IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 1-31
Description
Looks at the success or failure of laws and policies that were meant to protect community rights, culture, and material resources and the use of community protocols as tools.
Documentary about poverty in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and the accompanying problems of homelessness, gang violence and sexual exploitation.
Duration: 35:15.
Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity: Cross-National Perspectives in Classifications ad Identity Politics
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Éric Guimond
Norbert Robitaille
Sacha Senecal
Description
Examines the questions: Why is it so hard to define Aboriginal populations in Canada? How can the recent demographic explosion be explained?
Chapter 12 from Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity edited by Patrick Simon, Victor Piché, and Amélie A. Gagnon.
Canadian Journal of History, vol. 50, no. 3, Since Skyscapers: New Histories of Native-Newcomer Relations ..., Winter, 2015, pp. 492-523
Description
Commission looked into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's killing of sled dogs during the 1950s and 1960s. Focuses on how the inquiry combined written research with oral testimony to produce its final report.
Webinar provides an overview of agreements between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities with limited government interference. Also leads a discussion with participants about Aboriginal community signatories’ expectations, community consent, and the possibility of standardizing IBA negotiations.
Duration: 1:01:00.
Topics included Indigenous men's role in violence, activism around the issue, and international reports and Canada's duty to respond. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:38:19.
Northern Review, no. 39, Consultation and Resource Development in Northern Communities: Russia, Scandinavia & Canada, 2015, pp. 66-87
Description
Looks at international standards and Russian legislation regarding relations between small numbered Indigenous people of the Russian North, Siberia and Far East with mining, oil, and gas companies.
Non-Status and Off-Reserve Aboriginal Representation in New Brunswick Speaking for Treaty And Claims Beneficiaries: Final Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jula Hughes
Roy Stewart
Anthea Plummer
Description
Outlines the historical background of Aboriginal populations; describes New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council's organizational structure, representational capacity and track record of advocacy, with particular reference to membership recognition and representation through programming, in litigation, and policy development; analyzes demographics and options for representation of four groups: Status Indians residing off reserve; non-Status Indians; General List Indians of the Harquail Clan (Sickadomec); and never-registered populations.
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 41-80
Description
Looks at how policy-making has addressed mine and mineral exploration reclamation problems in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern Labrador, and Nunavik.
Report divided into three pathways: fostering communities, alliances, and hope, advancing awareness and recognizing rights, and improving health and wellness.
Includes four case studies: Tk’emlups te Secwepemc and the City of Kamloops; Tsleil Waututh Nation and the District of North Vancouver; : Musqueam and the City of Vancouver; : Cowichan Tribes and the City of Duncan; and Fort Nelson First Nation and Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
Closing the Gap: First Nations' Priorities are Canada's Priorities
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Speaks about a plan for collaborative change to close the gap between Canadian and Indigenous people's quality of life. According to the United Nation's Human Development Index country as whole is rated sixth, while Indigenous people are rated at 63rd.
Duration: 1:17:26.
[Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Creative Leaders Symposium]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hope Henderson
Aditya Jha
thorvick's method productions
Description
First speaker discusses Foundation's role in supporting law enforcement volunteers working with Aboriginal youth through the Partnerships for Community in Action initiative.
Second speaker discusses prospects for Canada's future prosperity given it's demographics and the importance of Aboriginal economic engagement.
Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:21:59
Re-Storying Maori Legal Histories: Indigenous Articulations in Nineteenth-Century Aotearoa New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nēpia Mahuika
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 40-66
Description
Comments on why Hāmana Mahuika's assailant was tried in a settler court rather than dealt with by the Indigenous peoples in accordance with their own laws and customs.
Looks at recent discourse on domestic trafficking of Indigenous women and girls and the shift in language and framework towards an effort to recategorize violence as worthy of legal response.
Revisiting RCAP: Towards Reconciliation: The Future of Indigenous Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
Description
Summary of conference discussions which focused on six themes: state of reconciliation; imaging possibilities, assessing priorities for immediate action, identifying best practices, restoring trust to relationships with governments, and building relationships with industry.