Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North
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Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Thomas J. Courchene
F. Leslie Seidle
France St.Hilaire
Description
Chapter in book: Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North edited by Frances, Abele, Thomas J. Courchene, F. Leslie Seidle and Frances St. Hilaire. Suggests that in the face of climate change, northerners should have more control over their environment.
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.
Project: Caring Across the Boundaries: First Nations and Voluntary Sector Organizations Working Together to Improve the Social Well-Being of Children and Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrea Auger
Description
Discusses the Caring Across the Boundaries and Touchstones of Hope programs, which are meant to increase First Nations Child and Family Service Agencies' capacity to provide services to their communities.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 55-83
Description
Theorizes the necessity and benefits of an Indigenous grounded analysis (IGA) as policy making framework.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 55.
Discusses Old Crow community's holistic approach to a sustainability plan which is part of the funding requirement under the Canada Yukon Gas Tax Agreement.