Playing in the Digital Qargi: Inupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Innitchuna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine Meloche
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Article considers the online platform used in the game Kisima Inŋitchuŋa (Never Alone) as a “place” where people gather and examines the ways that Inuit culture, values and sovereignty are taught and engaged with in those spaces.
Ethics & the Environment, vol. 14, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 75-97
Description
Examines Plumwood's theory of the logic of colonization; looks at the philosophical analysis of Chief Justice John Marshall's opinion in the case of Johnson v. M'Intosh (1823); and explores the concept of wilderness in a new non-colonizing way.
Poems featured are: The Vigil by Ellen Brown, Stolen Children Stolen Souls by Duke Redbird, Lost My Talk by Rita Joe (with analysis), Legacies of Stolen Hearts of Innocence: A Poem by Christopher Herodier, The Bell by Brian Tuesday, and The Gift by Tom Jackson.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 139, Summer, 2009, pp. 31-35
Description
Author reflects on the defining characteristics and current status of Aboriginal theatre, as well elements needed to ensure it flourishes in the future.
Report on finding of investigation by RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) members for complaints against other members involving injuries or death in Canada between April 1, 2002 and March 1, 2007.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 81st, 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
James Lawrence Davidson
Description
Discusses the Canadian Radio and Television Commission's (CRTC) decision to make carriage of the network mandatory for cable companies and require those companies to remit 15 cents per subscriber to it.
Academic and grey literature review conducted on: key issues; principles and desired outcomes; recent historical programs and policies; program and policy recommendations; and international program and policy examples. Options were then examined to determine whether they aligned with principles and desired outcomes, as well as feasibility and viability in current social context.
Discusses barriers to Indigenous students' participation in post-secondary institutions and makes recommendations in the areas of outreach and recognition of Indigenous knowledges, student financial assistance, funding for support services, decolonization of institutions, and developing experiential learning opportunities.
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions.
Duration: 1:15:01.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Kativik Regional Government Position Paper on Tourism
KRG Position Paper on Tourism
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kativik Regional Government
Description
Looks at tourism sector In the Nunavik region in terms of past and current developments, future opportunities and challenges, and policy-making and coordination.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 59-64
Description
Results finds that while Aboriginal educational attainment has increased, the gap in attainment between the Aboriginal and general population has grown.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 59.
Looks at links between increased educational attainment and better health, higher living standards, labourforce growth, and labour productivity growth for Aboriginal peoples.