Looks at current context in Alberta; need for gender-specific programming; issue of financing; lack of awareness of business opportunities and start-up resources; and need to build relationships in communities. Presents two-point plan to address needs of Indigenous women.
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2017.
Includes biographies of Robert Davidson, Roy Henry Vickers, Marvin Oliver, and Susan Point.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2009, p. 19
Description
Comments on One Earth Farms, the largest corporate farm in Canada, and its intent to initiate job training programs for First Nations people.
Article located by scrolling to page 19.
Outlines a project that was developed to better understand the land-use planning opportunities and challenges faced by First Nations living in northern Ontario.
Describes some of the main provisions of the Agreement in Principle focusing on aspects that relate most directly to oil and gas activities.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 4 for access.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 153-185
Description
General discussion of consultation and consent, and analysis of recent legal cases which illustrate how Indigenous peoples in Alberta have been excluded from decision-making involving the oil industry.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 25-39
Description
Looks at four factors which emerged from research and fifty-six interviews: developing business skills, integrating culture with economic development, separation of business from community politics, and greater independence from government.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 107-111
Description
Looks at a comparison of a traditional form of measurement to a community based monitoring project which will help to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 107.
Examines characteristics of current participants in the Information and communications technology sector and their employment experiences, and makes recommendations designed to further engagement and increase number of entrants to the field.
Includes sections on historiography and colonialism in the context of Africa, South and East Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Central Steppes, and North America.
From Black Horses to White Steeds: Building Community Resilience
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Author/Creator
Brian Beaton
Franz Seibel
Lyle Thomas
Description
Includes information from 2014 online community questionnaire about digital technology use and local social enterprise, as well two case studies: a Keewaytinook Okimakanak project to support social enterprises and entrepreneurs, and a presentation by an entrepreneur in one of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations.
Paper from From Black Horses to White Steeds: Building Community Resilience edited by Laurie Brinklow and Ryan Gibson.
Prairie Forum, vol. 34, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 1-29
Description
Discusses how two key subsistence strategies, used by First Nations peoples to combat drought, were threatened when the ways of the modern world spread to the Great Plains.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, p. 1
Description
Editorial introducing special themed edition of, International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies focusing on Indigenous people's connection to the economy in Australia.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 4-5
Description
Introduction to journal issue which focuses on Indigenous nomadic pastoralists and the issues and myths they encounter.
To access this article, scroll to page 4.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 4-9
Description
Introduction to journal issue with a focus on policy framework, and REDD, a program for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation to limit the impact of climate change and its impact on indigenous lifestyle, culture and communities.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 41-42
Description
Brief description of articles dealing with Canada's Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development, Native Women's Association of Canada's response to the framework, and progress in reducing First Nation poverty.
Book review of Edmonton House Journals edited by Ted Binnema and Gerhard J. Ens.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 164.
Presents a method to identify and categorize seasonal patterns of weather conducive to specific tourism activities, using a tourism climate index based on hourly weather data.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 55-83
Description
Studies the existing process and suggests a more appropriate system for Aboriginal participation in environmental and resource management that takes into account the traditional world view.
Environmental justice, vol. 2, no. 3, 2009, pp. 117-125
Description
Analyzes contemporary mining developments in Northern Canada, particularly local conflicts, over access to resources that originate with colonialism and the expansion of global capital.
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.