London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 26, Indigenous Peoples: Historical Understanding, Contemporary Challenges and Canadian Approaches, 2010/2011, pp. 9-25
Description
Argues the process should be an opportunity to change the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, but this change hinges on the general public's acceptance of the need to redefine history and national identity.
Alberta Law Review, vol. 36, no. 1, Symposium on Aboriginal Legal Issues, December 1997, pp. 180-217
Description
Argues that the definition of Aboriginal rights must be broadened to include all Aboriginal peoples and that the inherent, sui generis rights of the Metis should date not from pre-contact but from the imposition of colonial law and government.
Detailed chronology and analysis of police actions in case involving disappearance and murder of numerous women by serial killer Robert Pickton from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Vancouver Police Department report gives chronology of events and analysis of factors of that contributed to failure to recognize that serial killer Robert Pickton was operating in the area.
Prairie Perspectives on Indian Residential Schools, Truth, and Reconciliation, The Forks, Winnipeg, MB, Thursday 17 June 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Powell
Description
Using historical comparisons, examines present concepts and Indian residential school policy as part of a larger government plan to assimilate Indigenous people.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 60-63
Description
Discusses and summarizes new movement in Indigenous communities that presents as an alternative to the global crisis.
To access this article, scroll down to page 60.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 25, no. 1, 2010, pp. 21-49
Description
Looks at various socially and culturally constructed categories of discrimination and demonstrates the need for courts to employ multidimensionality theory in cases of complex oppression.
Standing Committee of Attorneys-General Working Group on Indigenous Justice
Description
Australian document which evaluates success in terms of five goals meant to improve the responsiveness of the legal system in terms of the Aboriginal population.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 579-593
Description
Focuses on the overlapping legal and ethical issues regarding non-Native collaborators and the colonizing relationship to Native American texts or put more simply intellectual property rights of Native American life stories.
Background Paper (Library of Parliament, Research Branch) ; BP-284E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen McKenzie
Description
"This paper provides a very brief background to the issue, discusses the need for special native child care provisions, and outlines the kind of programs that exist at the present time."
Book review of: Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada by Kenichi Matsui.
Scroll down to page 138 to read review.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 49-61
Description
Discussion of public domain trust allotments, a class of specific lands, for individuals, created by the General Allotment Act of 1887 and the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act (NIFRMA).
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 86-94
Description
Looks at the FFAED which focuses on federal governmental action to realize the full economic potential of Aboriginal Canadians and six related policies.
Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 5, October 2010, p. 745–762
Description
Examines a model of sustainable development planning based on a case study of a successful planning process that balances social, economic, and environmental values.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 2, Spring, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Tradition from Maori community discussed and perspectives on its use and adoption in justice institutions and policies in Canada.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
No Action, No Progress: FAFIA’s Report on Canada’s Progress in Implementing the 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Description
"Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action Report on Canada's Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations Made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2008".
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Contends that the Government of British Columbia stands in violation of its obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.