reserve Housing 13. Aboriginal Mobility and Migration: Trends, Recent Patterns, and Implications: 1971–2001 14. A New Beginning: A National Non-Reserve Aboriginal Housing Strategy 15. A New Open Model Approach to Projecting Aboriginal Populations 16. Spatial Residential Patterns of Aboriginals and their Socio- economic Integration in Selected Canadian Cities

Aboriginal Policy Research - Volume VIII

Exploring the Urban Landscape

Introduction
1. Developing Legal Frameworks for Urban Aboriginal Governance
2. Indigenous Governance in Winnipeg and Ottawa: Making Space for Self-Determination
3. Measuring Progress, Strengthening Governance, and Promoting Positive Change: Developing Sustainability Indicators with Winnipeg’s Urban First Nations Community
4. Politiques sociales, identité et relations entre Autochtones et Québécois : le cas de la ville de Val-d’Or (Québec) - French
5. Thinking About Service Delivery: Aboriginal Providers, Universal Providers, and the Role of Friendship Centres
6. Politiques publiques et santé des Autochtones résidant en milieu urbain : l’autonomie gouvernementale, une condition de la redéfinition d’un partenariat équitable entre l’État et les Autochtones - French
7. Community Influences on the Mental Health of First Nations Children in Canada: Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada
8. Keeping the Circle Strong: Social Promotion through Community Networking to Strengthen Off-Reserve Child Welfare
9. Finding a Place for Race at the Policy Table: Broadening the Indigenous Education Discourse in Canada
10. Trafficking of Aboriginal Women and Girls in Canada
11. Incarceration and the Aboriginal Offender: Potential Impacts of the Tackling Violent Crime Act and the Corrections Review Panel Recommendations
12. Preventing Aboriginal Youth Gang Involvement in Canada: A Gendered Approach

Aboriginal Policy Research - Volume IX

Health and Well-Being

Introduction
1. Community Conditions as Factors of Health, Economic Outlook, and Mobility: Survey Data and Aboriginal People in Manitoba
2. Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies for Aboriginal Women
3. Contrasting Policies and Administration of Sexually Transmitted Infection Programs in Saskatchewan First Nations and Alaska Native Communities
4. Health Risk of the Walpole Island First Nation Community from Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: A Community-based Participatory Research Partnership
5. Examining the Association between Aboriginal Language Skills and Well-Being in First Nations Communities
6. Suicidality among Aboriginal Youth in the Non-Aboriginal Child Protection Services System
7. Adapting and Developing Educational Best Practices and Curricula for Aboriginal Tobacco Cessation Interventions
8. Aboriginal Health and Well-Being: The Paradox of Globalization
9. Towards the Adoption of a National Aboriginal Health Policy
10. Issues in the Recruitment and Retention of Aboriginal Health Research Participants in Canada
11. Scientific Certainty in a Time of Uncertainty: Predicting Vulnerability of Canada’s First Nations to the H1N1/09 Pandemic
12. Disproportionate and Unjustifiable: Teen First Nations Mothers and Unstated Paternity Policy
13. Research Findings, Policy Challenges, and Lessons Learned: The Native Women’s Association of Canada’s Sisters In Spirit Initiative
14. Domestic Sex Trafficking of Aboriginal Girls in Canada: Issues and Implications
15. The Social Determinants of Health: Defining a Research Agenda for Canada’s Urban Aboriginal Population

Aboriginal Policy Research - Volume X

Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology

Introduction
1. Explaining Aboriginal Turnout in Federal Elections: Evidence from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
2. Mapping the Legal Consciousness of First Nations Voters: Understanding Voting Rights Mobilization
3. In Praise of Taxes: The Link Between Taxation and Good Governance in a First Nations Context
4. Finding the Keys to Unlock Successful Aboriginal Community Governance: Case Studies of Three Aboriginal Councils in North Queensland, Australia
5. International Perspectives on First Nations Land Tenure Reform
6. Sortir des sentiers battus : repenser le rôle des universités dans le soutien à l’autonomie gouvernementale autochtone - French
7. Self-Government Agreements and Canadian Courts
8. Strategic Risks and Opportunities for First Nations Financial Institutions: Findings from a Market Demand Study
9. Reclaiming First Nations Research: The Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute
10. Traditional Knowledge, Sustainable Forest Management, and Ethical Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples: An Aboriginal Scholar’s Perspective
11. Reconnaître, valoriser et transmettre : Les ateliers design et culture matérielle en territoire guarani (Brésil)—une pédagogie hybride entre art, artisanat et design pour le développement de vecteurs de transmission culturellement signifiants - French
12. Searching Together: A Model for Community-Driven Research in Remote First Nations
13. Sisters in Spirit Research Framework: Reflecting on Methodology and Process