Discusses the cancellation of the Great Whale Project by Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau and why the Cree and many others are pleased about the decision.
Duration: 2:26.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, [Rethinking Blackness and Indigeneity in the Light of Settler Colonial Theory], May 2019, pp. 25-48
Description
Using a comparative approach to the two institutions argues that their primary goal was to mold Indigenous and Black students into a labor force for U.S. racial-settler capitalism.
Discusses general characteristics of Indigenous-led assessments and highlights two projects: the Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation's Review of KGHM-Ajax-Abacus Mine proposal and the Squamish Nation's Assessment of Woodfibre LNG Plant.
Provides background information on barriers, includes key findings from the report First Nations and Inuit Access to Capital Economic Development, Business and Infrastructure, and makes policy recommendations for addressing the identified deficits.
Discusses specific partnerships from across British Columbia in numerous industry sectors including forestry, fisheries, renewable energy, and hospitality. Looks at how relationships were started and critical turning points that served as a catalyst for change.
Discusses and recommends actions under four topics: reflection and learning, leading and transformation, inclusive workplaces, and outreach and engagement.
First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Québec (FNHRDCQ)
Description
Collection of best practices used by companies. Provides information on context, workforce awareness, advantages to workforce diversity, employment challenges, and the elements of a successful integration strategy.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 31-54
Description
Study analyzes 24 years of US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data (1991-2015) from eight states to examine the degree to which Indigenous people are overrepresented in the lower paying, less desirable, non-managerial, public sector positions in local and state government bureaucracies and underrepresented in the more desirable, better paying, managerial positions.
Conference Board of Canada - Northern and Aboriginal Policy
Description
Focuses on the Aboriginal Financing Program and Aboriginal Developmental Lending Assistance program associated with the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association, and the Business Development Bank of Canada's Aboriginal portfolio.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Discusses appropriate measurement of costs and benefits of resource development, Aboriginal self-determination over economic development, and the potential of revenue sharing to producing viable Aboriginal economies. Looks at four case studies: hydro-electric projects in Northern Manitoba; military use of land in Nunavik; oil and gas development in Alberta; and resource development in Saskatchewan.
Study focuses on possibilities for smaller, locally or jointly owned operations rather than the predominant "job and business opportunity creation" model associated with large-scale, externally owned and export oriented development. Looks at the American experience as well as international examples.
Land Economics, vol. 74, no. 2, May 1998, pp. 162-171
Description
Study conducted on the Chimane Amerindians in Bolivia's rain forest had two tentative conclusions: conservation is enhanced when land rights of Indigenous peoples are protected and high private discount rates do not necessarily increase deforestation.
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 119-142
Description
Study examines the potential opportunities and barriers for women living rurally in Rwanda to use their Indigenous knowledge around the production of fermented milk-based beverages as a means of economic empowerment.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 4, May 1994, p. 21
Description
Saskatchewan Indian Federated College and the University of Saskatchewan create the only MBA Program in Canada designed specifically for Indigenous peoples.