Sixties Scoop
…http://www.nfb.ca/film/richard_cardinal/ Websites Indian & Northern Affairs Child and Family Services Program: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/hb/sp/fncf/index-eng.asp First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada (FNCFCS):http://www.fncfcs.com/home.html FNCFCS First Nations Research Site: http://www.fncfcs.com/projects/FNRS.html FNCFCS Resource…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…here. In keeping with our strong commitment to human rights, and Indigenous rights in particular, New Zealand now adds its support to the Declaration both as an affirmation of fundamental…
The Residential School System (2009)
…but child apprehensions from Aboriginal families continue to occur in disproportionate numbers. In part, this is the legacy of compromised families and communities left by the residential schools. The last…
The Residential School System
…which disproportionately targeted Indigenous mothers and was found to be “racist and discriminatory” and a “gross violation of the rights of the child, the mother, and the community”.7 One of…
The Residential School System
…which disproportionately targeted Indigenous mothers and was found to be “racist and discriminatory” and a “gross violation of the rights of the child, the mother, and the community”.7 One of…
Métis
…eds. From Rupert’s Land to Canada: Essays in Honour of John E. Foster. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2001. Brown, Jennifer. Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Company Families in the…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…or if their husbands died, they were not necessarily able to return to their communities. Many women were forced into urban areas to find employment and ways to support their…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…or “stakeholder,” why don’t they make concessions in order to help conserve and share a common resource? In other words, can’t people just get along for the sake of the…
Ipperwash Crisis
…Public Inquiry Transcript, November 23, 2005. http://mail.tscript.com/trans/ipperwash/nov_23_05/text.htm Ipperwash Inquiry Transcript, November 28, 2006. http://mail.tscript.com/trans/ipperwash/nov_28_05/text.htm Gillespie, Kerry. “Ipperwash Land Returned to Indians.” In The Star. December 21, 2007. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/287702 Ontario, The…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…complaints centering on sexual misbehavior, indicates the importance of the agent’s role as custodian of sexual morality.10 The Juvenile Delinquents Act and Training School Act of the 1950s, for example,…
