Argues that while the role of official apologies is controversial, it nevertheless plays a part in the broader reconciliation process. Uses Canadian and the Australian experience as case studies.
Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol. 19, 2001, pp. [103]-111
Description
Discusses example of how Mennonites have played a role in oppressing Manitoba's Native people even though they may be perceived as the spokespeople for the oppressed.
Folder of clippings relating to the 50th anniversary of the Northwest Resistance. All clippings from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix except where noted. Clippings glued to paper: 1. Almighty Voice's Prison; 2. Poundmaker's Surrender Highlight of Rebellion; 3. Last Buffalo Herds Seen On Western Plains in 1881; 4. Poundmaker's Forces Had Advantage at Cut Knife; 5. Surrender of Big Bear Marked End of Rebellion. Loose clippings: 6. Back in the Bone Age (clipping and photograph); 7. Bloody Massacre, Fifty Years Ago, at Frog Lake Climax of Indian Revolt; 8. Mounties in Riel Rebellion (photograph); 9.
Report on conference section of forum held at McGill University Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) in Montreal, August 5-10, 2013.
Discusses issues related to relationships between Indigenous communities and extractive industries and governments.
Lancet, vol. 365, no. 9470, April 30, 2005, pp. 1531-1532
Description
Examines the promise of doubling the amount of Federal funding for health care and looks at some of the grim and stark realities for Aboriginal people in Canada.
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Identifies areas of persistent discrimination and highlights Canada's ongoing failure to address rights violations.
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the occasion of its review of Canada’s 19th and 20th reports.
A discussion of the how the political rhetoric and lack of action from government officials has served to diminish the importance of the crisis. The author focuses on the Harper and Trudeau governments.
This file contains three reports on the missionary and other work of the Church of England, mainly in Canada, in the early 20th century: "The Diocese of Qu'Appelle (1908?)," "M.S.C.C. Report of Committee on work among Indians and Eskimos, Montreal October, 19th, 1916," and "Report of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada for the year 1903." The first two booklets are mainly financial reports, while the latter report gives a short history of the church in Canada, and the activity of Indians in the various missions. Part of this report was scanned.
Tells the story of a Métis woman who appears to be quite happy and content in her common-law marriage to a Hudson's Bay Company clerk until he deserts her because of her background and company policy.
Duration: 57:01
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 45, no. 4, December 2012, pp. 781-804
Description
Discusses how corporate approach has allowed the Inuit to develop the economic and political capacity necessary to implement future self-government structures and arrangements.
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' Policy: Consultation and Arrangements with Aboriginal Communities at Early Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM)
Description
Examines the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' operation policy for implementing section 78 of the Mining Act and its regulations and consultation requirements.
Contains links to a set of lesson plans with links to extensive lists of resources and supporting documents for Grades 1 through 8 which focus on treaty-making, history of Indigenous-settler relations, the Indian Act, residential schools, and Indigenous worldviews. Although designed for Ontario, much of the material is applicable to Canada as a whole or easily adaptable.
Module Seven: Modern State–Building and Indigenous Peoples
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I]
[Section Three: Secondary Societies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Description
Overview of emergence and characteristics of the Russian, Canadian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish states and how the different regimes impacted the peoples of the circumpolar North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Eight: Self-Determination throughout History
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses northern movements for regional and Indigenous autonomy and cultural self-determination. Includes three examples: Greenland, Nunavut, and the Sami people of Northern Europe.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Nine: Secondary Societies: Centralization, Collectivization, and Relocation
[Section Three: Secondary Societies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvon Csonka
L. I. Vinokourova
Description
History of Indigenous settlement patterns in the Arctic and the government interventions that have disrupted them.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Describes environmental scan undertaken to develop programing to bring public awareness to Indigenous education by examining barriers, success factors and engagement and responsibility for reconciliation.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2, Literacy & Democracy, December 2013, pp. 69-76
Description
Examines how government actions into the 1970s, including the killing of sled dogs, negatively affected Inuit people. Also discusses the progress made from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission’s recommendations.
1 file containing a Minister of State Multiculturalism news release on multiculturalism grants including information on a grant to Indian communities in Saint John.
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing [Ontario]
Description
Objective of document is to help local governments understand Aboriginal rights, opportunities for engagement, and obligations when there is a duty to consult.
Case studies: Teston Site Ossuary, town of Midland, Common Ground Working Group with Abitibi-Consolidated, Elliot Lake--Serpent River First Nation Memorandum of Agreement, and Belle Island and Kingston.
Histoire Sociale / Social history, vol. 43, no. 85, May 2010, pp. 165-191
Description
Looks at First Nations patients' views on two of Canada's Indian hospitals, on the patients' interactions with the nurses and doctors and on the treatments they received.
Website for information relating to the Truth and Reconcilation Commission of Canada and its work. Contains links to education, research, archives, and reports.