Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; December 2012
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 13-134]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Siomonn Pulla
Description
Outlines difficulties involved in housing construction such as expense of materials, transportation and availability of skilled labour coupled with effects of severe climate. Also presents four case studies and gives recommendations based on findings.
Five-part documentary series about the Shoal Lake 40 Anishinaabe Nation's battle to build a road after their community was forcibly relocated and cut off from the mainland so that water could be supplied to the city of Winnipeg.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education , vol. 30, no. 3, The Community Garden, Spring, April 18, 2019, p. [?]
Description
Article profiles the creation of a new community garden in the Spirit Lake Dakota community; discusses issues of food education, food security, and food sovereignty.
Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas Thesis (M.G.E.N.I.A.)-- Arctic University of Norway / University of Saskatchewan, 2019.
Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 5, no. 1, MOthering, Popular Culture and the Arts, Spring/Summer, 2014, pp. 35-53
Description
Looks at historical maternal traditions and the empowering influences on contemporary motherhood practices.
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 93-112
Description
Analyzes the historical political and economic development in Nunavik and Eeyou Istchee based on the legacy of James Bay and the new economic development plan, The Plan Nord.
Journal of the Indiana University Student Personnel Association, 2012, pp. 27-36
Description
Discusses how identity can affect success in higher education, the transition process, including moving from a majority to minority situation, and similarities between adults returning to academic institutions and Native American students.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study of 31 adolescents aged 12-16; used semi-structured interviews to investigate how Greenlandic adolescents perceive gambling, and to pilot test the Lie/Bet screening-instrument.
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 33-55
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author explores Vizenor’s use of trickster tropes and transnational narrative to explore different expressions of Indigenous identity and how it adapts to and is affected by sites solidarity and sovereignty.
Provides four recommendations: recognize the inherent resilience of these communities, encourage sustainable investment, understand the sources of risk, and ensure that assessment processes follow key principles.
Explains how gathering at the Point to roast wild rice and therefore renewing and honouring relationships between Anishinaabeg, the location and the sacred food constitutes an act of governance.
Humans in the Arctic: How to Create a Climate for Change
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Description
Discusses economic realities, challenges and opportunities in the Arctic and argues that there is strong support from both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community for energy production and exploitation as an opportunity for an improved quality of life.
Duration: 27:29.
Arctic Human Development Report: Regional Processes and Global Linkages
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Gary N. Wilson
Description
Chapter five in book: Arctic Human Development Report: Regional Processes and Global Linkages edited by Joan Nymand Larsen and Gail Fondahl.
Scroll down to page 186 to access chapter.
Looks at recommendations and strategies from front line workers, applicants, elders, healers and health care professionals to make recommendations regarding travel funding for traditional healers.
Canadian Food Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2019, pp. 140-154
Description
Discusses results of project undertaken to map and inventory community gardens and greenhouses in Labrador, Nunavik, Nunavut, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 95-114
Description
Author describes a prison garden program in BC which aims to provide both meaningful and rehabilitative work for men within the prison system, and fresh produce to rural and remote communities suffering from food insecurity.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 2, Workforce Development, Winter, 2014
Description
Discusses how Turtle Mountain Community College is meeting the educational needs of Native American Indians, strengthening tribal sovereignty and self-determination, and positively affecting people’s lives through its teacher education program.
Forecasts three economic scenarios for the Saskatoon census metropolitan area based on provincial goods producing industries, population growth, and rates of investment in employment and infrastructure.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 4, Nation Building, Summer, 2014
Description
Discusses how guar (industrial crop) cultivation and processing has the potential to provide higher paying jobs and help build the economy of the Rosebud Indian Reservation.
Central West Outback Queensland Tourism Association
Description
Toolkit developed for the Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planing and Development Board as part of the action plan for the Central West Outback Queensland Tourism Association.