Documentary examines the housing crisis facing Attawapiskat First Nation, which precipitated Chief Theresa Spence's declaration of a state of emergency.
Duration: 50:14.
Northern Review, no. 35, Travel and Tourism in the Circumpolar North, Spring, 2012, pp. 69-95
Description
Describes findings from interviews with individuals from the federal government and Government of Nunavut, and industry personnel and managers. Concludes that a multi-stakeholder approach is needed to address challenges.
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Description
Explains the background and operation of the Scrip system which as put in place by the federal government as a way of extinguishing the Métis' Indian title and dealing with the land grant provided by the Manitoba Act, 1870.
"41st Parliament, 1st Session (June 2, 2011 - September 13, 2013)"
Overview of the actions taken by the Government of Canada with respect to Aboriginal issues of education, reconciliation, governance and self-government, economic development, empowering citizens and protecting the vulnerable, and resolution of land issues.
Examines the history of Aboriginal-Governmental relations, with a close look at the factors that may influence future relatiions in regards to aboriginal justice.
Literature review, consultations with the community and interviews with Aboriginal young adults were conducted to help identify emerging issues and understand the current situation in sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Looks at how First Nations and Inuit communities are using broadband networks and information and communication technologies; and discusses the broadband projects and federal broadband Initiatives in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Documentary examines the controversy surrounding the decline in the sled dog population between 1950-1970. Many Inuit believe that dogs were killed as part of government policy, while officials deny this claim.
Some images may be disturbing to viewers.
Duration: 68:08.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
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Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
Recommends that focus should be on increasing access to alternative financing options, strengthening capacity to leverage different sources of financing, and comprehensive community planning for capital assets.
Reports ongoing improvements of the Reconciliation Action Plan Program (RAP) to lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people through education, employment and business.
[Working Group on the Reduction of the Cost of Living in Nunavik]
Description
Provides information on socio-economic context, evaluates effectiveness and efficiency of existing measures and programs, and makes recommendations for improvements.
Policy Series (Frontier Centre for Public Policy) ; no. 130
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joseph Quesnel
Meredith Lilly
Description
Comments on the advantages of charter schools and suggests that the emphasis should be on excellence and choice for First Nations or Aboriginal students.
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 4, December 2012, pp. 466-475
Description
Discuses results of qualitative interviews with key policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, and consulting firms about existing challenges and opportunities in developing alternate sources of energy.
Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 67, The Role of Social Economy in Supporting, Challenging, and Innovating Canadian Social Policy, 2012, pp. [74]-79
Description
Looks at building relationships between government and First Nations based on a better understanding of perspectives to provide opportunities involving community determined priorities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 274-286
Description
Article describes the social and political factors and events that influenced and were a part of the extended process of repatriating potlatch artifacts that had been confiscated in 1922 under an amendment to the Indian Act prohibiting the potlatch ceremony.
Responding to the increasing number of Aboriginal people in Montreal coming into contact with the criminal justice system this study looks at over-reliance of imprisonment and lack of programming regarding a prevention approach.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 99-135
Description
Looks at strategies Indigenous peoples use to deal with state power and suggests an alternative way.
Prairie Forum, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall, 1996, pp. 149-176
Description
Describes the link between federal First Nations health care, in the period 1890 to 1930, and the social reform goals and values of that same time period.
Describes the establishment of the organization and the environment of the development of broadband telecommunications in northern Saskatchewan.
Chapter sixteen from Connecting Canadians: Investigations in Community Informatics edited by Andrew Clement, Michael Gurstein, Graham Longford, Marita Moll, Leslie Regan Shade.
Brief discussion of the impact of colonialism, factors which place individuals at risk for homelessness, common life experiences of the majority of the population, government responses, and list of practices needed in the continuum of care.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter H. Russell
Description
Argues that while RCAP may be seen as a failure in terms of its recommendations being implemented, as an attempt to establish consensual understanding of the relationship between Aboriginal people and other Canadians, it was a success.