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Diocese of Athabasca
Historical note:
In 1955 the Church of England in Canada became the Anglican Church of Canada.Evaluation of the Kòts'iìhtła ("We Light the Fire") Project: Building Resiliency and Connections through Strengths-Based Creative Arts Programming for Indigenous Youth
Exploration as Construction: Robert Flaherty and the Nanook of the North
Indian Record (Vol. 36, No. 3-4, March-April, 1973)
Lessons from the Land: A Cultural Journey Through the Northwest Territories
Report: Travelling Through Layers: Inuit Artists Appropriate New Technologies
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Billy Day, Inuvialuit Communications Society
Vice-President of the organization discusses his organization's role providing information and entertainment to the Inuvialuit (Inuit) of the Western Arctic; the importance of media and communications; their newspaper and television operations; revitalizing the Inuit language and culture via media; the cultural effects of southern mass media on the Inuit; funding, equipment, and staffing concerns; and a recommendation to the Commission that Aboriginal peoples get the same resources and consideration for their broadcasters as French and English Canadians do.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Inuvik Community Corporation, Pauline Gordon and Glenna Hansen
Vice-Chairman of Corporation discusses racism in Canada and its' impact on Aboriginal peoples, a lack of recognition of Aboriginal organizations as legitimate governing bodies and a suggestion to the Commission to "replace the system as it stands now and replace it with one that gives equal stature and governing powers to all." Chairman Hansen then presents on Aboriginal languages, the education system in the Northwest Territories, unequal treatment afforded French, problems facing Aboriginal professionals; and double standards in policing and justice systems.