Purpose of report is to provide overview of best practices and highlight recurring issues in British Columbia, other parts of Canada and Australia. Looked at annual and symposium reports, internal documents and literature reviews.
Looks at an environmental assessment system, that aids in balancing the use of scientific and Aboriginal knowledge, to foster meaningful Aboriginal participation in federal and provincial environmental assessment procedures.
Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
Description
Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 1-4
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Keynote speaker's address opens this special issue which aims to showcase the depth and breadth of Indigenous Studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Survey questions focused on four core areas: awareness, attitudes, perceptions and action. Sample consisted of 1,007 non-Indigenous individuals aged 18 or more and 617 Indigenous Australians.
Survey developed to provide a benchmark of progress towards reconciliation by measuring knowledge of facts, attitudes, and actions taken by individuals and governments. Sample was 1,007 Australians aged eighteen and up.
Argues that there is an over-emphasis in the Closing the Gap approach on equality between Indigenous and other Australians and too little emphasis on diversity and difference.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 14, June 1985, p. 13
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Book review of: Against All Odds edited by M. Dawson and H. Radi. The book contains fifteen essays written by professional women, who share stories of their lives and careers.
E Law: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 38-71
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Discusses the historic compensation package agreed to by the Canadian federal government and the lack of any similar actions by the governments of the other two countries.
Australian Army Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Autumn, 2009, pp. 191-206
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Discusses how official policy changed from exclusion to inclusion of Aborigines after the high losses of personnel in 1917 and 1918 and presents a case study of the experiences of three Aboriginal enlistees in the Australian Imperial Force.
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International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 43-48
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Author states that when local community organizations are empowered with the delivery of employment and training programs, the chances of a successful outcome is improved.
Aboriginal History, vol. 9, no. 2, 1985, pp. 148-169
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Looks at an era whereby the presence of English speakers created a situation of culture contact and new languages were created to allow for verbal communication.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 5-26
Description
Compares and contrasts the experiences of two groups of adult Indigenous students, one from the northern Australian tropics and one from Northwestern Ontario.
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Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 25-39
Description
Looks at four factors which emerged from research and fifty-six interviews: developing business skills, integrating culture with economic development, separation of business from community politics, and greater independence from government.