Canada

Chapter 6 of: Advancing the Inclusion of People With Disabilities (2008). Entire book on one pdf. To access this chapter, scroll to p. 91.

Study undertaken assess what steps could be taken by Community Legal Education Ontario to improve access. Fifty-six individuals from over 40 agencies provided information through interviews or focus groups.

Findings based on literature review, survey (250 respondents), and three case studies. Produced as part of the National Reading Campaign's Aboriginal Policy Initiative.

Case studies from across Canada dealing with creation and management of protected areas.

Various contributors give the "Aboriginal perspective" on the current applications of the Criminal Code, workings of the justice system in general, and required improvements.

Looks at issues involved in the intersection of Aboriginal rights, interests and perspectives and the Canadian political system as a whole.

Traces historical issues, negotiations and developments from pre-confederation through to the Charlottetown Accord of 1992.

Examines the assumptions underlying the negotiations and key issues that emerged from First Ministers' Conferences in 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1987.

Book review of Aboriginal Peoples and Forest Lands in Canada edited by D.B. Tindall, Ronald L. Trosper, and Pamela Perreault.

Explores three themes: hegemony, resistance, and identity.

Overview of trauma, transmission, characteristics, and patterns of behaviour exhibited by those living with intergenerational trauma.

Discusses various post-secondary institutions in Canada that develop innovative programming solutions to attract more Aboriginal students and to address the complex problems surrounding Aboriginal involvement in forest management.

Suggests that Aboriginal scholars need to take control of the uses of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and the process by which it is used. Contends that removing TEK from its context devalues it.

Statistics.

Looks at the historical, environmental, social, legal and political aspects of mining and the development of co-operative relationships between mining companies, governments and Aboriginal communities from the exploration stage onwards.

Case studies provide an overview of how aboriginal communities have come to terms with mining and mineral exploration in their territories. They are: Innu Nation and Inco's Voisey's Bay Nickel Mine/Mill; Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation and BHP Diamonds Inc.; Tahltan First Nation, the mining industry, and environmental assessment; Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation and B.Y.G. Mt. Nansen Gold Mine; Makivik Corporation and Falconbridge's Raglan Mine; and Nishnawbi-Aski Nation and Ontario's living legacy.

Discusses moving away from mono-national and colonial multicultural policies and to a partnership between Aboriginal and Shognosh (Canadian European settler population).

Looks at the uprising of the Mayan people against the Mexican Government over the amendment to Article 27 of the Constitution.

Focuses on strategies that promote recruitment and retention such as financial support, transition programs, community delivery, Aboriginal control, and partnerships between mainstream institutions and Aboriginal communities.

Focuses on demographics and statistical tables.

Looks at a survey of Aboriginal poverty in Canada; discusses the political nature of Aboriginal poverty; and examines the actual state practices that condition Aboriginal life chances and welfare state practices.

Examines sentencing circles and their potential to change the lives of victims, offenders, and community; also looks at a new relationship between community and government.

Book review of Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada edited by Janice Forsyth and Audrey R. Giles.

Argues that any constitutional legal analysis should take into account cultural differences with respect to Aboriginal people.

Comments on the need for governments to deal with Aboriginals on an equal basis and to acknowledge them as distinct peoples with different cultures and ways of life with respect to the Charter.

Looks at partnership between Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada and the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada to develop core competencies curriculum and efforts to recruit Aboriginals into health care professions. Special focus on the University of Saskatchewan's programs.

Discusses on-reserve and off-reserve jurisdiction, as well as advising the Aboriginal accused of their rights and other procedural matters.

Covers: historical factors, demographics, socio-economic factors, aboriginal people and the justice system, changes within the present system, and points for discussion.

Paper written for the Ipperwash Inquiry into the death of Dudley George.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1999.

Report on the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER), which has created a program to perform environmental assessments from an Aboriginal perspective.

Looks at the failures of the Bill and Aboriginal rights versus wildlife welfare.

Assesses whether current legislative initiatives will be sufficient to accommodate Aboriginal peoples' goals and aspirations.

3rd edition updated and expanded.

Provides statistics for knowledge and awareness, perception of personal risk, and stigma and discrimination.

Studies the difference in health status between older and younger Aboriginal people, convention versus traditional approaches as well as whether age is a determinant of health and health care use.

Timeline of significant events from pre-contact to 2015.

Seeks to clarify the special fiduciary relationship and its implications for rights.

Highlights of statistics gathered.

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