Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Irlbacher Fox
Description
Outlines government institutions and key governance issues including land claims, self-government agreements, intergovernmental processes, wildlife and resource management, institutional governance, and economic development.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Alberta Law Review, vol. 41, no. 4, April 2004, pp. 951-997
Description
Analysis of land entitlement provisions and the federal treaty land entitlement policy in the Lac La Ronge judgment. Concludes there's been a shift away from the historical intentions of the original parties to Treaty 8.
World Development, vol. 30, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 141-151
Description
Looks at the ways modern treaties have impacted the economic and socio-demographic status of Aboriginal communities in the Northwest Territories and Northern Quebec.
Presentation of the political, symbolic and geographical reasons for establishing Nunavut; formally established within the Northwest Territories, April 1, 1999.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 85, no. 2, June 2004, pp. 367-372
Description
Book reviews of 3 books:
The Yukon Relief Expedition and the Journal of Carl Johan Sakariassen edited by V.R. Rausch and D.L. Baldwin.
Arctic Justice by Shelagh D. Grant.
Arctic Migrants, Arctic Villagers by David Damas.