Discusses the progress of Nunavut’s socio-economic goals and the challenges in advancing their economic and social objectives while coping with economic, social and environmental changes.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
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Key findings: higher education results in higher income ranges, women are more likely to have completed high school and plan to continue their educations, and women most often cited family responsibilities as reason not to continue school.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
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Key findings: women with high school diploma nearly as likely to be employed as men; women more likely to have completed post-secondary studies; women most often cited family responsibilities as reason for non-completion of post-secondary studies while men cited school or need to work for leaving; two-third of respondents planned to pursue further studies.
Discusses successful partnerships in five areas: investment and ownership, employment, procurement, community development, and assessment of environmental impacts.
Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy
Documents & Presentations
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Employment and Social Development Canada
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Contains data on general economic conditions, national maps showing regional variations in unemployment rates and employment gains, regional employment profiles, brief article on women entrepreneurs, and programming update.
Identifies and assesses sources of statistical information which would assist Friendship Centres in fulfilling their mandate to provide training and employment opportunities, enhance social development, and build human resource capacity.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
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Key findings: women more likely to hold high school diploma and to have finished post-secondary studies; women most often cited family responsibilities as reason for leaving high school while men cited school, work and money problems for leaving; school completers equally as likely to be employed, but male leavers more likely to be employed than females.
Environment and Planning A, vol. 40, no. 3, March 2008, pp. 676-695
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Attempts to assess the usability of Massey and Denton's five-dimensional structure of segregation for the study of settlement patterns of Aboriginal people in Canadian cities.
Saskatchewan Economic Boom: Challenges and Opportunities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gary Tompkins
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Presenter discusses the importance of developing public policy to increase Aboriginal participation in the economy, statistical overview of current situation, and issues surrounding the political will to address the problem.
Looks at an initiative launched in 1991 by Indian and Northern Affairs and the Treasury Board Secretariat to increase the participation of Aboriginal people in the labour market.
"This toolkit is designed to assist First Nations in understanding the kinds of clean/renewable energy there are, how to begin looking into doing a clean energy project, pre-feasibility, feasibility, developing, financing, relationship building, opportunities, and where to find resources".
Comparison with non-Aboriginals using statistics on employment, income and education, as well as suggestions for developing three new indicators: governance, land and resources, and entrepreneurship and business development.
Provides statistics on demographics, education and training levels, income, employment rates, career planning services, and Gross Domestic Product by sector, gives results of Northern Career Development Requirements Survey, and makes recommendations based on findings.
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 18
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Heather Crawford
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Uses data to analyze what factors predicted changes in identification and place of usual residence, effect of migration on employment, extent that caring responsibilities had on education and employment outcomes, and characteristics which may explain differences in fertility decisions.