Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry: WAC Bennett Dam and Damage to Indian Reserve 201 [Inquiry Report, French Language Version]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Indian Claims Commission Final Report which examines whether the Crown has obligations relating to damages sustained by the construction of the dam, French language version. Commissioners include : P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill.
Historical background and submissions to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding Canada breaching its fiduciary obligations to the Band for environmental damages to Reserve 201 caused by construction and operation of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.
Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Catherine Fillmore
Colleen Anne Dell
Jennifer M. Kilty
Description
Presents innovative model of participatory action research (PAR) based on five central partnership principles.
Chapter 2 in book: Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research edited by Jennifer M. Kilty, Maritza Felices-Luna and Sheryl C. Fabian.
Project's objective was to build research capacity. Phase one consisted of on-line survey to establish baseline information. Phase two consisted of case studies conducted in four communities; involved interviews with 39 entrepreneurs and focus group discussions with 40 non-entrepreneurs.
Teacher resource developed in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. Case studies are supplemented by articles from the newspaper. Unit of study for First Nations 12 students in British Columbia.
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 08]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rosemary Ahtuangaruak
Description
Webcast of a presentation from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium speaking on environmental changes due to oil and gas development.
Duration: 33:53.
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Description
Discusses the disproportionate exposure of environmental hazards and extension of racism as it applies to the environment and the lands of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Review of the federal government's policies and programs designed for Aboriginal preschool aged children 2.5 to 6 years of age established from 1994 to 2005.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 25-40
Description
Examines how this novel about sexual abuse against Native women disrupts readers and scholars' expectations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
Report commissioned to assess the social, political, economic and cultural ramifications of a new set of laws governing membership in the Anishinabek Nation of Ontario.
Related material: Excerpts.
Discusses a curriculum module which looks at assimilation practices and the forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families to residential schools.
Evaluation Division. Policy Integration and Coordination Section
Department of Justice Canada
Description
Comments on the three primary components of the Strategy: policy development and support, community-based program funding agreements, and the Aboriginal Justice Learning Network.
Pilot project called Looking Out for Dementia involved production of a 16 minute DVD in English and three Indigenous languages (Warlpiri, Kriol, Djambarrpuyngu), an accompanying flip chart in plain English, and a poster publicizing the resource. Evaluation carried out through observation, focus groups and telephone interviews with participants and coordinators of aged services.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Looks at the fund created in 2007-2008 for solid waste management, energy systems, local roads and bridges, and planning and skills development projects on reserves.
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Heather Mahony
Description
Presenter speaks on the importance of the evidentiary record in proof of aboriginal title and non-title rights in Tsilhqot'in Nation and British Columbia.
Duration: 35:24.