Research Report (Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business) ; Spring, 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB)
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Description
Reports information about specific barriers gathered at two half-day workshops and through in-depth interviews with approximately 50 industry-related individuals from government, corporate Canada, and Aboriginal businesses.
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
Document reinforces the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) "Call to Action on Education" which has a direct impact on the ability of First Nations communities to create sustainable economies employing Indigenous people.
Summarizes the results of an ethnobotanical study, conducted during 2002-2006, which documented traditional plant knowledge and ecological values of Elders and other knowledgeable community members.
Discusses key features of intellectual property protection, copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, protection against unfair competition, and trade secrets. Includes examples from various countries around the world.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 76, no. 1, March 1995, pp. 103-104
Description
Book review of: Rebirth edited by Anne-Marie Mawhiney. A collection of presentations from the Third Annual Conference of the Institute of Northern Ontario Research and Development (INORD) of Laurentian University.
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.
Comments on the flooding at Red Earth, Saskatchewan and how the media said people were evacuated to Prince Albert and Saskatoon, but many stayed with relatives at the Opaskwayak First Nation at The Pas, or Shoal Lake, Cumberland House and James Smith First Nations.
Presents recommendations for climate change-related action, taking into account issues relating to First Nations peoples impact, adaptation and mitigation measures.
Describes the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve and sets out the legal framework for the Sencot'en Alliance First Nations' involvement in the planning and management of the park.
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.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [276]-282
Description
Overview of research program and case studies which were centered on four themes: governance, land and resources, social/cultural affairs and the north.
Scroll down to page 276 to read article.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 75-127
Description
Examines the Native American population in Southern California and the significant amount of research which has been conducted in the area, concentrating on the Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties.
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 how the negative impacts of resource extraction development can be minimized for increased self reliance, self determination and a sustainable future in Inuit regions.
Critical Criminology, vol. 6, no. 2, 1995, pp. 140-160
Description
Book reviews of:
Indigenous Peoples of the World: An Introduction to Their Past, Present, and Future by Brian Goehring.
The Cypress Hills: The Land and its People by Walter Hildebrandt and Brian Hubner.
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by John Hylton.
Continuing Poundmaker and Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice edited by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson and Roger Carter.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter, 1995/1996, pp. 28-51
Description
Looks at how promotion of Aboriginal cultures serves to further the Government's tourism efforts and how Aboriginal peoples have responded in an effort to exercise control over how they and their cultures are represented.
Land Use Policy, vol. 23, no. 4, October 2006, pp. 385-394
Description
Suggests that an Indigenous groups ability to effectively participate in the planning process is important for achieving land justice and community goals.