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Author/Creator
[Sheila Fraser]
Description
Audit covered the period between March 2005 and May 2009. Audit work was completed May 29, 2009.
Aboriginal Mining Guide: How to Negotiate Lasting Benefits for Your Community
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Lewis
Sara-Jane Brocklehurst
Aboriginal Water Rights Primer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann S. Phare
Description
Produced as a result of dissatisfaction with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' engagement process for the development of proposed legislative framework for drinking water in First Nation communities. Looks at three types of water-related rights: water, self-government, and adequate levels of environment protection.
After the Environmental Assessment: A Tale of Development on Attawapiskat Traditional Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne M. Barnes
Ruben J. Wallin
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 20-24
Description
Looks at processes and procedures meant to ensure the First Nation is involved, consulted and accommodated while De Beer's Victor Diamond Mine operates.
Arctic Governance: Traditional Knowledge of Arctic Indigenous Peoples from an International Policy Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Fenge
Bernard W. Funston
Description
Argues that the values, approaches and conclusions grounded in traditional knowledge, should be incorporated into the negotiation and implementation of international agreements and decision-making processes.
Best Practices For First Nation Involvement In Environmental Assessment Reviews Of Development Projects In British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elmar Plate
Malcolm Foy
Rick Krehbiel
Description
Report provides suggestions of how to promote the meaningful involvement of First Nations in the environmental assessment processes with respect to land and resources.
Between Law and Action: Assessing the State of Knowledge on Indigenous Law, UNDRIP, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent with Reference to Fresh Water Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Askew
Corey Snelgrove
Kelsey R. Wrightson
Don Courturier
Alisa Koebel … [et al.]
Description
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
Briefing Book: Current Federal Legislative Amendments Affecting First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorraine Land
Andrea Bradley
Liora Zimmerman
Description
Analysis of Bills C-45, C-48, C-27, S-8, S-2, S-6, and S212, some of which resulted in the formation of the Idle No More movement.
Budget Bill Will Have 'Direct Impact on Our Rights', Says Atleo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 3, June 2012, p. 8
Description
Comments on Bill C-38 and the concerns it raises for First Nations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Building on Common Ground: A New Vision for Impact Assessment in Canada: The Final Report of the Expert Panel for the Review of Environmental Assessment Processes
E-Books
Author/Creator
Johanne Gélinas
Doug Horswill
Rod Northey
Renée Pelletier
Canada's and Europe's Northern Dimensions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Anita Dey Nuttall
Mark Nuttall
John Kozij
Arja Rautio
Mikko Vienonen ... [et al.]
Description
Scroll down to read book.
Canadian Indigenous Place Name Legislation and Policies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Laidlaw
Description
Discusses entities currently responsible for official place names and their processes, and some of the practicalities which need to be addressed when reverting to the Indigenous names.
Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada: Building Effective Institutions for Aboriginal Engagement in Sustainable Forest Management
Alternate Title
Occasional Paper Series (CCI Press) ; no. 60
Research and Insights from the Aboriginal Research Program of the Sustainable Forest Management Network ; vol. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marc G. Stevenson
David C. Natcher
R. Michael O'Flaherty
Iain J. Davidson-Hunt
Andrew M. Miller
Chapter 2: Partners' Context, Worldviews and Evaluation Process
Alternate Title
Keeyask Generation Project: Environmental Impact Statement: Response to EIS Guidelines
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Keeyask Hydropower Limited Partnership
Description
Chapter in the report Keeyask Generation Project: Environmental Impact Statement: Response to EIS Guidelines by Keeyask Hydropower Limited Partnership. Looks at the development of principles and processes for the environmental impact statement for the Keeyask Generation Project.
Collaborative Consent and British Columbia's Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Rosie Simms
Oliver M. Brandes
Michael Miltenberger
Description
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Confirming Rights: Inter-American Court Ruling Marks Key Victory for Sarayaku People in Ecuador
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Defending Life First, September 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the government neglected cultural rights by illegally licensing an oil company to do business on traditional lands without community consent.
Corporate – Aboriginal Agreements on Mineral Development: The Wider Implications of Contractual Arrangements
Alternate Title
Rethinking Extractive Industries Conference ; 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh
Description
Examines the benefits and implications from agreements between mining companies and Aboriginal communities.
Developing an Ideal Mining Agenda: Impact and Benefit Agreements as Instruments of Community Development in Northern Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter Siebenmorgen
Description
Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2009.
Developing Oil and Gas Resources On or Near Indigenous Lands in Canada: An Overview of Laws, Treaties, Regulations and Agreements
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Wright
Jerry P. White
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, 2012, pp. 1-18
Description
Reviews the manner in which energy projects on First Nations land and traditional territories have been controlled to balance risks and rewards.
Does Canada's Species at Risk Act Live up to Article 8(J)?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Olive
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 173-189
Description
Overview of the act to prevent wildlife species from becoming extinct, and the significant changes needed to meet those requirements, including the utilization of Aboriginal traditional knowledge.
The Economics of Polar Bear Trophy Hunting in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Megan Waters
Naomi Rose
Paul Todd
Description
Traces the history, prevalence, and numbers killed from 1970 to 2008, and estimates income generated.
Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Self-Determination, Participation, and Decision-Making
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Agnes Portalewska
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, December 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the right of Indigenous peoples to approve or reject proposed actions or projects that may affect their lands, territories, or resources.
Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing: A Common Threads Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alison Wallace
Sherry Ambridge
Christopher Gardner
Allan Howard
Christina Lai ... [et al.]
Description
Intended for use for secondary school students with film: Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing.
Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions
Alternate Title
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folkore ; 22nd Session, July 9 to 13, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization?]
Description
Consolidation of three previous documents: Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions, Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge, and Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources.
Glossary of Key Terms Related to Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Culture
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Description
Terms and definitions drawn from national and regional laws, multilateral instruments, other organizations and processes, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) documents.
Harper Government Unilateral Federal Legislation Imposing Over First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Faye Morning Bull]
Description
Summarizes and lists issues associated with Bill C-45, C-27, S-6, S-8, C-428, S-207, and S-212.
Indigeneity in the Courtroom: Law, Culture, and the Production of Difference in North American Courts
Alternate Title
Indigenous Peoples and Politics
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jennifer A. Hamilton
Indigenous Foundations
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Website includes information and resources on the history, culture, identity, rights, and politics of Aboriginal peoples.
Indigenous World 2017
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shankar Limbu
Albert K. Barume
José Aylwin
Johan Strömgren
Olga Murashko .. [et al.]
International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012: Proceedings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Piotr Wolski
Heather Gifford
Amohia Boulton
Sue Triggs
Chris Cunningham ... [et al.]
Inuit, Polar Bears, and Sustainable Use: Local, National, and International Perspectives
Alternate Title
Occasional Publication Series (Canadian Circumpolar Institute) ; no. 61
E-Books
Author/Creator
Milton M.R. Freeman
Lee Foote
George W. Wenzel
Martina Tyrrell
Kerrie Ann Shannon ... [et al.]
The Kalahan Forests and Carbon: A Philippines Case Study
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Delbert Rice
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 60-67
Description
Discusses how the Ikalahan people manage 15,000 hectares of ancestral land.
Land Claim Agreements and the North to 2030
Alternate Title
2030 North National Planning Conference
Session Paper (2030 North) ; no. 3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Donihee
Description
Discuses the integral importance of agreements and future role that they can play in addressing change in the North.
Land Use Planning Policy in the Far North Region of Ontario: Conservation Targets, Politics of Scale, and the Role of Civil Society Organizations in Aboriginal–State Relations
Theses
Author/Creator
Catie Burlando
Description
Natural Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
A Legal Guide to Aboriginal Drinking Water: A Prairie Province Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda F. Duncan
Marie Ann Bowden
Lost in Translation?: Maya in Belize Hope to Set Historic FPIC Precedent
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gregory Ch’oc
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, December 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the Belize government continues to violate Maya land rights despite public opinion and consistent court rulings.
Managing Laponia: A World Heritage as Arena for Sami Ethno-Politics in Sweden
Alternate Title
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis
Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology ; no. 47
Theses
Author/Creator
Carina Green
Description
[Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Uppsala University, 2009.
Meaningful Involvement of Aboriginal Peoples in Environmental Assessment: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Includes three case studies: Namgis First Nation and the Orca Sand and Gravel Project, Tahltan Iskut First Nation and the Galore Creek Project, and Union of New Brunswick Indians and the Emera Pipeline.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Paddling Together: Co-Governance Models for Regional Cumulative Effects Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Clogg
Gavin Smith
Deborah Carlson
Hannah Askew
Description
Includes case studies of co-management models from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
Planning the Far North in Ontario, Canada: An Examination of the "Far North Act, 2010"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher J. A. Wilkinson
Tyler Schulz
Natural Areas Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, July 2012, pp. 310-315
Description
Looks at the protection of land in northern Ontario and the role of First Nations communities in land-use planning in development with the Government of Ontario.
Power, Culture, Economy Indigenous Australians and Mining
Alternate Title
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 30
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jon Altman
Robert Levitus
David F. Martin
Katherine Trebeck
Sarah Holcombe … [et al.]
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thibault Martin
Steven M. Hoffman
John Bonner
Thibault Martin
Gabrielle A. Slowey ... [et al.]
Rediscovered Self: Indigenous Identity and Cultural Justice
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 56
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ronald Niezen
The Rules of Engagement? Negotiated Agreements and Environmental Assessment in the Northwest Territories, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Sandra Lukas-Amulung
Description
Environmental and Management Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2009.
Science, Colonialism and Indigenous Peoples: The Cultural Politics of Law and Knowledge
E-Books
Author/Creator
Laurelyn Whitt
A Seat at the Table: A Nonconformist Approach to Grassroots Participation in the Articulation of Health Standards
Theses
Author/Creator
Leanne Kathryn Bekeris
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2012.
Settlement, Subsistence, and Change Among the Labrador Inuit: The Nunatsiavummiut Experience
Alternate Title
Contemporary Studies on the North
E-Books
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
Lawrence Felt
Andrea Procter
Susan A. Kaplan
Peter Whitridge ... [et al.]
Contemporary Studies on the North
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012: Events of 2011: Focus on Land Rights and Natural Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Vital Bambanze
Corinne Lennox
Carla Clarke
Corinne Lewis
Elisa Scalise ... [et al.]