Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) Canada
Description
Traces history of discrimination in the Act and gives timeline for the Bill. Proposed amendments came about as a result of the Quebec Superior Court's ruling in the Descheneault case.
Uses Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) Offender Intake Assessment (OIA) in conjunction with data from One-Day Snapshot of Inmates in Canada's Adult Correctional Facilities. Ratings for seven needs: employment, marital/family, association/socialization, substance abuse, community, personal/emotional, and attitude.
Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Three cases studies: Burke Museum and the Stó:lō Nation; the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Siksika Nation; and the Field Museum and the Haida Nation.
Working Paper Series (International Human Rights Internships Program) ; vol. 5, no. 12, 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacinthe Dion
Description
Looks at impact of federal and provincial jurisdictional and funding disputes, Canadian governments' delayed funding and implementation of Jordan's principle, The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision, and the court case Pictou Landing Band Council and Maurina Beadle (applicants) v. Attorney General of Canada.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 12, no. 1, 2000, pp. 253-259
Description
Book reviews of two books:
Fireworks and Folly: How We Killed Minnie Sutherland by John Nihmey (pgs 253-256).
Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson (pgs 256-259).
"Examines the state of First Nation government tax powers and their potential for generating increased revenues." Mainly discusses economic and political barriers to taxation by First Nations.
Reports results of document search and interviews with representatives from regional First nations data governance centres. Focus of environment scan and research included: state and history of initiatives, regional considerations around the government-First Nation relationship, and regional data sovereignty, Nation building and intergovernmental relationships.
Race, Ethnicity and Education, vol. 20, no. 4, 2017, pp. 446-462
Description
"Article provides guidance to curriculum designers, textbook writers, teachers and administrators participating in the decolonization of education in Canada".
Module two breaks down responses to questionnaires in terms of challenges arising from: social conditions, tripartite agreements, political environment, by-law enforcement, lack of technological resources, and media coverage of issues.
Module three is comparative analysis of factors such as level of service, budgets, and community demographics.
Setting the ContextAccess Modules 4 &
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4, Fall, 2000, pp. 645-648
Description
Book review of: Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights compiled by James M. McClurken.
Canadian Bar Review, vol. 79, no. 1, February 2000, pp. 196-224
Description
Argues that the Crown has a repsponsility to make good faith efforts to negotiate agreements specifiying the rights of the parties when it engages in actions which effect Aboriginal interests so that disputes do not end up in litigation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, 2000, pp. 1-19
Description
Explains how to conduct land use research studies that meet the demands of academic requirements and simultaneously respects the Aboriginal communities participating. The article focuses on one specific example, that of the Long Lake First Nation.
From Mauka To Makai: The River of Justice Must Flow Freely: Report on the Reconciliation Process Between the Federal Government and the Native Hawaiians
Documents & Presentations
Description
Contains report and plan of action needed to continue the reconciliation process and urges the Federal Government to use the process to rectify injustices and compensation for harm.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 18-19
Description
Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
Several book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 18.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 42, no. 4, October 2000, pp. 469-492
Description
Discusses the overrepresentation of aboriginal peoples in Canadian corrections institutions and the racial disparities in granting full parole for aboriginal offenders.
Argues that the legal framework has not kept up with demographic shifts because it focuses on land-related rights and ignores off-reserve and non-status population. As such, it disproportionately affects women who have been displaced through discriminatory effects of the Indian Act.