Journal of Information Policy, vol. 4, 2014, pp. 228-249
Description
Using the Consortium as an example, authors argue that it is possible for Indigenous groups to influence the outcomes of regulatory proceedings about digital infrastructure and services and identity specific strategies and tactics that can be employed.
Discusses how social movements like Idle No More provided context for jurisdictional discourse and how educational leaders can learn from the discourse to provide appropriate, respectful and balanced learning opportunities for all Canadian citizens.
Harvard International Review, vol. 36, no. 3, Spring, 2015, pp. [64-67]
Description
Looks at ineffective layers of arctic governance which includes local governments, central governments, indigenous councils and the international Arctic Council.
Discuss views by Aboriginal scholar Taiaiake Alfred, theorist on Aboriginal self-governance, and Andrea Smith feminist and activist against violence against women.
Central themes included are: Indigenous governance and socio-cultural relationships with water, water allocation and implications for water rights, legal framework for water and territorial rights, and drinking water issues on reserves.
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.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 10, no. 2, Valuing Indigenous Peoples in Health Research, 2015, pp. 66-87
Description
Study focus on services and preferences, community participation, access to culturally appropriate care, government integration of Indigenous Mapuche culture, and future care.
The Internationalisation of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Ken Coates
Cairin Holroyd
Yvonne Boyer
Thierry Rodon ... Bonita Beatty ... [et al.]
Description
Members of the Internationalization of Indigenous Rights
Research Group report on various aspects of Canada's failure to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Based on discussion held at the 2013 RCIS Conference, Immigration and Settlement: Precarious Futures?", May 15-17, Ryerson University, Toronto. Comments on contradictions of colonial domination regarding immigration and settlement.
University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 64, no. 4, Special Issue: Residential School Litigation and Settlement, August 2014, pp. 479-485
Description
Introduction to articles in special issue based on conference held at the University in Toronto January 2013 regarding Canadian legal system, dealing with the legacy of residential schools, and the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 3, Examining and Applying Safety Zone Theory: Current Policies, Practices, and Experiences, 2014, pp. 1-10
Description
Introduction to three papers delivered at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Philadelphia.
Examines the high cancer rates in Inuit populations and highlights challenges to receiving care, from diagnosis through to survivorship or palliative care.
Database used for tracking people and community changes using population, education, culture, labour force, wellbeing, income, government, and housing categories. Sources include Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
Presenter discusses how reconciliation is about more than equality but also about recognizing the possibility of continuing difference.
Duration: 31:44.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 51, no. 1, 2014, pp. 24-40
Description
Description of conflict which occurred when government declared all reindeer without earmarks as wild, and therefore available for recreational hunting ; animals actually belonged to two local cooperatives.
Fourteenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dawn Lavell Harvard
Description
Brief statement by President of the Native Women's Association of Canada addresses violence in general, murdered and missing women, and Canadian government's failure to respond to these issues.
Investigates events prior to and following the infant's death. Among issues looked at were the actions of the nurse on duty, lack of investigation into the critical incident report, and failure to follow process for monitoring and evaluating operation of the Health Centre.
Argues that the government of Canada has deliberately and consistently underfunded a whole range of services for children living on-reserve.
Duration: 1:00:22.
Talks about contrasts in world views and racism which perpetuate the problem of violence towards women starting from the historical point of contact.
Duration: 20:10.
Project had three phases: initial scan of academic and grey literature dealing with training, education and workforce development programs, jurisdictional scan of government, industry, and Aboriginal-led programs in six case-study regions, and subsequent discussions with stakeholders about findings.
Report (Carleton Centre for Community Innovation) ; R14-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Senada Delic
Description
Investigates academic research, statistics and government reports to find out what is causing a mismatch between employment opportunities and the Aboriginal youth work force in northern Canada.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Description
Provides overview of the current state of public health evidence and identifies information on national organizations working in public health to the end of 2012.
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 207-240
Description
Looks at the role new communication technology played in two scenarios: the inquiry into the construction of a pipeline in the Mackenzie Valley and the Nunavut Impact Review Board hearings into the Mary River ore project.