New Relationships with Aboriginal People and Communities in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation [British Columbia]
Description
Measures and reports on five keys areas: improving Crown - Aboriginal relationships, education, housing and infrastructure, health and economic opportunities. Includes data for Métis and urban Aboriginal people.
Related material: Annual Report on Progress, 2010-2011.
Annual report outlining strategies and actions for economic development, improvement of well-being, employment, land claim obligations, and improvement of programs and services.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 23, no. 4, December 1990, pp. 797-798
Description
Book review of: After Native Claims? The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlements for Natural Resources in British Columbia by Frank Cassidy and Norman Dale.
Scopes main barriers and opportunities with regard to First Nations and the management and state of their waters, and discusses the role that philanthropy might play in building resilience, sustainability and capacity. Topics include context of water use in Canada, water challenges facing First Nations, and possible program and project development initiatives.
Document relies extensively on interviews with workers and professionals in two northern communities, and finds the administration of justice to be cumbersome and inadequate. Recommendations are appropriate systems relative to culture, education and socio-economic reality.
Report of ideas, issues, opportunities, and actions identified by participants to find answers for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples to move forward on the question of reconciliation.
Discusses discrepancies between what had been promised in the agreement and what was later published by the Canadian government, and the government's actions after it was signed. Focuses on education, fishing, hunting, mineral, forestry, and wild plant rights, assistance for agriculture, and self-government.