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Aboriginal Albertans in Business Series
Aboriginal Business Services Guide ; 5
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Author/Creator
Business Link
Aboriginal Business Development Services
Description
Guide provides a step-by-step approach in developing a business plan.
Aboriginal Land Planning In Canada: The Role Of Strategic Environmental Assessment In Adaptive Co-Management
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Author/Creator
Véronique Landry
Anne-Laure Bouvier
Jean-Philippe Waaub
Description
Looks at an environmental assessment system, that aids in balancing the use of scientific and Aboriginal knowledge, to foster meaningful Aboriginal participation in federal and provincial environmental assessment procedures.
Aboriginal Water Rights Primer
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Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann S. Phare
Description
Produced as a result of dissatisfaction with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' engagement process for the development of proposed legislative framework for drinking water in First Nation communities. Looks at three types of water-related rights: water, self-government, and adequate levels of environment protection.
Arctic Governance: Traditional Knowledge of Arctic Indigenous Peoples from an International Policy Perspective
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Author/Creator
Terry Fenge
Bernard W. Funston
Description
Argues that the values, approaches and conclusions grounded in traditional knowledge, should be incorporated into the negotiation and implementation of international agreements and decision-making processes.
Arctic Wildlife
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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Presents an ecological and nutritional overview of Inuit food sources.
BC First Nations Land Use Planning: Effective Practices: A Guide Prepared for the New Relationship Trust
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Author/Creator
Ecotrust Canada
Description
Summarizes the knowledge arising from First Nations land use planning activities as expressed through practitioners and participants themselves.
Final version.
Best Practices For First Nation Involvement In Environmental Assessment Reviews Of Development Projects In British Columbia
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Author/Creator
Elmar Plate
Malcolm Foy
Rick Krehbiel
Description
Report provides suggestions of how to promote the meaningful involvement of First Nations in the environmental assessment processes with respect to land and resources.
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.
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.
Corporate – Aboriginal Agreements on Mineral Development: The Wider Implications of Contractual Arrangements
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Rethinking Extractive Industries Conference ; 2009
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Author/Creator
Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh
Description
Examines the benefits and implications from agreements between mining companies and Aboriginal communities.
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,
Drinking Water Advisories In First Nations Communities In Canada: A National Overview, 1995-2007
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Author/Creator
Alan Willsie
Georgine Pastershank
Kathleen Lydon-Hassen
Caroline Mimeault
Cheng Wu
Ellen Travis
Description
Reports the statistics on the duration, origin and number of advisories issued.
'Duty to Consult', Environmental Impacts, and Métis Indigenous Knowledge
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Aboriginal Policy Research Series (Institute on Governance)
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Author/Creator
Annette Chrétien
Brenda Murphy
Description
Looks at the definition of rights-bearing Métis and the challenges involved with the consultation processes for environmental issues.
Engaging Aboriginal Cultures: An Emergency Responder's Guide
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Author/Creator
British Columbia. Ministry of Environment
Description
Resource offers information on cultural understanding, how culture might conflict with environmental emergencies, relationship building, emergency planning and emergency response phase.
Environmental Health and First Nations Women: Research Paper
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Description
Key environmental issues include contaminants, food quality, air quality, housing issues, and climate change.
Ethics and Research with Aboriginal Communities
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Author/Creator
Marc G. Stevenson
Description
Outlines principles that are intended to promote research that is scientifically and culturally competent, is in keeping with Aboriginal values and traditions, and is mutually beneficial and empowering to both Canada’s Aboriginal and research communities.
Finding Your Voice: Environmental Toolkit for Aboriginal Women
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Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Developed to give practical information on being proactive about environmental issues.
Accompanying material Facilitator's Guide
First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study: Results from the Atlantic Region 2014
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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."
Gaining Momentum: Sharing 96 Best Practices of First Nations Comprehensive Community Practices
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Author/Creator
Jeff Cook
Description
Profiles gathered from Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal planners and practitioners currently undertaking process with First Nations. Covers areas of governance, land use planning, consultation, and environmental management.
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.
Geologic and Geomorphologic Survey of Coastal Islands of the Tawich National (Marine) Conservation Area, Eastern James Bay (2009)
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Author/Creator
George McCourt
Youcef Larbi
Henry Stewart
Description
Information gathered on the Cape Hope Islands, outer Old Factory Islands, Weston Island, Solomon's Temple Islands and the Paint Hills Islands for Parks Canada and the Wemindji-McGill Protected Areas project.
Impacts of FSC Certification in the Canadian Boreal Forest: Exploring Partnerships Between Forest Companies and Aboriginal Peoples
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Author/Creator
Sara Teitelbaum
Description
"The analysis of three forest companies revealed that the FSC certification process did indeed have a positive influence on their corporate practice vis-à-vis Aboriginal communities".
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Thematic Indicators Project
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Author/Creator
Alexis Michael
Dipal Damani
Darryn DiFrancesco
Jessica Dickson
Gary Seto ... [et al.]
Description
Identifies key performance indicators across six thematic areas: health and well-being, environment, education, economy, governance and infrastructure.
Inuit Arctic Policy
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Author/Creator
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Description
Discusses updated version of Inuit Arctic Policy looking at goals and objectives, Inuit rights, peace and security, environmental, social and economic issues.
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.
Land Claim Agreements and the North to 2030
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2030 North National Planning Conference
Session Paper (2030 North) ; no. 3
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Author/Creator
John Donihee
Description
Discuses the integral importance of agreements and future role that they can play in addressing change in the North.
Learning & Knowing in Indigenous Societies Today
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Author/Creator
Marie-Claude Mattéi Muller
Margaret Florey
Stanford Zent
Jorge Ishizawa
Grimaldo Rengifo ... [et al.]
Description
Papers discuss loss of language and Indigenous knowledge and ways of learning in various countries.
A Legal Guide to Aboriginal Drinking Water: A Prairie Province Perspective
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Author/Creator
Linda F. Duncan
Marie Ann Bowden
Making Connections Through Experiential Education: Teachers and Students in Science 10
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McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 159
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
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Author/Creator
Beth Campbell
Susan Campbell
Marcia Klein
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Reports on the course, Sustainability of Ecosystems taught at Brightsands Science and Environment Centre with a Traditional Knowledge Keeper in a tipi or on the open prairie.
Managing the Risks of Climate Change: A Guide for Arctic and Northern Communities, vol. 1
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Author/Creator
Robert A. Black
James P. Bruce
Mark Egener
Description
Outlines evidence that climate change is due to increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, looks at how those changes are affecting communities and what can be done to manage risk.
Related material: Vol. 2: Workbook and Case Studies.
Managing the Risks of Climate Change: A Guide for Arctic and Northern Communities, vol. 2: Workbook and Case Studies
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Author/Creator
Robert A. Black
James P. Bruce
Mark Egener
Description
Presents a workshop that considered the climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in three general geographic areas: the Eastern Arctic, the Western Arctic, and the Yukon/Mackenzie region.
Related material: Vol. 1.
Mawi'aqnutma'tmk = Let Us Talk Together = Mawi'akanutma'timk: Text Report
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Author/Creator
Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council
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Summarizes discussions about duty of governments to consult with Aboriginal peoples.
Minding Our Words: Instrumental Reason, Communicative Action and Inuit Voice in a Northern Forum Dealing With Climate Change and Healthy Communities
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INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
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Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
Description
Examines theories behind a framework developed about climate change and the response from Inuit to it.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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.
Non-Timber Forest Products: An Economic Opportunity for First Nations' People
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SFM Network Research Note Series ; no. 51
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Author/Creator
Catalina Solano-Rivera
Description
Explores how wildberries are a special type of non-timber forest product that have social, cultural and economic importance for the Gwich’in communities.
Northern Entrepreneurship
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Author/Creator
Katherine Walker
Description
Examines economic, social and environmental entrepreneurship in the North for small to medium-sized businesses.
[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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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
Documents & Presentations
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.
Recommendations for Aboriginal Economic Development
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Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
Description
Presents recommendations that would provide support for significant and sustained Aboriginal economic development and an immediate stimulus to address the current economic crisis.
Returning Canada to a Path of Principle: An Arctic and Inuit Perspective
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LaFontaine-Baldwin Lecture ; 9th, 2009
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Author/Creator
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Description
Speech notes for the 9th Lafontaine-Baldwin Lecture Institute for Canadian Citizenship.
Seasonal Circles
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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.
Sivummut III - Economic Development Strategy Conference: Summary Report for Participants
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Author/Creator
Edna Elias
Kirt Ejesiak
Okalik Eegeesiak
Description
Overview of Conference held in Iqaluit, Nunavut February 2009, which brought together stakeholders committed to economic development for brainstorming and planning.