Canada and the End of Empire ; With Good Intentions: Euro-Canadian and Aboriginal Relations in Colonial Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Marshall
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, September 2007, pp. 305-306
Description
Two book reviews: Canada and the end of Empire edited by Philip Buckner.
With Good Intentions edited by Celia Haig-Brown and David A. Nock.
The Canada Problem in Aboriginal Politics
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Yale Belanger
Description
Chronicles significant developments in the relationship between the Federal government and First Peoples.
Chapter from Visions of the Heart: Canadian Aboriginal Issues (3rd ed.) edited by Olive Patricia Dickason and David Long.
Canada's Accommodating Judiciary: How the Supreme Court of Canada can Actively Encourage Negotiations in Aboriginal Rights and Treaty Claims
Theses
Author/Creator
John T. Burns
Description
Legal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2007.
Canada's Tous Azimuts Arctic Foreign Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joël Plouffe
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring, 2011, pp. 69-94
Description
Looks at Canada's current foreign policy discourse based on self-assertive and undefined strategic outcomes.
Canada Suicide Prevention Efforts Lagging, Experts Say
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 183, no. 1, January 11, 2011, pp. E27-E28
Description
Discusses the need for Canada to adopt the United Nations guidelines for suicide prevention in an effort to reduce deaths.
Canada, the Arctic, and Post-National Identity in the Circumpolar World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Williams
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring, 2011, pp. 113-131
Description
Looks into the complex interplay between Canada's Arctic identities and Arctic policy.
Canadian Arctic Shipping: Issues and Perspectives
Alternate Title
Occasional Paper Series (International Centre for Northern Governance and Development) ; v.11-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Adam Lajeunesse
Will Russell
A. E. Johnston
Description
Assessment of Arctic shipping potential in Canada, the benefits of potential increases in Arctic shipping and growth in Arctic cruise tourism.
Canadian First Nation Community Economic Development Planning: Key Factors for Success
Theses
Author/Creator
Collette D. Manuel
Description
Environmental Design (Planning) Thesis (MEDes)--University of Calgary, 2007.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on First Nations Child Welfare: Why if Canada Wins, Equality and Justice Lose
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 33, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 187-194
Description
Discusses how First Nations children on reserves receive less child welfare funding than other children in Canada despite the fact that First Nations children have higher child welfare needs.
Canadian Leadership in the Circumpolar World: An Agenda for the Arctic Council Chairmanship, 2013-2015
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Exner-Pirot
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring , 2011, pp. 7-27
Description
Argues that Canada should lead governance reform in the Arctic due to unique location within the Circumpolar World.
Canadian Policy Interventions During the Mad Cow Crisis: Cause and Consequence of First Nation Exclusion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
Tom Allen
Trina Schmid
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 2, Fall , 2011, pp. 70-77
Description
Looks at access to federal and provincial funding by Aboriginal cattle producers in Saskatchewan during the 2003 crisis.
Census Numbers May Hurt Some First Nations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, March 16, 2007, p. A11
Description
States that Statistics Canada figures on the number of people living on reserve are considerably lower than Indian Affairs statistics and discusses how this may negatively affect formula funding.
A Change of Residence: Government Schools and Foster
Homes as Sites of Forced Aboriginal Assimilation – A Paper Designed to Provoke Thought and Systemic Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson
Bill Nelson
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, 2007, pp. 75-83
Description
Discusses similarities of two residential structures, government schools and foster homes, that have housed Aboriginal children when they were removed from their people. The paper is an attempt to influence child welfare practice in ways that would respect the integrity of family and Aboriginal communities.
Changing Land Tenure, Defining Subjects, Neoliberalism and Property Regimes on Native Reserves
Alternate Title
Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jessica Dempsey
Kevin Gould
Juanita Sundberg
Description
Advocates for promotion of private property ownership as opposed to collective ownership as the path to poverty reduction.
Chapter 12 from Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada edited by Andrew Baldwin, Laura Cameron and Audrey Kobayashi.
Chief Loco: Apache Peacemaker
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
T. Christopher Aplin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 464-466
Description
Book review of: Chief Loco: Apache Peacemaker by Bud Shapard.
The Children Remembered: Residential Schools Archive Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada Archives
Description
Website includes photographs of students, staff, and buildings, and histories of United Church-run schools.
Children: The Silenced Citizens: Effective Implementation of Canada's International Obligations with Respect to the Rights of Children: Final Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Raynell Andreychuk
Joan Fraser
Roceo Dallaire
Mobina S.C. Jaffer
Noël A. Kinsella ... (et al.)
Description
Also contains the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child (Appendix B) and Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (Appendix C).
Citizens Plus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Indian Chiefs of Alberta
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 188-281
Description
Also known as the "Red Paper". Written in response to the White Paper Policy, discusses the political and legal debates concerning the position of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Close the Gap: 80,000 Australians Join Cathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe and Michael Long Calling on the Nation's Leaders to Narrow 17 Year Gap Between Aboriginal and Other Australians
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 18-19
Description
Article chronicles efforts that activists are undertaking to persuade the government to make changes to, 'close the gap' within a generation.
Close the Gap - Indigenous Health Campaign Statements of Support
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 3, May/June 2007, pp. 28-31
Description
Contains statements of support from various Australian organizations regarding health care inequalities between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal citizens.
Colonial Fracture And Community Cohesion: Governance In The Stó:Lõ Community Of Shxw'õwhámél
Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Description
Paper discusses three topics: the process of adopting the Siyá:m System of leadership, the limitations of the system as expressed by members of the community, and the government and missionary actions which isolated and curtailed the traditional inter-village family interactions.
Colonialism as a Broader Social Determinant of Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karina Czyzewski
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-14
Description
Looks at the influences of colonialism on Aboriginal mental health with emphasis on the effects of intergenerational trauma on communities.
Colonialism's Currency: A Political History of First Nations Money-Use in Quebec and Ontario, 1820-1950
Theses
Author/Creator
Brian Gettler
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Quebec at Montreal, 2011.
A Comparison of First Nations and Non-Aboriginal Children Investigated for Maltreatment in Canada in 2003
Alternate Title
CECW Information Sheet ; no. 66
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce MacLaurin
Nico Trocmé
Barbara Fallon
Cindy Blackstock
Lisa Pitman
Megan McCormack
Description
Looks at the Mesnmimk Wasatek Report for influences affecting First Nations children in the Canadian child welfare system.
Comprehensive Study Report: Wollaston Lake Road: Saskatchewan Department of Highways and Transportation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Description
Proposed construction of a 100 kilometer all-weather road from Highway 905 in northern Saskatchewan to the settlement of Wollaston Lake and the Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation community.
Conservancies in British Columbia, Canada: Bringing Together Protected Areas and First Nations' Interests
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine L. Turner
Christopher P. H. Bitonti
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 2011, pp. 1-15
Description
Reviews First Nations' role in provincial land and resource management and conservation and the related opportunities and challenges of Conservancy designation.
Conservation Controversy: Sparrow, Marshall, and the Mi'kmaq of Esgenoôpetitj
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah J. King
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Traditional Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-14
Description
Explores traditional beliefs used in conservation management in relation to decisions from the Supreme Court.
Conservatives Back Down on Ile-a-la-Crosse Promise
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 11, February 2007, p. 8
Description
Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice announces, "Métis students who attended the [Ile-a-la-Crosse Residential] school" will not be part of the Indian residential school compensation agreement.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Conservatives Writing Off First Nations Issues
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, March 23, 2007, p. A9
Description
States that the Federal Conservative government's policies are marginalizing moderate First Nations leaders.
Consolidated Democracies and the Past: Transitional Justice in Spain and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Dunbar
Federal Governance, vol. 8, no. 2, Federalism and Conflict Management, 2011, pp. 15-28
Description
Illustrates how two countries deal with historical legacies of violence and repression.
Consolidated Mandate
Alternate Title
Consolidated Mandate of the Indian Claims Commission
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Establishment of mandate, by Order-in-Council P.C. 1991-1329, of an agency to consider and conduct inquiries into certain matters related to land claims by First Nations in Canada. The mandate also spells out the end for the Indian Claims Commission by asking for final reporting March 31, 2009. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Consultation Guidelines
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Interest in the Land
Alberta’s First Nations Consultation Guidelines on Land Management and Resource Development
Consultation in Alberta
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
BearPaw Media Productions
Description
Brief outline of the Canadian and Alberta government's duty to consult with First Nations when economic development will impact their lands.
Consulting with the Crown: A Guide for First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cathy Guirguis-Awadalla
Stephanie Allen
Merrell-Ann Phare
Description
Explains the meaning of consultation and provides a tool to assist First Nations in effectively engaging in consultation with Canadian provincial and federal governments.
Contractual and Covenantal Conceptions of Modern Treaty Interpretation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
The Supreme Court Law Review, vol. 54, 2011, pp. [475]-491
Description
Examines the impact of two Supreme Court of Canada decisions regarding the interpretations of modern treaties.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada Covering the Period April 1999-March 2006
E-Books
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love with Your Country
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bruce Pascoe
Cool Things in the Collection: Sessional Journal of the Legislative Assemby of Assiniboia, 1870
Alternate Title
Sessional Journal of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia, 1870
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Epp
Joan Sinclair
Manitoba History, vol. 65, Winter, 2011, pp. 51-53
Description
Looks at a key document instrumental in helping to rewrite Manitoba history.
Creating a Market for Inuit Art: 1949-1967
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Susan Rowley
Description
Speaker uses examples from the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia to illustrate talk which focuses on federal government's involvement in creation and marketing of Inuit art.
Duration: 1:13:11.
Creating Futures: Influencing the Social Determinants of Mental Health and Wellbeing in Rural, Indigenous and Island Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Calma
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S5-S9
Description
Comments on the link between negative social determinants and mental ill-health and how to address these issues.
Crisis on Tap: First Nations Water for Life
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
University of Victoria Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
Description
Documentary takes a critical look at the environmental public health challenge as expressed by First Nations peoples living in Canada.
Duration: 30:15.
The Curious Instance of the Irregular Band: A Case Study of Canada's Missing Recognition Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert K. Groves
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 70, 2007, pp. 153-182
Description
Argues that Canada has no policy or tools to deal with Aboriginal groups and that Canada needs a direction for Aboriginal recognition policy.
Customary Food, Feasting and Legal Identities at Paq'tnkek First Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Samantha R. McKenzie
Description
Anthropology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--St. Francis Xavier University, 2011.
Dangerous Order: Globalization, Canadian Cities, and Street-Involved Sex Work
Theses
Author/Creator
Shawna Ferris
Description
English and Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2007.
Debates of the Senate
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Lillian Eva Dyck
Description
Address by Lillian Eva (Quan) Dyck on the convocation of 23 students of the new Indigenous Peoples Resource Management Program at the University of Saskatchewan.
Decolonization as Reconciliation: The Colonial Dilemma of Canada's Residential School Apology and Restitution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Elgersma
Journal of Conflict Transformation & Security, vol. 1, no. 2, July 2011, p. [?]
Description
Examines the apology and the TRC's capacity to bring about effective reconciliation due to a colonial attitude that creates potential problems.
Department Rejection Can Still Be Fought
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader-Post, August 13, 2007, p. A3
Description
Discusses the denied Aboriginal rights claims by nine Dakota First Nations. Canada argues that these people are refugees, following the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1976, but the Dakota argues that they were in fact returning to their traditional lands in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Designing a Crown Consultation Program: Can Crown Consultation be Informed by Participation Theory?
Theses
Author/Creator
Chantale M. Simons
Description
Environmental Science Thesis (M.E.Des.)--University of Calgary, 2007.