Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; February 2011
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-201]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Palladini
Description
This report calculates and compares the gross domestic product output in Canada’s Northern regions, including the three territories and the Northern parts of seven provinces, between 1999 and 2009.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 481-514
Description
Discusses how the mountaineers narratives associated with the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition can offer insights to an epistemology of place where landscapes, nature and culture exist as an integrated entity.
Quill & Quire, vol. 61, no. 12, December 1995, p. 10
Description
Looks at some of the institutions and people who are publishing and the reasons for publishing, for example, the Yinka-Dene Language Institute is publishing to preserve the Carrier-Sekani language, history, and culture.
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 39, no. 2, 1995, pp. 120-130
Description
Seven characteristics of economic development are identified, current development theories considered and the partnership of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council and Millar Western is described.
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
Scientific Panel for Sustainable Forest Practices in Clayoquot Sound
Description
Looks at a framework for developing new forest practices standards that include Nuu-Chah-Nulth participation in co-managing the area and its resources by using their knowledge and personal experience.
American Literature, vol. 83, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 449-451
Description
Book reviews of:
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England by Jean M. O'Brien
Indian Work: Language and Livelihood in Native American History by Daniel H. Usner
X-Marks: Native Signatures of Assent by Scott Richard Lyons.
Book reviews found by scrolling to page 449.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 20
Description
Looks at a fourteen acre organic vegetable garden created to employ community members and help them live a healthier lifestyle.
Article located by scrolling to page 20.
Former Primer Minister Offers Encouragement For Young Entrepreneurs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 10, November 2011, p. 16
Description
Looks at the Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneur Program, open to students at the Oskayak High School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which is designed to develop business skills and to encourage youth to stay in school.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Video of speech given by the Director of Economic Development for the Whitecap Dakota Nation and Chief Executive Officer of the Whitecap Development Corporation at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference.
Three parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part.
Total Duration: 38:06.
Contends mining companies should act consistently with the principles of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) even in the absence of specific legislative requirements.
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 19, no. 4, March 2011, pp. 376-384
Description
Examines the changing approaches towards sustainable development undertaken by the Mining Association of Canada within the mineral industry over a period of approximately 20 years.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 8, August 2011, p. 16
Description
Comments on ten Saskatchewan youth who attended the 2011 Native American Youth Entrepreneurship Camp in Arizona and the skills attained from participating.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Discusses the University of Manitoba City Planning Department and four Manitoba First Nations' partnership to work on community development and issues. Themes identified were: housing development, commercial activity, natural and traditional preservation areas, recreation, water and waste management transportation, community services and culture.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 29, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 37-47
Description
Examines whether the approved environmental assessment for the Victor Diamond Mine in northern Ontario was properly scoped using criteria identified by the Government of Canada.
First Nations negotiate with the Province of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority and the Western Canada Lottery Corporation for gaming agreement.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 4, April 2011, p. 21
Description
Comments on an awards gala held to honour the best Aboriginal business achievers, identifying one business and one individual each year.
Article found by scrolling to page 21.
Looks at institutional arrangements created by the Agreement and how they affect harvesting rights, management of wildlife and habitat, wildlife research, and assessment of environmental impacts of development. Gives special attention to wildlife co-management mechanisms which represent interests of both government and the Inuvialuit.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Tradition Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-4
Description
Looks at methods to engage tribes and First Nations in the development of resource management of public lands using their traditional ecological knowledge.
Impact Assessment & Project Appraisal, vol. 29, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 49-58
Description
Presents results from research into the perspectives on environmental assessments of Canadian indigenous peoples, in particular British Columbia’s West Moberly First Nations, the Halfway River First Nation and the Treaty 8 Tribal Association.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
Description
Discussion on Indigenous governance and territorial autonomy in defence of Indigenous rights and the destruction that the Patuca III dam project would cause.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 215-240
Description
Discusses definitions and contemporary significance of subsistence and indigenous economies; explores the relationship between subsistence and wage labor, particularly from the perspective of women; looks at the roles of indigenous women in subsistence activities; and examines the indigenous economic systems and the concept of the social economy as a foundation for contemporary indigenous governance.