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Colonizer or Compatriot?: A Reassessment of the Reverend John McDougall
The Context for Métis Justice Issues
Continuity of Aboriginal Rights
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hollow Water First Nation’s Community Holistic Healing Process
Study objectives included: development of protocols for participatory research, design and implementation of holistic process, assessment of success of financial investments relative to healing processes, and other unintended benefits to community.
Chapter fifteen from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
A Critical Review of Canadian First Nations and Aboriginal Housing Policy, 1867 - Present
Decolonizing Policy Processes: An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis of Policy Processes Surrounding the Kelowna Accord
Developing Legal Frameworks for Urban Aboriginal Governance
The Digital Biography of Things: A Canadian Case Study in Digital Repatriation
Diversion and Sentencing
Domestic Trafficking of Aboriginal Girls in Canada: Issues and Implications
Discusses key issues identified by grassroots agencies and outlines implications for policy formulation and implementation by governments and other fields such law enforcement, justice system and social welfare services. Chapter from Health and Wellbeing edited by Jerry White, Peter Dinsdale, and Dan Beavon. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
"Don't Mess with the Relay - It's Bad Medicine": Aboriginal Culture and the 1988 Olympics
Duelling Paradigms? Western Criminal Justice Versus Aboriginal Community Healing
Educating Aboriginal Canadians
An Empirically Justified Theory of Successful Indigenous Entrepreneurship: Case Study of the Osoyoos Indian Band
Fall 2013 Report of the Auditor General of Canada [to the House of Commons]: Chapter 6: Emergency Management on Reserves
Fall 2016 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada [to the House of Commons]: Report 3: Preparing Indigenous Offenders for Release: Correctional Service Canada
Fiduciary Obligations and Aboriginal Peoples
Financing Aboriginal Justice Systems
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Experiences
First Nations Perspectives of the Split in Jurisdiction
First Nations Trade, Specialization and Market Institutions: A Historical Survey of First Nation Market Culture
From White Indians to Pākehā-Māori: Unruly White Men in Canada's and New Zealand's Colonial Pasts
Fuzzy Definitions and Demographic Explosion of Aboriginal Populations in Canada from 1986 to 2006
The Generative Structure of Aboriginal Rights
Genocide and Indian Residential Schooling: The Past is Present
Genocide in the Indian Residential Schools: Canadian History through the Lens of the UN Genocide Convention
Getting It Together
Glossary of Terms Used in Aboriginal Historical Research
Hail to the Chief - The Changing Structure of Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada
Healing the Impact of Colonization, Genocide, Missionization, and Racism on Indigenous Populations
The Historical Context of the Drive for Self-Government
History of Canadian Indians: 1840-1867
Overview of the history of First Nations people, with special attention given to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Topics covered include: education, legal status and the Indian Affairs Department. Excerpt from: Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. V, edited by Adam Shortt and Arthur Doughty.
History, the Courts and Treaty Policy: Lessons from Marshall and Nisga'a
Discusses landmark court cases dealing with fishing rights in Nova Scotia and a dispute involving Aboriginal title which took place in British Columbia. Chapter two from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
How Did the Confederation of Manitoba Take Place?
For use with high school students. Excerpt from Shaping Canada: Our Histories from the Beginning to Present by Linda Connor, Brian Hull, and Connie Wyatt Anderson.
Ill Health and Discrimination: The Double Jeopardy for Youth in Punitive Justice Systems
The Impact of Delgamuukw Guidelines in Atlantic Canada
Impacts of the 1985 Indian Act Amendments: A Case Study of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
Looks at impacts of Bill C-31 including population, demography, membership, demand for programs and services, and key social and political changes. Chapter four from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Implementing the Treaty Order
In Praise of Taxes: The Link between Taxation and Good Governance in a First Nations Context
Incarceration and the Aboriginal Offender: Potential Impacts of the Tackling Violent Crime Act and the Corrections Review Panel Recommendations
Argues that escalating mandatory sentences for serious firearm offences, increasing penalties for impaired driving, and reverse onus for bail when accused of serious offences and having someone declared a dangerous offender will have the effect of increasing incarceration rates. Excerpt from Exploring the Urban Landscape edited by Jerry P. White and Jodi Bruhn. Originally presented at the 2009 Aboriginal Policy Research Conference.
Indian Registration, Membership, and Population Change in FirstNations Communities
Study looks at classification of membership codes, changes to membership rules, projected populations eligible under new rules, and implications of population changes. Chapter five from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Indian Registration: Unrecognized and Unstated Paternity
Looks at 1985 amendments to Indian Act. Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Indian Status, Band Membership, First Nation Citizenship, Kinship, Gender, and Race: Reconsidering the Role of Federal Law
Discusses how legislation such as the Indian Act, with its arbitrary rules about who is considered to be an "Indian", has impacted relationships and identity in Aboriginal communities. Chapter seven from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.