Melq’ilwiye: Intersections of Identity, Culture, and Health Among Urban Aboriginal Youth Research Start-up Summary and Abstract: Melq’ilwiye is a Secwepemc word that means, “coming together.” This research will take place in the interior region of British Columbia through a community-university partnership between the Interior Indian Friendship Society and Thompson Rivers University, both of which are […]
Kindergarten Transitions II: A Scan of Existing Supportive Programs for Aboriginal Children and Families in British Columbia The research methodology included a survey of existing transition programs in the province of BC. The survey was carried out through telephone interviews with fourteen programs across the province. This undertaking required three initial steps to identifying the […]
Research Start-up Summary and Abstract: Front-line housing and social services agencies in Calgary report that the city’s safe and affordable housing crisis was critical well before June 2013’s floods. The city’s already low rental vacancy rate reached 0% in the Fall. The situation disproportionately affects Aboriginal persons, who compose a third of the known homeless […]
