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    Editors’ Commentary: The Challenges in Improving Indigenous Educational Attai...

    Education has been called the “new buffalo” for its potential to contribute to the economic, social, and political well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada (Stonechild, 2006)....
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    Indigenous Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) in Victori...

    Indigenous children and young people are overrepresented in the Australian out-of-home care (OOHC) system. To date, specific research has not been undertaken on workers'...
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    Aboriginal Perspectives on Social-Emotional Competence in Early Childhood

    Gaining an understanding of how best to support the development of Aboriginal children is important in promoting positive social, emotional, educational, and health outcomes....
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    Aboriginal Knowledge Infusion in Initial Teacher Education at the Ontario Ins...

    Knowledge of the Aboriginal socio-political history in Canada has historically been excluded from public education. In Ontario, public school children learn about Aboriginal...
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    Realist Review of Programs, Policies, and Interventions to Enhance the Social...

    The child protection system in Australia includes out-of-home care (OoHC) for children and young people at risk of harm and neglect. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
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    Navigating Structural Violence with Indigenous Families: The Contested Terrai...

    Internationally, the welfare of Indigenous children continues to be severely compromised by their involvement with child welfare authorities. In this context, there are calls...
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    Awakening: 'Spontaneous recovery’ from substance abuse among Aboriginal peopl...

    There is a paucity of research on spontaneous recovery (SR) from substance abuse in general, and specific to Aboriginal peoples. There is also limited understanding of the...
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    Working With an Aboriginal Community to Understand Drinking Water Perceptions...

    This study explored the Walhallow Aboriginal community’s experiences with drinking water to gain a shared understanding about community concerns and to develop ways to address...
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    Are they like us, yet? Some thoughts on why religious freedom remains elusive...

    It is well-documented that European culture differs from that of Aboriginal culture. Perhaps one of the most striking differences is in the relationships and attitudes each...
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    Disrupting the Continuities Among Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop, and...

    In Canada, it is estimated that 3 times as many Indigenous children are currently in the care of the state compared to when the residential schools’ populations were at their...
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    Addressing the persistence of Tuberculosis Among the Canadian Inuit Populatio...

    Canadian Aboriginal people have poorer levels of health than the general population. A serious issue is the high rate of tuberculosis (TB) among the Inuit population; rates are...
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    Book Review: Greenwood, M. et al. (Eds.). (2015). Determinants of Indigenous ...

    This article provides a review of the book Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ Health in Canada: Beyond the Social edited by Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie...
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    Effects of Labour Mobility: An Analysis of Recent International Development L...

    Successive censuses have shown that the Aboriginal populations of Canada are very mobile with strong tendencies to move to urban areas, but little is known about the...
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    Supporting Successful Transitions to Post-Secondary Education for Indigenous ...

    This study examines some of the ways institutional policies and practices can support or hinder the successful transition to post-secondary education for Indigenous people....
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    Life Satisfaction among Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian Prairies: Evidence...

    Subjective measures of overall quality of life are built in to numerous surveys in Canada and around the world, and are increasingly analyzed and used as indicators of human...
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    Indigenous Educational Attainment in Canada

    In this article, the educational attainment of Indigenous peoples of working age (25 to 64 years) in Canada is examined. This diverse population has typically had lower...
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    Aboriginal Homelessness: A Framework for Best Practice in the Context of Stru...

    Homelessness among Indigenous peoples is an important issue in Canada and internationally. Research was conducted in seven metropolitan areas in the four western provinces of...
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    Introductory Essay: An Rx for Indigenous Health Inequality: The Social Determ...

    It is with great pleasure that I am able to serve as the first Special Guest Editor (health) of the Inter-national Indigenous Policy Journal. This special edition is a...
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    The Streamlining of the Kabinakagami River Hydroelectric Project Environmenta...

    There is existing tension within many Aboriginal communities between economic development and preservation of traditional lands for the continued practice of traditional...
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    Are We Seeking Pimatisiwin or Creating Pomewin? Implications for Water Policy

    The purpose of this discussion is to describe the worldview and sacred relationship of the Cree people in Alberta, as well as how colonial policy has created despair (pomewin)...