Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies's Books

Our Land, Our Stories is a landmark educational series exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, peoples and cultures developed by Nelson, A Cengage Company in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). Developed over three years, with more than thirty five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people contributing stories to the ground-breaking primary school resource, the series is a media-rich educational package developed for lower, middle and upper primary. All resources explicitly link to the Australian Curriculum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cross-curriculum priority - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures - through exploring the three key concepts of Country/Place, Culture and People. The series was written by, and in consultation with, First Australians. The Upper Primary Culture Big Book in the Our Land, Our Stories series explores the widely diverse cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It invites the reader to recognise and celebrate the differences between all cultures. This book also discusses stereotypes and biases, how they play out in our culture today and what we can do to try to avoid thm.

A comparative approach to the Indigeneity and the experience of colonisation. From Australia to the Solomons, to the USA to Canada, the experience of colonisation in those colonies involved either the introduction of a common law system or an introduced civil law system.

Autobiography of Ellie Gaffney; Torres Strait.

This report provides updated data on how Australia's children are faring. Statistics are presented against key national indicators of child health, development and wellbeing, including the Children's Headline Indicators. Topics include mortality, disability, breastfeeding, dental health, physical activity, nutrition, early childhood education, transition to school, literacy and numeracy, social and emotional development, teenage births, birth weight, alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy, family functioning, family economic situation, parental health, non-parental care, neighbourhood safety, social capital, injuries, bullying, child abuse, violence, crime, homelessness, immunisation and screening, child care, and child protection. Though Australian children are doing well in some areas, there is still room for improvement, especially for children from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds or from socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.

Parents play a critical role in their children's development and learning. This resource sheet examines what we know about programs for Australian Indigenous families that effectively support parenting in the early years. It reviews parenting and home-visiting programs in general, and then focuses on the evidence for programs aimed at Indigenous families. It outlines what works, what doesn't, and what further research is needed. This resource sheet also discusses the promising practices and recommendations of the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care.

This book addresses the key debates surrounding human rights in Australia: Should Australia adopt a bill of rights in an 'age of terror'? How well protected are workers' rights? The Politics of Human Rights in Australia shows that Australians enjoy only a loose and incomplete safety net of rights protection.

Political, legal and bureaucratic problems of implementation of land purchases from 1960s to present day; contradictions of land rights demands in Capitalist Australia; major phases of Aborigianal Land Fund Commission s life; Department of Aboriginal Affairs relations with A.L.F.C.

Working with communities - Introducing illness - Grog, gunga and gambling - Reasons for use - Strategies to address use - Solutions from Canada - Factors involved in healing and change.

This report contains comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services, and the characteristics of Australian children within the child protection system. Key findings include: since 2009-10, the number of children subject to a notification decreased by 13% from 187,314 to 163,767; since 2006-07, the number of children subject to a substantiation of a notification has decreased by 7% from 34,028 to 31,527 (6.9 to 6.1 per 1,000 children); the number of children in out-of-home care has increased by 5% from 35,895 in 2010 to 37,648 in 2011.

Australia's food & nutrition 2012 highlights the key components of the food and nutrition system. It describes the system from 'paddock to plate' and how food choices affect our health and the environment."--Publisher website.

Book's by Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Our Land, Our Stories

Our Land, Our Stories

Unfinished Constitutional Business?

Unfinished Constitutional Business?

Somebody Now

Somebody Now

A Picture of Australia's Children 2012

A Picture of Australia's Children 2012

Parenting in the Early Years

Parenting in the Early Years

The Politics of Human Rights in Australia

The Politics of Human Rights in Australia

Buying Back the Land

Buying Back the Land

Addictions and Healing in Aboriginal Country

Addictions and Healing in Aboriginal Country

Child protection Australia 2010-11

Child protection Australia 2010-11

Australia's food & nutrition 2012

Australia's food & nutrition 2012

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