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Barriers to Economic Development in Indigenous Communities: Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Building a Resilient and Prosperous North: Centre for the North Five-Year Compendium Report
The Business Case for Investing in Canada's Remote Communities
Digital Divides and the 'First Mile': Framing First Nations Broadband Development in Canada
Duck Lake Indian Agency Office Records (E19)
Failing Canada's First Nations Children
First Mile Challenges to Last Mile Rhetoric: Exploring the Discourse between Remote and Rural First Nations and the Telecom Industry
First Nations Women's Evacuation During Pregnancy From Rural and Remote Reserves
Food for Thought: Access to Food in Canada’s Remote North
Food for Thought: Access to Food in Canada's Remote North
[[The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence Series: Iqualuit Gathering, April 12, 2017]
Grassy Narrows Reserve: Mercury Pollution, Social Disruption, and Natural Resources: A Question of Autonomy
Indigenous Broadband Policy Advocacy in Canada's Far North
Discusses the history of Indigenous engagement with media and telecommunication policy and looks at how a consortium composed of academic researchers and First Nations technology organizations used hearings held by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to bring three issues to the forefront: open access to transport networks; subsidy support for First Nations community networks; and the need for consultation with Indigenous communities about infrastructure development and service upgrades taking place in their territories.
Is it Time to Build a Road to Prosperity in the Far North?
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
On the Front Lines of Canada's Northern Strategy
Power Shift in Remote Indigenous Communities: A Cross-Canada Scan of Diesel Reduction and Clean Energy Policies
Recommendations on Northern Infrastructure to Support Economic Development
Recommendations on Northern Sustainable Food Systems
The Role of the Public Sector in Northern Governance
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Cece McAuley and Closing Remarks
McCauley comments on Aboriginal staffing issues with the Inuvik RCMP, as well as job training and government employment generally in Northern communities. Following McCauley's comments is a general discussion between Commissioners John Holman and preceding presenter George Gillies on Inuvik hospital maintenance costs.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Elizabeth Hansen, Councillor, Inuvik Native Band
Presenter discusses the importance of promoting, preserving, and maintaining Gwich'in cultural heritage and issues such as economic development, housing, social services, alcoholism, drug, and solvent abuse, justice and health services.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by George Gillies, Inuvik Regional Hospital
In response to a question by Commissioner Allan Blakeney, Gillies discusses the amount of health staff in the Mackenzie Delta area including the proportion of Aboriginal employees, and their positions. Commissioner Mary Sillett also asks a staffing question, and then preceding presenter Patricia Lowe and Allan Blakeney discuss northern community staffing issues.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Patricia Lowe, Society of Friends Against Family Violence
Lowe discusses the society's work promoting the establishment of a shelter for battered women and children in Inuvik over the past four years, and why such a facility is needed.