Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia
Description
Offers practical advice and guidance on how to work effectively within the context of the differing viewpoints, expectations and concerns of Aboriginal peoples.
Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Employment and Social Development Canada
Description
Contains data on general economic conditions, national maps showing regional variations in unemployment rates and employment gains, regional employment profiles, and brief feature articles.
Canadian Folk Music, vol. 48, no. 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 1-5
Description
Researches the musical life in small community and the changing environment as more southern genres become mixed in with Inuktitut language and Inuit stories.
Speakers discuss polar policies of United States, Russia, Canada, Nordic states, China, and Japan, Korea and Singapore. Followed by question and answer among presenters and with audience.
Speakers discuss polar policies of United States, Russia, Canada, Nordic states, China, and Japan, Korea and Singapore. Followed by question and answer among presenters and with audience.
Boston University International Law Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 101-160
Description
Looks at some of the challenges associated with energy development in the Arctic which include environment, underdeveloped infrastructure and legal issues surrounding consultation.
Inside the Issues (Centre for International Governance Innovation) ; [4.25]
Inside the Issues: A Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Online Podcast
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Higginbotham
Andrew Thompson
Description
Topics include consequences of polar icecap melting, devolution of responsibilities to territorial governments, significance of Russian actions, and importance of the Northwest Passage as an international seaway. Argues that federal government should be treating Arctic as maritime economy.
Duration: 25:34.
Brief article looks a challenges facing the Circumpolar North including climate change, resource development, and technology.
Scroll down to page 14 to read article.
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 199-222
Description
Study results identifies requirements for improving economic and social welfare including effective governance, community capacity, and involving communities to build regional self-reliance for sustainability. Looks at literature from Scandinavian and Canadian experiences.
Speaker discusses her blog, which she developed to critique cultural appropriation by mainstream designers and retailers, and the online boutique she created to promote products made by Indigenous people.
Duration: 17:45.
Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education ; [v. 2]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Scott MacAulay
Warren Weir
Wanda Wuttunee
Description
Focuses on the Council's activities, in particular the National Training and Professional Certification Program.
Chapter from Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education, vol. 2, edited by Alain Fayolle.
Research on characteristics of elected Native leaders in various organizations in southeast Alaska. Results are organized using the eight assumptions for success.
Book review of: Country of the Heart by Deborah Bird Rose with Nancy Daiyi, Kawthy Deveraux, Margaret Daiyi, Linda Ford and April Bright.
Scroll down to page 193 to read review.
McMillan Aboriginal Law Bulletin, July 2014, pp. [1]-4
Description
Comments on a decision that, while based on Treaty 3, is assumed its application will apply to other numbered treaties in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 2, Workforce Development, Winter, 2014
Description
Discusses how tribal colleges in Montana and North Dakota are initiating new innovative accelerated curriculum programs to address the region’s workforce necessities.
[Aboriginal Law and Resource Development Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorraine Land
Description
Argues that numerous legal and policy decisions are setting the stage for massive confrontations over approval of developments unless appropriate consultation processes are put in place.
Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1986, pp. 333-349
Description
Indian reservations were surveyed regarding their consumption of wildlife. Calls for increased joint management efforts between provincial and Indian governments to identify all forces affecting wildlife populations and to create equitable conservation programs.