Sentences with phrase «indigenous cultural issues»

One means of addressing this skill / knowledge deficit is to provide training to all family consultants (both court - based and external) on working with Indigenous families and the assessment of Indigenous cultural issues.

According to the current proposal such reports would be routinely allocated to family consultants who have had training in working with Indigenous families and in the assessment of Indigenous cultural issues.

Not exact matches

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

Further research on citizen journalism is underway with indigenous peoples in the Arctic region and finding out how their blogging could drive change on major environmental and cultural issues.

The Cartagena based Inter-American Center for Peace and Security (ICPS) fills a gap in policy coordination and cooperation on peace, environmental issues, food, health, energy, immigration, security and cultural exchanges, combating drug trade and promoting good governance and human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples in the Caribbean and Latin America.

So, as Kahn notes, we have environmental literacies in the university antiseptically cleaved from issues of cultural and linguistic democracy, indigenous sovereignty and human rights.

We are providing a 21st century approach to its observance not just by recharging memory, but through an artistic reflection with a balanced affirmation of Hispanic heritage and indigenous traditions for collaborative new routes of expression from ancestral roots focused on the concerns of UNESCO: Cultural Rapprochement, Biodiversity, Ocean Care and Seafaring, Climate Change mitigation through sustainable energy, reforestation, gender equity and health issues.

«The apparent success of the Wunan approach in boarding schools appears to stem from a combination of Indigenous students living and schooling with students from their local community, having an adult carer from their home community, which may alleviate issues stemming from homesickness and cultural discontinuity and provides a person, who is known to the students and their parents, who can act «in loco parentis».»

Over 200 education leaders from across Canada will be gathering at Vancouver's Musqueam Cultural Centre from Oct 6 - 7 to discuss one of the most urgent issues facing Canada's future: ensuring the success of all Indigenous students and decreasing the number who are tuning out — and dropping out — of school.

The Repellent Fence is a monumental, site - specific installation that examines the cultural, political, economic and ecological issues of indigenous migration within the context of -LSB-...]

With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council, the artists of this group exhibition have been commissioned to create a new body of works in fashion, textiles or wearable art that address issues of cultural appropriation of Indigenous cultures.

The Repellent Fence is a monumental, site - specific installation that examines the cultural, political, economic and ecological issues of indigenous migration within the context of the Tohono O'odham Nation located in southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico.

The author also discusses the blood quantum rule, cultural appropriation, Indigenous use of intellectual property laws, Two - Spirit identities (Indigenous transgender individuals), the landmark Delgamuukw and Tsilhqot» in cases (recognition of Aboriginal title), non-benign myths about Indigenous peoples, the six - volume Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) final report on the residential school system where at least 6,000 Indigenous children died, Canada's Stolen Generations (between 1960 and 1990, 70 - 90 % of Indigenous children in Canada were removed from their homes and placed into non-Indigenous homes), Inuit relocations, the issue of access to safe drinking water for First Nations communities, the five - volume report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Indigenous lands, education, treaties, and treaty - making.

There are many dimensions to this issue - promoting recruitment and retention of Indigenous staff; cultural diversity and capacity development training; and valuing skills for engaging with Indigenous people.

FACSIA has initiated cross-departmental work on policy issues relating to improving mainstream service provision and cultural inclusiveness, provided opportunities for Australian Government departments to learn from each other, and has sought the advice of the National Indigenous Council (NIC) on those issues.

However, the taskforce recognises the importance to Indigenous people of other issues such as cultural identity and heritage, language preservation, traditional law, land and «community» governance.

One is ensuring that we have a skilled public service that can interact appropriately with Indigenous people and communities - there are cultural issues here as well as ensuring that staff on the ground have skills in capacity development;

Restricting effective Indigenous participation to cultural issues such as heritage, overlooks the importance of Indigenous participation in the economic development of their land and resources.

(a) The «critical issues» section should indicate that the necessity for «prior informed consent of local indigenous communities» (p36), is not limited to simply «safeguarding cultural diversity».

Examples of healing processes might include women - specific and men - specific groups; story - telling circles; cultural activities; (150) understanding the impacts of issues such as racism, colonisation and identity on Indigenous well - being; the use of mentors and / or elders to provide support to individuals; and retreats or residential - style components where participants spend a period of time going through the healing process, usually on a spiritually significant site, away from their families and communities.

It is essential that Government's seeking to implement changes to land rights or native title regimes, with the consent of traditional owners, must be careful to ensure that the legislation contains provisions that provide clear and effective decision - making processes; safeguards for the protection of Indigenous rights; and adequate resources so that land councils are able to effectively engage and advise on issues relating to the complex legal, economic, cultural and social implications of leasing Indigenous lands.

Capacity - building resources include practical guidelines for indigenous and local communities on developing intellectual property protocols, and information technology tools for managing intellectual property issues when digitising intangible cultural heritage, being developed within the Creative Heritage Project.

Cultural safety is also a headline issue this week in the Medical Journal of Australia, where Martin Laverty, Professor Dennis McDermott and Professor Tom Calma call for this «Indigenous - led model of care» to be embedded across the health system.

Issues that can be addressed through agreements consistent with human rights principles include meaningful acknowledgement of Indigenous interest in the relevant area, recognition and protection of contemporary cultural practices, allowing (and where necessary, assisting) the involvement of all native title holders who may be affected by outcomes of any framework agreement, and ensuring a cooperative approach to implementing any agreement.

With climate change a key discussion area at the upcoming United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, WALFA is an example of an Indigenous - led project delivering positive outcomes across a «quadruple bottom line»: it has environmental, economic, social and cultural benefits.

This research highlights two important areas: the need to incorporate social, cultural, political issues within economic development strategies for Indigenous communities and; the opportunity to develop models of development that do not focus on traditional economic outcomes but can also focus on social and cultural development outcomes.

This research recognises that policies focused on economic development outcomes for Indigenous communities that have not given attention to social and cultural issues have often been unsuccessful.

In this comprehensive article below, they outline the cost of mental health issues to the social fabric of Indigenous communities and point to international research showing that indigenous communities with «cultural continuity» are seeing significantly lower rates of suicide among young people as those under culturIndigenous communities and point to international research showing that indigenous communities with «cultural continuity» are seeing significantly lower rates of suicide among young people as those under culturindigenous communities with «cultural continuity» are seeing significantly lower rates of suicide among young people as those under cultural stress.

This approach is endorsed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research given that it emphasises participation by the people being studied, cultural respect, capacity building and collaboration.32 The key features of the action research approach to be used in this study are «cyclical activities involving examination of existing processes, change monitoring the apparent effects of the change, and further change».33 This will help the services develop and implement practical strategies to improve the identification and treatment of cannabis and related mental health issues in their young Indigenous clients.

In order to address these barriers and increase access to Medication Management Reviews (MMRs) and HMRs for Indigenous people, Ms Swain suggested that pharmacists need more cultural training in Indigenous issues and also that there is a need for more salaried pharmacists in rural areas.

The vast majority of research and recommendations that have been made by the Commissioner are to address outstanding human rights issues faced by Indigenous peoples relate to economic, social and cultural rights and rights to effective participation in decision making that relates to the interests of Indigenous peoples.

Issues concerning the cultural appropriateness of benchmarks are more likely to arise at the stage where the disparity in enjoyment of rights by Indigenous people has been significantly reduced from its current levels.

For example, if the work being reviewed includes Indigenous knowledge such as a cultural narrative, the issues to be considered include whether the rights of Indigenous knowledge - holders have been protected (for example, do they hold copyright in their narrative) and what (if any) benefits the knowledge - holders and / or their communities derive from the research.

Section 21 (4) requires that the Basin Plan be developed with regard to the National Water Initiative; the consumptive and other economic uses of Basin water resources; social, cultural, Indigenous and other public benefit issues; and broader natural resource management planning processes.

Additionally, any explanations of Indigenous health data obtained should be comprehensive and must address cultural issues and the consequences of political and historical climates, as well as socioeconomic variables.

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While the legislation currently provides for the recognition of environmental water, if Governments are serious about Closing the Gap for Indigenous health, the Authority must also have regard to social, cultural and Indigenous issues in the Basin Plan.

The importance of cultural security for Indigenous children is at the centre of a call to action issued by delegates at an international Indigenous health conference in Melbourne this week....

Finally, respect for human rights obligations, especially the right of indigenous communities «to practice and revitalise their cultural traditions and customs» [74] and to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice [75], calls for the development of principles which address the unique evidentiary issues involved in native title litigation, including the reality of claims based substantially upon orally - transmitted traditions, the lack of written records of indigenous laws and customs, the «unsceptical» receipt of uncorroborated historical evidence incapable of being tested under cross-examination, and the epistemological, ideological and cultural limitations of historical assessments of traditional laws and customs by non-indigenous commentators.

As climate change, drought, mismanagement and over-allocation of water in Australia has significantly decreased the availability and quality of water resources, these issues impact on Indigenous peoples» ability to fulfil our cultural and customary responsibilities on sea and water country.

Just as earlier Indigenous health research was consistent with earlier policies of protection and biological assimilation, this research was consistent with prevailing ideas of cultural assimilation.7 The 1950s and 1960s also saw the rise of research written by those in the NT providing health care for Aboriginal people about the issues causing most Aboriginal ill health (not just affecting white health), along with descriptions of interventions for their control.7

Kinship, landscape and cultural knowledge are gently explored, providing an excellent resource for exploring Indigenous and environmental issues.

The Australian Standards address the local context and assessment of such important issues as family violence, cultural issues and issues for Indigenous clients.

The adviser does not represent the Indigenous person or translate; they help the Court understand the relevant cultural issues so the Court can provide a culturally appropriate service.

The substantial continuing health and social inequalities faced by Indigenous Australians are increasingly well recognised and documented.1 The broad sociocultural influence on serious Indigenous health issues, such as diabetes and rheumatic heart disease, is also well recognised; poverty, lack of cultural security and a paucity of appropriate staff within health services for Indigenous people are evident contributors.2 - 4

The principles address issues such as recognition and respect, Indigenous involvement in environmental management, cultural heritage protection, and the need for developers to respect the integrity of Indigenous decision making processes.

The Principles address issues such as recognition and respect, Indigenous involvement in environmental management, cultural heritage protection, and the need for developers to respect the integrity of Indigenous decision making processes.

«The Lakidjeka ACSASS staff believe that it has resulted in less Indigenous children being removed from their families through better understanding of the cultural issues and referral to appropriate family support services.

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Provide a network for Indigenous postgraduate students; Advocate for and to represent the interests of Indigenous postgraduate students at a national level; Promote research into Indigenous issues and the training of Indigenous researchers; Educate researchers on appropriate protocols when dealing with issues of cultural and social significance to Indigenous peoples.