Nova Scotia

Environmental Studies Thesis (MES)--Dalhousie University, 2007.

Looks at projections between 2011 and 2036 under various scenarios.

Includes timeline of major events, statistics on pre-pandemic and current market status of lobster, snow crab, northern shrimp, oyster, scallop, and Atlantic halibut, federal government aid overview, projections for state of the industry in the near and moderate future, and recommendations.

Highlights the health, financial and socio-economic risks and vulnerabilities for communities, individuals, and businesses.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Mount Saint Vincent University, 2017.

Analyzes the funding of Indigenous organizations in Nova Scotia between 1960 and 2014; finding suggest that the province did make up shortfalls in funding during the 1990s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, but over time funding has decreased and provincial cutbacks mirror federal ones.

Purpose of study is to help guide First Nations communities in developing policies, procedures and controls that will ensure effective fisheries management.

Comparison of American and Canadian case law regarding Indigenous claims to treaty protected logging.

Anthropology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--St. Francis Xavier University, 2011.

Looks at harmonizing Aboriginal knowledges with tenets of 21st century education in an effort to move forward with Aboriginal education.

Looks at the success stories of three Mi'Kmaw teachers who are applying their own cultural knowledge in the classroom.

Clarifies what guidance the courts and laws have offered in deciding who is a Mi'kmaw.

Urban and Rural Planning Thesis (M.U.R.P.)--Dalhousie University, 2007.

Outlines the need for human rights, Aboriginal rights, and economic rights to protect Indigenous peoples during the development of Indigenous economies.

Looks at the operations of the Mi'Kmaq Justice Institute three years after its inception in 1996.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2013.

Comments on the relocation to a site outside of city limits.

Atlantic Canada Studies (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 1992.

Argues that First Nation communities must look beyond timber harvesting to develop strategies encompassing new and different approaches to forest-based development.

Atlantic Canada Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 1993.

Looks at an urban Aboriginal reserve, within the city of Sydney, Nova Scotia which uses a business approach to government, management and socio-economic development.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2006.

Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD Best of News in Review: Native Studies.

Looks at the problems encountered when discussing resource co-management and self-government with non-status and Métis Indians.

Looks at the experiences and processes undertaken to organize the 1999 AIDS Walk Canada in communities across the Atlantic Region.

Overview of early learning policies and programs in provinces and territories as well as from other countries.

Groups raise money to purchase Cree syllabic font for use in publishing service booklets in that language.

Information from interviews with chiefs, community officials and businesses and existing knowledge. Includes statistics on the pandemic's effect on community well-being, individual and community-owned businesses, the Atlantic First Nations fishery, employment, community program resources, health outcomes, food security, and use of relief supports.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1981.

Atlantic Canada Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 1999.

Explores treaties in the context of adjustment to European contact and Aboriginal preference for the French.

Biography of Murdena Marshall from the Bear Clan at Eskasoni, Unama'ki, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Web site contains a collection of oral histories, interviews, excerpts, links and village locations.

Looks at Potlotek High School, a community solution to bullying and low graduation rates at off-serve school.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1994.

Identifies the post-secondary needs of eight Mi'kmaw nations in Nova Scotia.

Reports on multi-site data collected from families in Alberta, Nova Scotia and Manitoba about their asthma and allergy experiences and pilot testing done on culturally appropriate support offered to children, youth and parents in those provinces.

Project's objective was to build research capacity. Phase one consisted of on-line survey to establish baseline information. Phase two consisted of case studies conducted in four communities; involved interviews with 39 entrepreneurs and focus group discussions with 40 non-entrepreneurs.

Chronicles the life and works of Horton First Nation Chief Rita Smith.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

Briefly discusses options considered by community to address damage to graves and cemetery caused by erosion.

Talks about governance and not losing any of the privileges and rights from the Royal Proclamation to the Indian Act and getting out from its legacy. Answers questions about what will happen to Indian Affairs funding of initiatives already in place. (7 minutes).

Looks at the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi with an unemployment rate of zero percent and a language retention rate of 90 %. It describes how things could change in Eskasoni and looks at the process of economic development. Duration: 9:00.

Looks at Keys to Success and a governance system that works on the Mi'kmaw system. Duration: 5:00.

Looks at capable Governing Institutions, stable government and the legacy of Indian Affairs and the Indian Act. Duration: 8:00.

Assess the implementation of the 1995 Inherent Right Policy using three self-governing communities.

An overview of the traditional forms and philosophies of education in Native communities in Nova Scotia, and the changes that have occurred since pre-contact and colonization to the present. Chapter Four of Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia

Looks at 10 partnerships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal companies emerging in Atlantic Canada and the objectives, benefits & challenges for them to increase opportunities for community economic development.

Study explores the underlying stress experiences of youth and looks at recommendations for program interventions.