Aboriginal Populations: Social, Demographic, and Epidemiological Perspectives

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Aboriginal Populations

Social, Demographic, and Epidemiological Perspectives

Edited by: Frank Trovato and Anatole Romaniuk

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2014

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Extended and comparative social demography of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada and beyond by world-renowned experts.

Tables, figures, map, notes, bibliography, index

Author / Editor information

Trovato Frank :

Frank Trovato is Professor of Demography and Population Studies and a past Director of the Population Research Laboratory at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.Romaniuk Anatole :

Anatole Romaniuk is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta and is Past President of the Canadian Federation of Demographers. He lives in Ottawa.

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Don Kerr:
“… [The editors] have brought forward a collection of papers of very high quality, many of which engage the reader in terms of some of the most difficult conceptual and methodological issues to characterize research of this nature. “

Holly Doan:
"Aboriginal Populations examines the striking demographics of First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Its scope is encyclopedic and compelling; its findings are often surprising; its commentaries are eloquent. Editors Frank Trovato and Anatole Romaniuk capture a community in transition after centuries of despair..." [Full review at http://bit.ly/1viEFAl]

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Social Sciences Sociology Social Structures, Social Interaction, Population, Social Anthropology

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction: Aboriginal Populations Social, Demographic, and Epidemiological Perspectives Frank Trovato and Anatole Romaniuk Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Part I: Demographic Perspectives
1. Canada’s Aboriginal Population From Encounter of Civilizations to Revival and Growth Anatole Romaniuk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. Counting Aboriginal Peoples in Canada Gustave J. Goldmann and Senada Delic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
3. Population Projections for the Aboriginal Population in Canada A Review of Past, Present, and Future Prospects, 1991 to 2017 Ravi B.P. Verma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
4. Another Look at Definitions and Growth of Aboriginal Populations in Canada Eric Guimond, Norbert Robitaille and Sacha Senécal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	97
5. Aboriginal Mobility and Migration in Canada Patterns, Trends, and Implications, 1971 to 2006 Stewart Clatworthy and Mary Jane Norris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
Part II: Epidemiological Perspectives
6. Alcoholism and Other Social Problems in Canadian Aboriginal Communities Policy Alternatives and Implications for Social Action Paul C. Whitehead and Brenda Kobayashi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
7. Cultural Continuity and the Social-Emotional Well-Being of First Nations Youth Michael J. Chandler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	187
8. Addressing the Disparities in Aboriginal Health through Social Determinants Research Malcolm King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
9. North-North and North-South Health Disparities A Circumpolar Perspective T. Kue Young Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
Part III: Sociological Perspectives
10. Death and the Family A Half Century of Mortality Change in the Registered Indian Population of Canada as Reflected in Period Life Tables Frank Trovato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
11. Ethnic or Categorical Mobility? Challenging Conventional Demographic Explanations of Métis Population Growth Chris Andersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
12. “I’m sweating with Cree Culture not Saulteaux Culture Urban Aboriginal Cultural Identities Evelyn J. Peters, Roger C. A. Maaka and Ron F. Laliberté Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
13. Continuity or Disappearance Aboriginal Languages in Canada James Frideres Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
14. The Eagle Has Landed Optimism among Canada’s First Nations Community Cora J. Voyageur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325
Part IV: International Perspectives
15. American Indian Education C. Matthew Snipp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	351
16. Interrogating the Image of the “Wandering Nomad” Indigenous Temporary Mobility Practices in Australia Sarah Prout Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	381
17. Closing Which Gap? Demographic and Geographic Dilemmas for Indigenous Policy in Australia Nicholas G. Biddle, John Taylor and Mandy L. M. Yap Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	415
18. From Common Colonization to Internal Segmentation Rethinking Indigenous Demography in New Zealand Tahu H. Kukutai and Ian Pool Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	441
19. Indigenous Minorities and Post-Socialist Transition A Review of Aboriginal Population Trends in the Russian North Andrey N. Petrov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	469
Appendix A Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	499
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	507
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	515

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May 15, 2014

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9781772120325

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600

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781772120325

eBook ISBN: 9781772120325

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Native Studies; Sociology; Demography

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