An 'Ecospiritual' Perspective: Finally, a Place for Indigenous Approaches

Place recognition: An Overview of Vision Perspective

Place recognition is one of the most fundamental topics in computer vision and robotics communities, where the task is to accurately and efficiently recognize the location of a given query image. Despite years of wisdom accumulated in this field, place recognition still remains an open problem due to the various ways in which the appearance of real-world places may differ. This paper presents a...

Indigenous populations health protection: A Canadian perspective

The disproportionate effects of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic on many Canadian Aboriginal communities have drawn attention to the vulnerability of these communities in terms of health outcomes in the face of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. Exploring the particular challenges facing these communities is essential to improving public health planning. In alignment with the objectives of the ...

An Indigenous Perspective on Biotechnology in New Zealand: a Maori Scientist Perspective

Profile: Dr Jarrod Haar from the Waikato Management School is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Strategy and HRM. His research interests focus on work-family practices and issues from employee and employer perspectives, as well as the strategic management practices of New Zealand firms. He is a named researcher on a Foundation for Research, Science & Technology grant (contract number U0WX0...

Indigenous trauma: a New Zealand perspective.

The study of indigenous health is an emerging specialty and differs from other health disciplines in that the traditions and beliefs of indigenous people must be considered in developing health policy. New Zealand Maori and Australian Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders face similar health issues but have followed a different historical path. New Zealand was settled by the Maori from Easte...

Essential Medicines for Children: An Endocrine Perspective