Garcea, Joseph

Determines six factors in need of improvement for quality of life (QoL): education and training, justice system, understanding of culture and rights, employment opportunities, community funding, spiritual spaces.

Examines collaboration between organizations to build cross-cultural relations through Aboriginal awareness and cultural exchange.

Investigates experiences of students in four institutions in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, First Nations University of Canada, and the University of Saskatchewan. Eight factors are discussed: socio-political and cultural, programming and support services, educational infrastructure, financial, and family and community support. Data collected through nine focus groups and 13 one-on-one semi-structured interviews.

Focuses on Métis Nation-Saskatchewan elections and the need to reform the electoral, citizenship and governance systems.

Looks at three main aspects of task force: nature of the review process, the observations on need for municipal renewal, explanations of recommendations for municipal renewal.

Found that most municipalities were not meeting the Northern Municipalities Act's financial management and governance requirements. Data for report gathered through interviews with administrators, elected officials, representatives from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the NMTA Board.

Explores the possibility of creating these reserves as solution to the housing issues facing First Nation members in Saskatoon. Report forms part of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Examines the transitions in governance in the territories and Northern provincial regions; and discusses the accomplishments, challenges and opportunities facing organizations in Northern communities.