scholarly journals Discrimination Against First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs in Manitoba: The Case of Pinaymootang First Nation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luna Vives ◽  
Vandna Sinha
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Language Therapy ◽  
Indigenous Leadership ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
The Impact

First Nations children face systemic barriers in their access to health, education, and social services ordinarily available to other Canadian children. This article summarizes the findings of a research project initiated by, and carried out in partnership with, Pinaymootang First Nation, Manitoba between 2015 and 2017. Through this partnership, we were able to document the routine delays, denials, and disruptions of services that Pinaymootang children with special healthcare needs experienced. We further described the impact that this discrimination had on children and their caregivers. Here, we consider three specific service areas: medical services (primary and specialized), allied health services (e.g., language therapy), and additional care services (e.g., medication). Our findings are drawn from formal and informal interviews with Indigenous, provincial, and federal service providers; Indigenous leadership; and caregivers of Pinaymootang children with special healthcare needs. Based on this information, we argue that discrimination is pervasive, rooted in Canada’s colonial history, and actualized through three main instruments: administration of policies regulating the provision of services to First Nations populations living on reserve, chronic underfunding of services targeting this population, and geographic isolation (i.e., distance from a service hub). The article concludes with nine recommendations prepared by the project’s advisory committee for future policy aiming to eliminate the discrimination First Nations children with special healthcare needs experience by way of fully (and meaningfully) implementing Jordan’s Principle in Canada.

Bridging the Communication Gap in Hospice and Palliative Care for Hispanics and Latinos

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 193-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Quinones-Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
The United States ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Pasco County ◽  
Hispanic And Latino ◽  
Hospice And Palliative Care ◽  
The Impact

The Hispanic and Latino populations have increased nationwide. Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the United States. This increase in population will have an impact on all service areas, including hospice and palliative care. The goal as service providers is to remove barriers to care in order to increase opportunities for all the people residing in the communities. This project addresses the impact of the Hispanic and Latino populations in Pasco County, Florida, and the need to develop Latino outreach programs that will inform, educate, and provide culturally sensitive services which will decrease the barriers of communication and accessibility for Hispanics and Latinos who are in need of hospice and palliative care. The new outreach program, named Nuestro, which means “ours” in Spanish, is designed with this purpose in mind. The project's goal was to increase service by 200%; the outcome after 2 years was an increase of services by 900%.

scholarly journals Analysis of the competitiveness of pipeline maintenance service providers in oil wells in the state of Tabasco

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ismael Adrián GARCÍA-CANCINO ◽  
Leticia LOPEZ-VALDIVIESO ◽  
Hortensia ELISEO-DANTÉS ◽  
Juana María MOREJÓN-SÁNCHEZ
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Oil Well ◽  
Context Variables ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Maintenance Service ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Culture Of Quality

In the industrial sector, it is important that companies have a high profitability, with strategies for the provision of services or product development that meet or exceed the demands of the market, this is called competitiveness. Maintaining a holistic approach within organizations requires the analysis and measurement of context variables, as well as the implementation of a culture of quality and continuous improvement. In the oil industry, well pipeline maintenance services are activities of the utmost importance to keep the energy sector productive, therefore it is important that companies engaged in this area be competitive. This study analyzes the impact of context variables on the competitiveness of companies that provide maintenance services to oil well pipelines, seeking that in a comprehensive manner and on the basis of the results obtained, determine the relationship they have with respect to their competitiveness, to propose improvement strategies that lead companies to evolve towards states of improvement with levels of competitiveness that allow them to position themselves at world-class levels.

scholarly journals Peripheralisation: The Missing Link in Dealing with Demographic Change?

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Leibert ◽  
Sophie Golinski
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Change ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Spatial Process ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Impact

Demographic change is an uneven spatial process in Germany. Depopulation and ageing have become pressing issues in most rural regions. In connection with low population densities and the financial difficulties of municipalities and service providers in rural regions, these demographic trends have led to a discussion about the future provision of services of general interest and – more broadly – the postulate of equal living conditions which was for a long time the basic principle of spatial development in Germany. In this paper, we argue that the peripheralisation approach is a helpful tool to better understand how interaction of out-migration, dependence, disconnection and stigmatisation shape the future of rural regions. We also discuss the impact of peripheralisation on the development and implementation of adaptation strategies. Based on the 3R-model (retrenchment, repositioning, reorganisation), we argue that adaptation strategies can reinforce (retrenchment) peripheralisation processes, but also serve as groundwork for the formulation of policies aiming at de-peripheralisation.

scholarly journals Developing an e-Community Approach to Community Services in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Whiteduck ◽  
Anita Tenasco ◽  
Susan O'Donnell ◽  
Tim Whiteduck ◽  
Emily Lockhart
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Community Services ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Broadband Internet

Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation is a leader in community and social services. This rural First Nation – the largest Algonquin community in Canada - has since 1980 successfully supported community members to take ownership of service development and delivery. They have made many services and programs available to community members, including: an elementary and secondary school, a day-care, a community hall, a community radio, a health centre, a police department, a youth centre, and others. Their community services are led and staffed by fully trained and qualified community members. As computers, broadband internet and cellular services have become available in Kitigan Zibi, the service sectors have been integrating these technologies with a goal of improving services for and communications with community members. However they face many challenges in their efforts to remain innovative and plan for future delivery of services using technologies. Our study, based on qualitative analysis from interviews with 14 community services staff in Kitigan Zibi, will explore their current successes, challenges, and future potential for integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) into services that promote community and social development. The analysis discusses the eCommunity approach advocated by the Assembly of First Nations.

scholarly journals Loss of Trust Among First Nation People: Implications when Implementing Child Protection Treatment Initiatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Thibodeau ◽  
Faye North Peigan
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Nations People ◽  
First Nations People ◽  
The Impact

Social workers and other health care providers have been asked to develop and implement innovative and culturally sensitive treatment initiatives in First Nation communities. However, because of traumatization and oppression, many First Nations people face troubling psycho-social issues which have resulted in a diminished capacity to trust. If this loss of trust is not dealt with skillfully, it can impede the ability of social workers to implement initiatives. Through a process of person-centred interviewing, 36 participants identified four levels of trust that have been diminished among many First Nations people. The impact of this phenomenon on the development and implementation of community based initiatives is discussed in this article.

Moving away from opportunity? Social networks and access to social services

Urban Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 1696-1713
Author(s):  
Jae Sik Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Residential Mobility ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Service Agencies ◽  
Moving To Opportunity ◽  
The Impact

Strong social connections often deter residential mobility beyond reach of the social network. A missing link in the body of research on this subject is the significance of the role of social networks in pooling resources for costly services and neighbourhood-level access to social services. Few have explored whether assistance from local social service agencies may substitute for practical help from social networks, thereby enabling low-income assisted renters to locate housing in more desirable neighbourhoods. Relying on data from the Moving to Opportunity experiment, this article examines the impact of social networks and social services on the dynamics of residential mobility. I find that the existence of social networks in the place movers left behind tends to increase the likelihood of moving back, but this likelihood varies with current access to social service providers and distance moved. These findings suggest that policy efforts in spatial dispersion of poverty should pay close attention to the geography of social services.

scholarly journals Policy Forum: Establishing an Urban Reserve—Property Tax Challenges and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 835-855
Author(s):  
Mike Icton ◽  
Devan Mescall
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Municipal Governments ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Provision Of Services

Urban reserves offer a unique economic development tool for First Nation governments by providing access to markets and infrastructure unavailable on most reserve lands in Canada. Asimakiniseekan Askiy is Canada's first urban reserve established on land previously owned by a city. The urban reserve was established in Saskatoon by the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in 1988. Asimakiniseekan Askiy provides an example of the economic potential of urban reserves for First Nations and their members, as well as municipal governments and their citizens. The urban reserve is currently home to 60 First Nation and non-First Nation businesses and their 700 employees. In 2020, the urban reserve contributed $465,662 to the city of Saskatoon in service fee payments. However, before this economic potential could be realized, property taxation presented a sizable barrier in the path of taking Asimakiniseekan Askiy from an innovative idea to a successful reality. Establishing an urban reserve has significant property tax implications, since the process requires the transfer of property from the taxing authority of a municipal jurisdiction to the tax jurisdiction of a First Nation government. Agreements providing for the transfer of tax authority also include negotiations relating to the continued provision of services to the urban reserve by the municipality. This article first provides a summary of the statutory environment surrounding the formation and taxation of an urban reserve. A case study of the establishment and 33 years of operation of Asimakiniseekan Askiy is then provided, to illustrate the property tax implications and municipal service agreement process necessary for Canadian communities to achieve the economic benefits of urban reserves. The authors identify property tax challenges inherent in the establishment of an urban reserve and offer recommendations to improve access to urban reserves as an innovative economic development tool.

Toward Indigenous Planning? First Nation Community Planning in Saskatchewan, Canada

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Yvonne Prusak ◽  
Ryan Walker ◽  
Robert Innes
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Community Planning ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Indigenous Leadership ◽  
Indigenous Planning ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
And Control

“Indigenous planning” is an emergent paradigm to reclaim historic, contemporary, and future-oriented planning approaches of Indigenous communities across western settler states. This article examines a community planning pilot project in eleven First Nation reserves in Saskatchewan, Canada. Qualitative analysis of interviews undertaken with thirty-six participants found that the pilot project cultivated the terrain for advancing Indigenous planning by First Nations, but also reproduced settler planning processes, authority, and control. Results point to the value of visioning Indigenous futures, Indigenous leadership and authority, and the need for institutional development.

scholarly journals Building First Nation Owned and Managed Fibre Networks across Quebec

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Whiteduck ◽  
Brian Beaton
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
First Nation ◽  
Rural And Remote ◽  
Remote Communities ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Fibre Network ◽  
Internet Connections

In Canada, small rural and remote communities continue to struggle to access equitable and affordable high speed internet connections that address local priorities and needs. The First Nations Education Council (FNEC) is working with their community partners across Quebec to plan and operate a First Nation owned and managed fibre network to deliver broadband connections throughout each community. Public and private partnerships were established by FNEC to fund and construct the regional and local networks connecting these rural and remote communities. The paper describes the history of this development along with its future goals. Sharing infrastructure and network support services with all the other service providers (health, education, administration, justice, policing, homes, etc.) in each of these communities helps to sustain the ongoing operation and maintenance of the network.

scholarly journals Real structure of the non-profit institutions’ funding resources: market or government?

Equilibrium ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Vladimir Hyanek ◽  
Zuzana Prouzova
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Real Complex

According to the theory, there are reasons to assume that non-profit institutions (NPI) behave specifically, in the way that is significantly different from the behaviour typical for both for-profit and public service providers. Paper investigates NPIs´ reactions to the distinctive changes of the economic environment in the 2008–2013 when Czech NPIs were relatively strongly affected by the crisis, although this affection probably haven’t been as heavy as in some other European countries. Non-profit institutions (NPI) are characterized by their multi-source funding when payments from end-consumers are relatively low. The most reliable data sources are Annual National Accounts and the Satellite Account of NPIs, presenting macroeconomic data. In this article, we focus on structure of NPI funding resources changes in tough times of economic crisis. The paper derives from the preliminary results of our extensive research project focused on the impact of public financing on the structure of resources and production of non-profit institutions. This project utilizes a quantitative representative questionnaire survey of non-profit institutions. In this article we focus on a specific area of public social services only. The proposed paper seeks to prove that existing data sources do not capture the real/complex structure of NPI funding resources and will identify the shortcomings of the macroeconomic data and their scope.

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