The Survey of Aboriginal Services Research Report 2022

Running head: RESEARCH REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF ABORIGINAL SERVICES
Research Report on the Survey of Aboriginal Services.
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note:
Date:

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Conestoga College
299 Doon Valley Drive
Kitchener, Ontario
N2G 4M4
The purpose of this research is report is to determine the awareness of the aboriginal
services of among the students of the Conestoga College. Aboriginal services is responsible
for providing the ongoing support and services for the students. The functions of these
services are the assistance of the students with a smooth transition in their college life. Thus
the research aims at the need to keep the students aware of the aboriginal services.
Original signed by:
Christine Shawana,
Manager, Aboriginal Services
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Executive Summary:
The Research Report is based on the Survey of Aboriginal Services among the
students of the Conestoga College. The Manager aims to determine the level of awareness
among the students about the aboriginal services and to what extent the First Nation People
are affected. Whether to improve the need of awareness is also investigated.

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Table of Contents
Opening:.....................................................................................................................................4
Details:.......................................................................................................................................4
Strengths:....................................................................................................................................5
Weakness:..................................................................................................................................5
Opportunities:.............................................................................................................................5
Conclusions:...............................................................................................................................6
Recommendations:.....................................................................................................................6
References:.................................................................................................................................7
Appendix....................................................................................................................................8

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Opening:
The First Nations people at the Conestoga College is getting affected. The survey has
been conducted because the Manager of the Aboriginal Services wants to determine the
students’ current awareness regarding the aboriginal services and also if the students are
aware of the First Nations people in the college. The organisation that has been selected for
the conduct of the survey is the Aboriginal Services and its awareness among the students of
the Conestoga College. The report consist of the survey analysis with the strengths, weakness
and the opportunities along with a reference to the survey in the appendix.
Details:
Self-determination is an on-going process which ensures that the indigenous communities are
able to meet their social economic and cultural needs (Perreault, 2015).
. The survey of the Aboriginal services held at the Conestoga College says that very
few students of the college are aware of the location of the aboriginal service office as well as
the services provided by them((www.aboriginaljustice.vic.gov.au. , 2019). The results of the
survey when analysed, it was founded that there was a great need to increase the awareness of
the Aboriginal Services. The survey had also aimed at finding responses about the effect over
the First Nations people at the Conestoga College (Cameron, et al., 2014). After the
completion of the survey, there were many people who were keen onto finding out about
these services since the students’ current awareness of the service were very less and the
students are not much aware of the First Nations People (Morley, 2015). Out of 134
responses, there were more than 41 percent who were interested to know about the
Indigenous services. However, there were also students who were not sure about themselves.

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Strengths:
There were students who were indeed aware of the Aboriginal services and
even more than 17 percent of the students were aware of the history of the people
indigenous to Canada. A large number of students had participated in the survey and
were cooperative enough.
Weakness:
Almost more than 49 percent of the students were not aware of the services
provided by the organisation of the Aboriginal services. The survey also says that
more than 20 percent of the students were not sure about themselves whether to be
aware about the services. Another weakness of this survey is that since the survey
does not include one on one conversation, there is a lack of the in depth analysis
(Roberts & Reid, 2017). The reliability is also a major question.
Opportunities:
The survey implies that there is a great need to increase the awareness of the
Aboriginal Services in the Conestoga College (Pidgeon, Archibald & Hawkey, 2014).
There has been no secondary research and the primary research survey says
that a large number of students are still aware of the Aboriginal services
(www.aboriginaljustice.vic.gov.au. , 2019). However in order to gain value added
information two of the sources have been used
 www.aboriginaljustice.vic.gov.au. (2019). Goal 1.1: Aboriginal families are
strong and resilient | Aboriginal Justice. Retrieved 1 August 2019, from
https://www.aboriginaljustice.vic.gov.au/the-agreementaboriginal-justice-
outcomes-framework/goal-11-aboriginal-families-are-strong-and

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 Morley, S. (2015). What works in effective Indigenous community-managed
programs and organisations [Ebook]. Retrieved from
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1270/bae2b2bcd3d09d1ec39ed0185f5ee9401
e5b.pdf
Conclusions:
The significance of this analysis is that the students are unaware of the company but
there has been a desire among them to know about the company as well. From the above
research report it can be concluded that the survey result of the 134 responses say that only
12 percent of the students are aware of the location of the Aboriginal services ad are aware of
the services provided by them. However more that 51 percent of the students are not aware of
the indigenous land-based sustainability practices at the Conestoga College.
Recommendations:
 More students must be made aware of the services provided by the Aboriginal
services.
 There must be provision of more such programmes which involve the participation of
the indigenous people of Canada and the indigenous land-based sustainability
practices.

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References:
Cameron, B. L., Plazas, M. D. P. C., Salas, A. S., Bearskin, R. L. B., & Hungler, K. (2014).
Understanding inequalities in access to health care services for aboriginal people: A
call for nursing action. Advances in Nursing Science, 37(3), E1-E16.
Morley, S. (2015). What works in effective Indigenous community-managed programs and
organisations [Ebook]. Retrieved from
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1270/bae2b2bcd3d09d1ec39ed0185f5ee9401e5b.pdf
Perreault, S., 2015. Admissions to youth correctional services in Canada,
2011/2012. Juristat, 3, pp.85-002.
Pidgeon, M., Archibald, J. A., & Hawkey, C. (2014). Relationships Matter: Supporting
Aboriginal Graduate Students in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of
Higher Education, 44(1), 1-21.
Roberts, J. V., & Reid, A. A. (2017). Aboriginal incarceration in Canada since 1978: Every
picture tells the same story. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal
Justice, 59(3), 313-345.
www.aboriginaljustice.vic.gov.au. (2019). Goal 1.1: Aboriginal families are strong and
resilient | Aboriginal Justice. Retrieved 1 August 2019, from
https://www.aboriginaljustice.vic.gov.au/the-agreementaboriginal-justice-outcomes-
framework/goal-11-aboriginal-families-are-strong-and

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Appendix
Awareness of the location of
the Aboriginal Services
office
Not at all aware- 49%
Very Aware- 12 %
Awareness of the services
provided by the Aboriginal
Services
Not at all aware- 49%
Very Aware- 11 %
Awareness of the history of
the people indigenous to
Canada
Not at all aware- 13%
Very Aware- 17 %
Awareness of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission
in Canada
Not at all aware- 34%
Very Aware- 14 %
Awareness of the program
for indigenous land-based
sustainability practices
Not at all aware- 51%
Very Aware- 10 %
How many Truth and
Reconciliation events have
been attended at Conestoga
College?
Not attended- 74 percent
Attended 1- 13 percent
Attended 2- 7 percent
Attended 3- 6 percent
Attended 4- 1 percent
How many PowWows have
been attended?
Not attended- 79 percent
Attended 1- 14 percent
Attended 2- 5 percent
Attended 3- 1 percent

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Attended 4- 1 percent
Rate of interest in attending
a PowWow
No of students keen to
achieve awareness about the
indigenous services at
Conestoga College
Very Interested - 17%
Somewhat Interested - 36%
Not Sure - 26%
Somewhat Uninterested-
10%
Not at all Interested- 11 %
Students likely to find out
more about indigenous
services at Conestoga
College
Very Likely - 26%
Somewhat Likely - 41%
Not Sure 23 - 20%
Somewhat Unlikely - 3%
Not at all Likely - 11%