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Aboriginal Peoples and Forest Lands in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian Egan
BC Studies, no. 186, Summer, 2015, pp. 184-185
Description
Book review of Aboriginal Peoples and Forest Lands in Canada edited by D.B. Tindall, Ronald L. Trosper, and Pamela Perrault.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 184.
Aboriginal Peoples and Mining in Canada: Six Case Studies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christine Cleghorn
Description
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.
Aboriginal Peoples and Post-Secondary Education: What Educators Have Learned
Alternate Title
Does Money Matter: Millennium Research Series ; no. 8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R.A. Malatest & Associates
Description
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.
Aboriginal Peoples and Poverty in Canada: Can Provincial Governments Make a Difference?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alain Noël
Florence Larocque
Description
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.
Aboriginal Peoples, British Columbia & Canada: The Constitutional Division of Land Interests & Legislative Powers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David M. Robbins
Description
"A paper originally prepared for the Westbank First Nation's conference 'Making or Breaking the Treaty Process: The Constitutional Status of Treaty Settlement Land', Kelowna, BC, May 31, 2006."
Paper provides the basic Constitutional background for the conference.
Aboriginal Peoples' Legal Right to Natural Resources (Forests) in British Columbia
Alternate Title
Research Paper (Scow Institute)
Fact Sheet (Scow Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cheryl Sharvit
Description
Discussion of Aboriginal rights and title, including recognition of and negotiations regarding. See also Review of Changes to the Law Related to Forestry and Aboriginal Rights and Title.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
Aboriginal Performance on Standardized Tests: Evidence and Analysis from Provincial Schools in British Columbia
Alternate Title
CEA 2009 Conference, Session 1: Education and Aboriginal Canadians (joint session with the Centre for Education Research and Policy)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Richards
Aidan Vining
David Weimer
Description
Assesses differences between test score results of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students in British Columbia's public schools. Paper presented at Centre for the Study of Living Standards Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association, University of Toronto, May 29-31, 2009.
Aboriginal Perspectives and Issues in Teacher Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Etherington
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 54, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 52-68
Description
Discusses a course for preservice teachers that allows students to confront prejudices and deal with misconceptions about Indigenous populations in order to improve the educational system in British Columbia.
Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education: A Think Piece From The Centre For Native Policy and Research
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harvey McCue
Description
Contends that Aboriginal participation rates will lag behind the non-Aboriginal population until major reforms are executed in elementary and secondary school education and the curriculum used in Aboriginal schools.
Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education and Training Policy Framework and Action Plan: 2020 Vision for the Future
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education and Training Policy Framework and Action Plan: Progress Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Advanced Education [British Columbia]
Description
Discusses strategies to address barriers and achieve systemic institutional change for Aboriginal students.
Related material:
2013 Progress Report.
2014 Progress Report.
Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in British Columbia : A Place for Aboriginal Institutes: Policy Background Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
Description
Explores the importance of governmental recognition, inclusion and support of Aboriginal institutions for the retention of Aboriginal students. Provides general policy recommendations.
Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education Needs Framework
Alternate Title
Coastal Corridor Consortium Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education Needs Framework
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laara Mixon
Description
Using community and Institutional surveys as a basis, paper provides an overview to aid in short-term guidance for planning purposes.
Aboriginal Preschool Vision Screening in BC: Closing the Health Gap
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donna L. Atkinson
Canadian Journal of Optometry, vol. 72, no. 4, August 2010, pp. 17-24
Description
Looks at universal early childhood screening for vision disorders to ensure Aboriginal children get the best possible start in life.
Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 17.
Aboriginal Report: How Are We Doing?: 2021/2022 Province, Public Schools Only
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Governance and Analytics Division, British Columbia Ministry of Education and Child Care
Description
Data on performance of students in British Columbia. Includes demographic information and assessment outcomes at provincial level.
Aboriginal Report: How Are We Doing?: Province (Public Schools Only): [2006/07- ]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education
Skills and Training
Analysis and Reporting Unit
British Columbia Ministry of Education
Business Intelligence Unit
British Columbia Ministry of Education]
Description
Data on performance of students in British Columbia.
The Aboriginal Right to Cultural Property
Alternate Title
Part I: Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Walker
Clarine Ostrove
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [13]-28
Description
Article outlines one possible legal response to the imminent export of a scared object under the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.
Aboriginal Rights and Canadian Environmental Policy:
Enhancing Sustainability or a Justification of Deregulation?
Alternate Title
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 79th, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
Description
Looks at the arguments put forward in support of the claim that Aboriginal peoples exhibit an inherent ecological consciousness; and examines the policy implications of expanding Aboriginal jurisdiction over environmental protection.
Aboriginal Rights and Cumulative Effects: Are Woodland Caribou the New Canaries in the Not-So-Proverbial Coal Mine?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Devlin
Description
Looks at how First Nations and governments have responded to the decline of the caribou and examines the litigation that has resulted from such responses in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories.
Aboriginal Rights and Title in Canada After Delgamuukw: Part One, Oral Traditions and Anthropological Evidence in the Courtroom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Thom
Native Studies Review, vol. 14, no. 1, 2001, pp. 1-26
Description
Introduction to Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding Aboriginal rights and title in British Columbia. Part one focuses on Chief Justice Lamer's judgement looking at the evidence.
Aboriginal Rights In / And Canadian Society: A Syewen Case Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claude Denis
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 14, Citizenship and Rights, Fall, 1996, pp. [13]-35
Description
Looks at the case Peters v. Campbell regarding the Coast Salish Aboriginal initiation tradition and the Nisga'a treaty.
Scroll down to page 13 to read article.
Aboriginal Rights Resource Kit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Includes definitions of commonly used terms associated with aboriginal rights and provides information regarding the Aboriginal Rights Position Paper.
Aboriginal Slavery and the Northwest Coast of North America
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael E. Harkin
Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 1, February 1, 1999, pp. 131-133
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America by Leland Donald.