Focuses on situation on Belcher Island, Northwest territories and in particular on Inuit concerns that current educational program is not fulfilling the goal of reducing dependency on the Canadian government.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Bettina Schneider
Bob Kayseas
Description
Examines Roque Roldán Ortiga’s six criteria for judging the quality of a particular land and resources rights regime with regards to Indigenous governments; and looks at how those criteria can be used to measure the degree to which Aboriginal peoples in Canada have been successful with their struggle to have of their land, resource and other rights recognized.
Food Policy, vol. 33, no. 2, April 2008, pp. 135-155
Description
Argues that government policies are actually speeding the move away from traditional foods and contributing to the subsequent increase in chronic disease.
Submitted to the Canadian Federal Government to ensure that the Inuit are involved in any Arctic strategies that would affect their destinies. Seven themes are explored, as well as key pressures and key risks.
Presentation of the political, symbolic and geographical reasons for establishing Nunavut; formally established within the Northwest Territories, April 1, 1999.
Looks at the the social, economic, and political interplay that takes place between subsistence and wage economies, sharing and reciprocity, and regulatory regimes that mediate harvesting and distribution of wildlife resources.
Summary of discussions, during May and June of 2005, between the Department of Canadian Heritage and Aboriginal people to develop practical strategies for working in areas where the mandate, expertise and experience of the Department coincide with Aboriginal aspirations.