Infrastructure

Uses an online survey to gather data from Aboriginal women who are living on and off reserve and are entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs. Concludes with recommendations.

Discusses the impact and costs of building infrastructure to support ten separate mining projects.

Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.

Discusses ways Inupiaq youth stay grounded while transitioning to adulthood in the face of social change.

Director of the Saskatchewan Medical Services Branch of the Department of Health and Welfare claims radon level in Red Earth Reserve water is not a hazard.

Statistics for population, housing stocks, new dwelling, house transformation, renovation and infrastructure needs, and decontamination for mold and vermiculite.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Regina, 2003.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill, 2005.

Comments on the unaddressed water issues that persist despite funding initiatives and public awareness.

Physician who spent three years working in a reservation hospital relates her experiences with the health problems faced by the residents set within the context of the general Native American population.

Authors discuss the 2011 Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA) research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC); research indicates gaps in understanding of cumulative impacts, regulatory processes which exclude local participation, and factors of community well-being separate from economic factors.

Gila River Indian Community process of transforming their Department of Public Health (DPH) into one that incorporates the values and health concerns of the Native American community.

Social and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which provides for federal regulations relating to provision of drinking water, water quality standards and disposal of waste water.

Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which provides for federal regulations relating to provision of drinking water, water quality standards and disposal of waste water. Revised version.

Examines biocultural engineering design methods to enhance modern sustainable buildings.

Looks at the water crisis on reserves, and the right to safe drinking water and sanitation.

Book Review of, Power Lines by Andrew Needham.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Guelph, 2009.

Attendees of meeting included representatives from the housing industry, financial sector, community-based organizations and various government sectors. Report summarizes common themes that arose in discussions.

Discusses process and outcomes of program designed to assess the gap between available and needed housing and community services.

Examines information disparities due to remote locations and lack of infrastructure, assesses policies which effect electronic access to information, and discusses the development of First Nations-controlled networks.

Outlines the context in the 15 years prior to the Act in terms of the legal regime, funding, and the roles of the Role of the Expert Panel on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations and the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Followed by discussion of aspects of the Act including regulatory scope, lack of consultation, third party involvement, capacity, and potential for erosion of First Nations constitutional rights.

Analysis of Bills C-45, C-48, C-27, S-8, S-2, S-6, and S212, some of which resulted in the formation of the Idle No More movement.

Argues that select traditional practises have a contribution to make to contemporary governance.

First Nations leaders contend that the federal government failed to provide funding, as promised, to poverty issues. The issues include contaminated water, black mold, and lack of funding for graduates to pursue post secondary education.

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Investigates whether increased budget would eliminate long-term boil water advisories. Analysis uses data from the 2011 Water and Waste Water National Assessment to estimate costs of upgrading systems as well giving information on evolution of expenditures over past decade and an explanation of how Indian and Northern Affairs allocates funds.

Summarizes the Centre for the North’s half-decade of research on Canada’s North and provides an analysis of three priority items to be addressed.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2000.

Explores way to enhance capacity and well-being in Tłįcho community by identifying strengths and vulnerabilities and pinpointing strategies to increase capacity and manage change and opportunities.

Introductory note to issue featuring original manuscripts about the disease among Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Focuses on partnership developed between the First Nations Education Council's Technology Department and 30 Quebec First Nations for the provision of network services.

Discusses typology of gangs with four levels of progression through violence and intention. Makes recommendations based on five themes which emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports.

Highlights initiatives undertaken for provision and operation of internet infrastructures which enhance economic development and sovereignty by keeping power and data within the community. Initiatives are: Red Spectrum Communications, Nez Perce Department of Technology Services, Aaniin Fiber Services, and Mohawk Networks.

Looks at partnerships between communities, companies, and organizations to build a sustainable and productive workforce.

Commission provides analysis of medicare issues, recommendations to improve quality, and sustainability of the system. Often referred to as the The Romanow Report.

Looks at governance, economy, infrastructure and an economic development strategy in order to promote sustainable growth in the north.

Guide prepared by federal, provincial, First Nation and other agencies, intended for use as an information resource for negotiation of service arrangements between the Boards of Education and First Nations.

Continuing Education Thesis (M.C.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.

Discusses program that developed skills through the use of environmentally sustainable building methods. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Discusses issues such as capacity and human resources development, connectivity, information management, and service delivery. Chapter six from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

Observations made that would support public investment in infrastructure to support resource development in the north.

Recommondations for policy changes to reduce infrastructure gaps and redtape.

Survey conducted to identify specific research concerns important to Nunavut residents dealing with climate change impacts.