Policy and Research
- Aboriginal Affairs: Programs and Spending
- Provides governments and citizens with current information on the federal programs targeting Aboriginal people, and provides a comprehensive view of government performance and spending on these programs.
Source: Government of Canada; Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat- Aboriginal Archives
- The Special Interest Section on Aboriginal Archives deals with archival issues relating to records created by Aboriginal peoples, and records concerning Aboriginal peoples created by non-Aboriginal peoples.
- Source: Association of Canadian Archivists
- Aboriginal Early Learning and Child Care: Policy Issues
- Discusses policy issues surrounding the development of a national early learning and child care program, and provides numerous links to related websites and documents.
- Source: Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU)
- Aboriginal Ethics Policy Development
- CIHR Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal People was presented as part of a project to develop Aboriginal specific health research guidelines to ensure adequate protections for Aboriginal research participants.
- Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Aboriginal Fisheries and the Sparrow Decision, The
- This work, which is based mainly on messages from those with first-hand experience of the 1992 Fraser River salmon fishing season, aims to inform and to provoke thought.
- Source: Government of Canada; Parliament of Canada
- Aboriginal Governance
- The Institute on Governance works with organizations and various levels of government - both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal - to create new initiatives for this important area.
- Source: Institute on Governance
- Aboriginal – Publications by Subject
- Series of publications, from Correctional Services Canada, all related to Aboriginal issues.
- Source: Government of Canada; Correctional Service Canada (CSC)
- Aboriginal Roundtable to Kelowna Accord: Aboriginal Policy Negociations, 2004-2005
- This paper outlines some of the main phases and features of the Roundtable-to-Kelowna process and offers a few observations about the outcomes.
- Source: Government of Canada; Parliament of Canada
- Aboriginal Self–Government – Federal Policy Guide
- This page describes the Government of Canada's approach to implementation of the inherent right and the negotiation of Aboriginal self-government.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Aboriginal Women – A Profile from the 2001 Census
- Focuses on Aboriginal women since their experience, and the socio-economic variables used to profile them, reveal a population group distinct from non-Aboriginal women, as well as Aboriginal men.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Aboriginal Women's Program
- Enables Aboriginal women to influence policies, programs, legislation and decision making that affect their social, cultural, economic and political well-being within their own communities and Canadian society.
- Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Aboriginal Workforce, The: What Lies Ahead (PDF)
- This paper was published by the Canadian Labour and Business Centre and discusses various demographic, economic and educational trends and forecasts pertaining to the Aboriginal workforce.
- Source: Canadian Labour and Business Centre
- Addictive Behaviours Among Aboriginal People in Canada
- Includes papers, speeches and panel discussions presented at the International Indigenous Symposium on Corrections.
- Source: Aboriginal Healing Foundation
- Basic Departmental Data – 2004
- Helps measure efforts aimed at achieving key goals of Gathering Strength by providing a comprehensive portrait of the demographic, social and economic conditions of all Registered Indians and Canadians living north of 60o.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Bill C–7: The First Nations Governance Act
- Electronic version of an Act respecting leadership selection, administration and accountability of Indian bands, and to make related amendment to other Acts, which was introduced in the House of Commons and deemed referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources (House Committee) following first reading on 9 October 2002.
- Source: Government of Canada; Parliament of Canada
- Canadian Polar Commission
- The Canadian Polar Commission has responsibility for: monitoring, promoting, and disseminating knowledge of the polar regions; contributing to public awareness of the importance of polar science to Canada; enhancing Canada's international profile as a circumpolar nation; and recommending polar science policy direction to government.
- Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Polar Commission
- Centre for Native Policy and Research
- The Centre is a non-partisan, social justice, progressive Aboriginal think tank focused on the social, economic, and environmental policy and research concerns of Aboriginal people in British Columbia and Canada.
- Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships
- Provides information on various research projects conducted through the Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships program, contributing to knowledge about conditions affecting the health and development of Indigenous children.
- E-Library – First Nations Schoolnet
- Employment Equity and Diversity
- Assists managers and human resources professionals in integrating employment equity principles and practices into daily operations by providing access to useful employment equity and diversity information, tools and resources.
- Source: Government of Canada; Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
- Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research in the North (PDF)
- The 20 principles presented here are intended to encourage the development of co-operation and mutual respect between researchers and the people of the North.
- Source: Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS)
- Factors Contributing to Unstated Paternity
- This information is believed to be central to gaining a better understanding of why unstated paternity is occurring and what may be done to ensure that First nations parents are better able to comply with the requirements of the birth and Indian registration processes.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: An Environmental Scan of Services and Gaps in Inuit Communities (PDF)
- Source: National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
- First Nations Children and Obesity: A Growing Epidemic – Protecting our Gifts and Securing Our Future (PDF)
- Source: Assembly of First Nations
- First Nations Cohesion Project
- Aims at addressing how variations among capital and the cohesiveness of First Nations communities generate differential population outcomes.
- Source: University of Western Ontario
- First Nations Diabetes Report Card, A (PDF)
- Source: Assembly of First Nations
- First Nations Falls Prevention – A Guide for Aboriginal Communities (PDF)
- Source: University of Ottawa
- First Nations Research Site On-Line Journal
- Source: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
- First Nations Residential Schools – First Nations House of Learning – Xwi7xwa Library (Subject Links)
- Directory links to documents related to First Nations residential schools in Canada and in British Columbia.
- Source: The University of British Columbia Library
- Gender-Based Analysis Policy
- Source: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Get ready, Get set, Get Going: Learning to Read in Northern Canada (PDF)
- Source: Centre of Excellence for Children's Well-Being
- Historical Online Database
- Source: Métis National Council
- HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Program
- The HIV/AIDS Community-based Research (CBR) Program assists community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations and institutions in developing knowledge and expertise within these communities to conduct their own research.
- Source: ResearchNet
- Holistic Framework for Aboriginal Policy Research, A
- The purpose of this paper is to provide a document to support Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers working in an Aboriginal context and to encourage them to adopt a holistic approach.
- Source: Government of Canada; Status of Women Canada
- Housing, Long-Term Care Facilities, and Services for Homeless and Low-Income Urban Aboriginal People Living with HIV/AIDS
- Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
- Indian Affairs Annual Reports 1864-1990
- Search through the Indian Affairs Annual Reports (1864-1990), a collection that contains the complete annual reports for the department from 1967 to 1990.
- Source: Government of Canada; Library and Archives Canada
- Indian Status and Band Membership Issues
- Discusses the issues that also raised broader questions about the changing nature of the Indian population in Canada, the rights of individuals and communities, and the power to determine membership under self-government arrangements.
- Source: Government of Canada; Parliament of Canada
- Indigenous Children: Rights and Reality (PDF)
- This report was prepared to assist the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in the development of a General Comment on the topic of Indigenous children and youth.
- Source: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
- Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage
- This project aims to document, analyze and theorize on the diversity of principles, interpretations, and actions arising in response to Intellectual Property issues in cultural heritage worldwide.
- Source: Simon Fraser University
- Inuit History and Culture: A Select Bibliography – Departmental Library
- This bibliography is an introductory reading list intended to increase basic awareness of the history and culture of the Inuit people of Canada.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Literacy and Health: The Importance of Higher-Level Literacy Skills (PDF)
- Source: National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
- Long–Term Capital Plan 2002–03 to 2006–07
- Discusses the Long-term Capital Plan comprised of the three following parts: Priorities and Strategies, Funding Profiles and Major Projects, Appendices.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Métis National Council Historical Online Database
- The Métis National Council Historical Online Database provides a mechanism for academics and community members to reconstruct the genealogies of the historic Métis Nation.
- Source: Métis National Council
- National Centre for First Nations Governance
- NCFNG is designed to support First Nations as they seek to implement their inherent rights of self-government, and to assist them in the further development of their day-to-day government operations.
- Native Residential Schools In Canada: A Selective Bibliography
- This site offers a selective but comprehensive listing of materials pertaining to Native Residential Schools in Canada available at the National Library of Canada.
- Source: Government of Canada; Library and Archives Canada
- Northern Parks – A New Way – Senate of Canada
- Examines and reports upon the opportunities to expand economic development, including tourism and employment, associated with National Parks in Northern Canada.
- Source: Government of Canada; Parliament of Canada
- Northern Perspectives
- Series of articles from the Northern Perspectives, published by the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee.
- Source: Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
- Not Strangers in These Parts: Urban Aboriginal Peoples (PDF)
- A publication of the Government of Canada's Policy Research Initiative, this volume is a collection of papers devoted to
analyzing the realities of urban Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
- Source: Government of Canada; Policy Research Initiative (PRI)
- Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non–Status Indians
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Overweight in First Nations Children: Prevalence, Implications, and Solutions (PDF)
- Source: National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
- Pearson-Shoyama Institute
- The Institute is a "think-tank" devoted to facilitating the involvement of a wider cross-section of Canadians in the development of public and private sector policy.
- Publications and Research
- This page from INAC offers publications and research focusing on several subjects (eg. agreements, annual reports, claims, etc.)
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Publications and Resources – First Nations, Métis and Inuit Health
- Here you'll find links to the full text of 8 position statements by the Canadian Paediatric Society on First Nations and Inuit health.
- Source: Canadian Paediatric Society
- QUAD Principles in the Delivery of Early Learning and Child Care Services for Aboriginal Children, The (PDF)
- Source: National Association of Friendship Centres
- Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, The (In Brief)
- Summarizes the report which is centred on a vision of a new relationship, founded on the recognition of Aboriginal peoples as self-governing nations with a unique place in Canada.
- Source: Government of Canada; Parliament of Canada
- Reports and Publications – First Nations, Inuit and Aboriginal Health
- These reports and publications on a variety of health-related topics have been created by Health Canada to inform and guide First Nations people and Inuit of issues that affect their health.
- Source: Government of Canada; Health Canada (HCan)
- Research on ICT with Aboriginal Communities
- Research on Information and Communication Technologies with Aboriginal Communities is a new research cluster which is building a critical mass of knowledge that Aboriginal communities can both contribute to and learn from.
- Resiliency and Holistic Inhalant Abuse Treatment (PDF)
- Source: National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
- Resources – Ajunnginiq Centre
- Source: National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
- Royal Commission on Aboriginal People at 10 Years: A Report Card (PDF)
- Source: Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
- This page from INAC offers three electronic documents related to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development – House of Commons
- Introduces this House of Commons Committee dealing with all areas covered by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Provides reports and studies conducted by the Committee.
- Source: Government of Canada; Parliament of Canada
- Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples – Senate of Canada
- The Committee was first created in December 1989 and has a mandate to examine legislation and matters relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada.
- Source: Government of Canada; Parliament of Canada
- Urban Aboriginal Families of Children with Disabilities: Social Inclusion or Exclusion? (PDF)
- Source: National Association of Friendship Centres
- Voices From the Field – Aboriginal Service and Programs for Low-Income Families and Children (PDF)
- Source: Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
- Voices From the Field – Aboriginal Women and Tobacco (PDF)
- Source: Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
- Voices From the Field – Aggression in Young Children from a First Nations’ Perspective (PDF)
- Source: Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
- Voices From the Field – An Aboriginal View on Child Care (PDF)
- Source: Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
- Voices From the Field – An Aboriginal View on FAS/FAE (PDF)
- Source: Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
- Voices From the Field – First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada (PDF)
- Study on various challenges that arise from doing research on First Nations child social services.
- Source: Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
- Voices From the Field – The First Nations and Inuit Perspective on Nutrition (PDF)
- Source: Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
- Words First – An Evolving Terminology Relating to Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
- Provides writers with background information and guidance on appropriate word usage and style issues.
- Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Working Papers of the Culture and Mental Health Research Unit
- This page provides 11 working papers of the Culture & Mental Health Research Unit pertaining to Aboriginal Peoples.
- Source: McGill University
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