New Human Rights Museum a Monument to Contradiction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
[Cornelius Wabasse
Erwin Redsky
Cathy Merrick]
Description
Topics include the implications of the Tsilhqot’in and Grassy Narrows decisions, duty to consult, provincial treaty obligations, and proposed federal land claims policy.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 41-64
Description
Compares coverage of events on Global Television, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and CTV to that of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Stories covered: shooting of Chelsea Yellowbird, vote buying at Esgenoopetitj First Nation, Air Canada, Winnipeg and First Nation flood evacuees, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Keystone XL pipeline protest.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 25-41
Description
Focuses on protests over ecological and environmental issues, their relation to land claims, and how they have been framed in mainstream media and public policy.
Humans in the Arctic: How to Create a Climate for Change
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Description
Discusses economic realities, challenges and opportunities in the Arctic and argues that there is strong support from both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community for energy production and exploitation as an opportunity for an improved quality of life.
Duration: 27:29.
Forecasts three economic scenarios for the Saskatoon census metropolitan area based on provincial goods producing industries, population growth, and rates of investment in employment and infrastructure.
Overview of project which gathered information from traditional knowledge holders to identify concepts and information needed to define Inuit food security and overarching drivers of security and insecurity.
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 93, Landscapes of Neoliberalism, Spring, 2014, pp. 25-52
Description
Presents criticism of IBA's by considering the privatization of federal duty to consult, the trend to have market-based solutions for social suffering, and the limiting of political and legal channels.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-20
Description
Looks at a public policy tool, UNDRIP, for developing national policy to support resource and land management consultations that are based on free, prior and informed consent.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 1-21
Description
Describes the unique legal status and events leading to the passing of the Pueblo Lands Act, signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 9, 1924.
Internal Colonialism and Indigenous Resource Sovereignty: Wind Power Developments on Traditional Sami Lands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Lawrence
Environment and Planning. D, Society & Space, vol. 32, no. 6, December 2014, pp. 1036-1053
Description
Looks at history of the dispute and three discourses: ownership of 'Crown", renewable energy and environmental stewardship, and colonial justifications for exclusion of Sami interests.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, Developments and Challenges of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Five Years On, Spring, 2014, pp. 1-9
Description
Argues that in order for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People to be enforced, we need to change our views on minority and indigenous rights.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 24411
Description
Comments on five recommendations to use as a starting point to better involve Indigenous peoples in the health impact assessment of resource development.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 245-275
Description
Reviews the establishment of reserves in Ontario, differences in mineral rights and the implications of the 1924 Canada-Ontario Indian Reserve Lands Agreement.
Bob Gannicott and Pierre Gratton speak about natural resource development in the north and how communities can benefit currently and in the future.
Duration: 57:59.
Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 6, no. 35, Spring, 1981, pp. 2-13
Description
Discussion of uranium mining, questions of sovereignty, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, cultural integrity, radiation hazards and the anti-nuclear movement.
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 223-238
Description
Looks at the capacity to handle opportunities and challenges that come along with economic diversification, the Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor, and the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline.