National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
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Author/Creator
Vivien Carli
Description
Discusses challenges faced by Indigenous populations and identifies some of the local, national and international initiatives underway to address these issues.
Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
[Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum, November 2016]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carrie Bourassa
Description
Paper given at the Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future , dialog and conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, November 2-3, 2016.
American Communication Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, Special Issue, 2013, pp. 1-10
Description
Examines a social movement that challenges the growing socio-economic inequality and institutional policies that have historically worked to disenfranchise Indigenous groups.
Book review of Discovering Indigenous Lands by Robert J. Miller, Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt, and Tracey Lindberg.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 167.
Comments on the four sources rights of consultation for Aboriginal Peoples in Canda with the strongest and most extensive being the principle of honour of the Crown
Entire journal on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.
Overview of documents published in Canada, Greenland, Australia and New Zealand focusing on provisions related to collective consent, guidelines for storing human biological material and other data, and Indigenous peoples' rights to this data.
Book review of Finding a Way to the Heart edited by Robin Jarvis Brownlie and Valerie J. Korinek.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 175.
BC Studies, no. 192, Nikkei History, Winter, 2016/2017, pp. 150-152
Description
Book reviews of:
From Recognition to Reconciliation by Patrick Macklem, Douglas Sanderson.
From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer, Ken. S. Coates.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 150.
"This article compares the post-colonial development of the Maori Authority tax regime in Aotearoa New Zealand and the taxation of Indian Bands as First Nations on reserve lands in Canada".
Entire journal on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 29.
Contends that Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) can help to build constructive and mutually beneficial relationships between mining companies and Aboriginal communities.
Part of: Proceedings of the 59th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2013)
Looks at the Treaty settlement known as the "Treelords Deal" and examines the academic and legal definitions, and how the concept is being deliberately misinterpreted by some tribes for their own commercial gain.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, The Seventh Generation: Spotlight on Indigenous Youth, June 2013, p. [?]
Description
Describes effective grant-making strategies to support sustainable and culturally appropriate development projects, planned and implemented by and for Indigenous communities.