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Aboriginal Rights and Canadian Environmental Policy:
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Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 79th, 2007
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Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
Description
Looks at the arguments put forward in support of the claim that Aboriginal peoples exhibit an inherent ecological consciousness; and examines the policy implications of expanding Aboriginal jurisdiction over environmental protection.
Aboriginal Women and Climate Change: An Issue Paper
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Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Brief document gives background to concerns and makes three recommendations.
Aboriginal Women and Nuclear Waste Management: An Issue Paper
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Author/Creator
Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Outlines NWAC's concerns about possible damage to humans and the environment due to the location of disposal sites.
Aboriginal Women and the Convention on Biological Diversity: An Issue Paper: Prepared for the National Aboriginal Women's Summit, June 20-22, 2007 in Corner Brook, NL
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Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Brief document focuses on the control, management and protection of Indigenous and traditional knowledge.
BC First Nations Fisheries Action Plan: Preparing for Transformative Change in the BC Fisheries
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Author/Creator
First Nations Leadership Council
Description
Discusses action plan resulting from hearings in First Nations communities regarding management and allocation in BC fisheries.
Between Law and Action: Assessing the State of Knowledge on Indigenous Law, UNDRIP, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent with Reference to Fresh Water Resources
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Author/Creator
Hannah Askew
Corey Snelgrove
Kelsey R. Wrightson
Don Courturier
Alisa Koebel … [et al.]
Description
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
Building Inuit Nunaat: The Inuit Action Plan
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Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada)
Description
Looks at linkages between issues affecting Inuit and the existence of shared and overlapping responsibilities.
Climate Change and Impacts on Abundance and Distribution of Traditional Foods and Medicines - Effects on a First Nation and Their Capacity to Adapt: Final Report
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Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Description
Explores a project that demonstrates how climate change is affecting First Nations in the boreal region of Canada, and look at the impacts of climate change on traditional foods and medicines at the Black River First Nation.
Collaborative Consent and British Columbia's Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
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Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Rosie Simms
Oliver M. Brandes
Michael Miltenberger
Description
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Crown Consultation With Aboriginal Peoples in Oil Sands Development: Is it Adequate, Is It Legal?
Alternate Title
CIRL Occasional Paper ; no. 19
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Author/Creator
Monique M. Passelac-Ross
Verónica Potes
CIRL Occasional Paper
Description
Looks at the Alberta government's consultation policy and practice, focusing on the Athabasca region.
Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada
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Author/Creator
Jesse A. Thistle
Description
Discusses historical and contemporary factors which contribute to high rate of homeless found in the Indigenous population and looks at 12 different dimensions: historic displacement, contemporary geographic separation, spiritual disconnection, mental disruption and imbalance, cultural disintegration and loss, overcrowding, relocation and mobility, nowhere to go, escaping or evading harm, emergency crisis, and climatic refuge,
First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study: Results from the Atlantic Region 2014
Alternate Title
FNFNES Results from the Atlantic Region 2014
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Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Olivier Receveur
Malek Batal
William Batal
Description
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals
Food, Knowledge and How We Have Thrived on the Margins: EALLU
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Indigenous Youth, Arctic Change & Food Culture
International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) Report ; 2017:1
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Author/Creator
Eilene Adams
Roksana Avevkhay
Burmaa Batkhishih
Khoschimeg Bayandalai
Olesya Bolotaeva ... [et al.]
Description
"This book provides a snapshot of both the rich, diverse and living culinary traditions as well as introduction to the food systems of Arctic Indigenous Peoples."
Food Security For First Nations and Inuit in Canada: Background Paper
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Author/Creator
Elaine Power
Description
Overview of the issues surrounding food security including role of traditional food, social and environmental issues, quality, cost and accessibility.
From Conflict to Collaboration: The Story of the Great Bear Rainforest
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Author/Creator
Merran Smith
Art Sterritt
Description
Looks at how the collaborative efforts between the British Columbia government, First Nations, environmental groups and the forest companies transformed an era of conflict into a ground-breaking approach to conservation leading to a shift in the way coastal rainforests are managed and the successful integration of Indigenous decision making and community wellbeing.
Ganawenimaa nimamainan aki = Respect Our Mother Earth: A Kid's Environmental Activity Booklet
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Author/Creator
[Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission]
Description
General environmental education resource with some references to the Lake Superior watershed.
Handbook and Resource Guide to the Convention on Biological Diversity
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Author/Creator
James Lamouche
James Sinclair
Description
Overview of the Convention on Biological Diversity including the history, worldwide importance of the convention and Indigenous Peoples participation.
Health Policies and Trends for Selected Target Groups in Canada: An Overview Report for the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)
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CPRN Research Report
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Author/Creator
Nathalie Pierre
Nicole Pollack
Patrick Fafard
Description
Section three looks at Aboriginal health policy covering priority areas, programs and services, First Nations and territorial transfers, mandates and health gaps.
Scroll down to page 7 for relevant materials.
Importance of Biodiversity for First Peoples of British Columbia
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Author/Creator
Nancy J. Turner
Description
Discusses First Nations peoples relationship with lands, waters, plants and animals, and how the erosion of biodiversity has impacted traditional food systems.
Indigenous Laws: Some Issues, Considerations and Experiences
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Author/Creator
Val Napoleon
Richard Overstall
Description
Suggests several strategies that aboriginal peoples might consider for research relating to their land, environment, resources and non-human life forms.
Integrated Pesticide Management Act and Proposed Consultation Guidelines: An Independent First Nations Legal, Legislation, Policy and Consultation Issues Analysis
Alternate Title
IPMA Issues Analysis
Issues Analysis: Pesticide Legislation, Policy and Consultation (First Nations AHTWG) Mar. 3, 2007
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Author/Creator
First Nations Ad Hoc Technical Working Group (AHTWG)
Description
Identifies issues for discussion at First Nation regional workshops on pesticide consultation.
Integrative Science: Enabling Concepts within a Journal Guided by Trees Holdings Hands and Two-Eyed Seeing
Alternate Title
Two-Eyed Seeing Knowledge Sharing Series, Manuscript No. 1.
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Author/Creator
Cheryl M. Bartlett
Murdena Marshall
Albert Marshall
Description
Looks at emerging concepts for post-secondary science project at Cape Breton University.
The Inuit Sky
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Author/Creator
Virtualmuseum
Description
Discusses the short period of time each year that the Inuit have to study the sky and presents several legends in which the moon plays a central role.
Inuit Statistical Profile [2006]
Alternate Title
Inuit in Canada: A Statistical Profile
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Author/Creator
[Heather Tait
Melissa Nepton-Riverin
Craig Clark]
Description
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, perceptions of water quality, harvesting and country food, education, employment, and use of communication technology.
Inventory of Environmental Health Related Databases: Prepared for the First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network
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Author/Creator
Corrine Balcaen
Description
Provides an inventory of environmental health related databases that was prepared for the First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network.
Isi Wipan - Climate: Identifying the Impacts of Climate Change and Capacity For Adaptation in Two Saskatchewan First Nation Communities
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Author/Creator
Willie Ermine
Dave Sauchyn
Mary Vetter
Catherine Hart
Description
Cree Elders from James Smith and Shoal Lake reserves are interviewed about coping with changes to their traditional way of life.
IVAAQ - the Greenland Inuit Child Cohort: A Preliminary Report
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Author/Creator
Peter Bjerregaard
Astrid Ledgaard Holm
Ingelise Olesen
Ole Schnor
Birgit Niclasen
Description
Aim of the study was to collect information about pregnant women and their newborn children to study effects of selected exposures to contaminants.
Keeping Woodland Caribou (Ahtik) in the Whitefeather Forest
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SFM Network Research Note Series ; no. 27
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Author/Creator
R. Michael O'Flaherty
Iain Davidson-Hunt
Micheline Manseau
Description
Outlines how the Pikangikum customary stewardship approach of “Keeping the Land” provides the foundation for woodland caribou habitat conservation in the Whitefeather Forest.
Native American Oral History and Cultural Interpretation in Rocky Mountain National Park
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Author/Creator
Sally McBeth
Description
Overview provides data on the ethnographic history of the Rocky Mountain National Park region, identifies specific physical, cultural, and spiritual resources within the Park region, and discusses legal, management, and consultative processes.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
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Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E.R. Jakobsen … [et al.]]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation: A Handbook on Consultation in Natural Resource Development
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Author/Creator
Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Description
Outline of plan to bring clarity to First Nations, government and project developers regarding Aboriginal and Treaty rights.
3rd Edition.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
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Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
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Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
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Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
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Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Identities as Civic Power
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2017 State of Native Youth Report
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Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Our National Competitiveness and Canada's Territories
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Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses the adaptability of businesses in Canada's territories and the necessity of the federal and territorial governments to do the same.
Reflections on Success: A Sustainable Future in a Changing Climate
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Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Outlines the successes of many initiatives and programs that were put in place by The Aboriginal and Northern Climate Change Program (ANCCP), which came to a close on March 31, 2007.
Seasonal Circles
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 7 Cross-Curircular Unit
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Author/Creator
Trine Dennis
Description
Contains material that can be used for mathematics, physical health and education, English language arts and science classes.
Social Determinants of Inuit Health in Canada: A Discussion Paper
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Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Outlines determinants and existing research for future action.
Summary of Input from Aboriginal Communities and Organizations on Consultation and Accommodation
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Author/Creator
Michelle Mann
Description
Summary of views on the federal policy approach by First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities that took part in the engagement process under the Canada Action Plan on Consultation and Accommodation. Emerging themes include continued engagement and collaborations, broad interpretations and clear standards, and mutual understanding of Indigenous perspectives.
Sustainable Development Strategy 2004-2006: On the Right Path Together: A Sustainable Future for First Nations, Inuit and Northern Communities: Final Report
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Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Strategy based on 41 commitments based on 5 themes: consultation and joint decision-making, long-term planning, water management, climate change and energy management, and development into departmental policies and processes.
This Land: Study Guide
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Description
Guide to accompany film, This Land. Recommended for 12 years and up. Provides several discussion questions for use based on specific subject areas and curriculum.
Traditional Foods: Are They Safe For First Nations Consumption?
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Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations Environmental Stewardship Unit
no. 11
Description
Discusses potential health risks by contamination of traditional foods and the economic and socio-cultural impacts.
Wapos Bay: The Elements: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 6
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Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: The Elements. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: They Dance at Night: Study Guide
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Wapos Bay; episode 3
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Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: They Dance at Night. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.