Climate and Development, vol. 7, no. 5, 2015, pp. 401-413
Description
Study by researchers and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) reports on effects of climate change on hunting and fishing and delivery of supplies in community.
Innovation at Work: Adapting a First Nations Community Enterprise Tool to Advance Social Enterprise in British Columbia and Francophone Ontario -- Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Lewis
Michelle Colussi
Éthel Côté
Description
Discusses how the Development Wheel can be used to advance social enterprise in First Nations communities by engaging in enterprise development and community economic development planning.
Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic: Living Conditions and Quality of Life among Inuit, Sami and Indigenous Peoples of Chukotka and the Kola Peninsula
ViBES: Viable Business Enterprises for Rural Alaska
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virginia Fay
Cami Woolam
Sharman Haley
Jane Angvik
Linda Leask ... [et al.]
Description
Purpose of research was to examine needs of existing businesses, challenges faced by prospective owners and make recommendations to facilitate increase in number and diversity of enterprises.
Access to Volume II.
Access to Volume III.
ViBES: Viable Business Enterprises for Rural Alaska
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Angvik and Associates
Description
Provides information about business history and management, economic and community impact, and challenges and lessons learned for 23 businesses.
Access to Volume I.
Access to Volume III.
Looks at how videoconferencing and the supporting broadband infrastructure can be used to connect communities working on sustainable development priorities.
The project is a First Nations-owned and led electricity transmission initiative to eliminate reliance of diesel generation of power. Study looks at benefits to First Nations, whether it is a good use of government/public funding, overall rate of return from a societal perspective, and one-time and ongoing impacts.