Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia
Description
Offers practical advice and guidance on how to work effectively within the context of the differing viewpoints, expectations and concerns of Aboriginal peoples.
Speakers discuss polar policies of United States, Russia, Canada, Nordic states, China, and Japan, Korea and Singapore. Followed by question and answer among presenters and with audience.
Speakers discuss polar policies of United States, Russia, Canada, Nordic states, China, and Japan, Korea and Singapore. Followed by question and answer among presenters and with audience.
Boston University International Law Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 101-160
Description
Looks at some of the challenges associated with energy development in the Arctic which include environment, underdeveloped infrastructure and legal issues surrounding consultation.
Inside the Issues (Centre for International Governance Innovation) ; [4.25]
Inside the Issues: A Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Online Podcast
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Higginbotham
Andrew Thompson
Description
Topics include consequences of polar icecap melting, devolution of responsibilities to territorial governments, significance of Russian actions, and importance of the Northwest Passage as an international seaway. Argues that federal government should be treating Arctic as maritime economy.
Duration: 25:34.
Brief article looks a challenges facing the Circumpolar North including climate change, resource development, and technology.
Scroll down to page 14 to read article.
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 199-222
Description
Study results identifies requirements for improving economic and social welfare including effective governance, community capacity, and involving communities to build regional self-reliance for sustainability. Looks at literature from Scandinavian and Canadian experiences.
Annual Meeting of IASCP (International Association for the Study of Common Property) ; 2nd, 1991
TASO Research Report. Second series ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fikret Berkes
Peter George
Richard Preston
Description
Reviews systems of management; centralized, state level versus local-level, community based.
"Paper Presented at the Second Annual Meeting of IASCP, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Sept. 26-29, 1991."
McMillan Aboriginal Law Bulletin, July 2014, pp. [1]-4
Description
Comments on a decision that, while based on Treaty 3, is assumed its application will apply to other numbered treaties in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 1991, pp. 1-28
Description
Chronicles the efforts of the Menominee Tribe to resist the efforts of the so-called Pine Ring in order to obtain control of their large stand of virgin timber.
[Aboriginal Law and Resource Development Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorraine Land
Description
Argues that numerous legal and policy decisions are setting the stage for massive confrontations over approval of developments unless appropriate consultation processes are put in place.
[James Bay Project: Crees Gain Powerful Allies in New York]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Neil MacDonald
Mario Cuomo
Jeff Wollock
Description
Brief news clip about the campaign aimed at the buyers of electricity in New York State. The video discusses the consequences of buying power from northern Canada, including the environmental and cultural costs. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 2:37.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, A Decade of CSQ, Winter, 1991
Description
Outlines recent court victories for the Grand Council of the Cree of Quebec, a reneged promise to the Lubicon Cree regarding logging in Alberta, and a fund-raising effort to offset lawyer fees for the people of Kanesatake.
Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.
Policy Brief (Ivey Business School) ; September 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Guy Holburn
Margaret Loudermilk
Andre Wilkie]
Description
Overview of the development of Aboriginal rights beginning with the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and general discussion of consultation practices in Canada.
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 08]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rosemary Ahtuangaruak
Description
Webcast of a presentation from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium speaking on environmental changes due to oil and gas development.
Duration: 33:53.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 125-145
Description
Calculated increased cost per trip using skiff outboard fuel efficiencies/costs for all likely hunters in the village of Kivalina, Alaska. Found a mean of approximately $189,000 US/year.
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Heather Mahony
Description
Presenter speaks on the importance of the evidentiary record in proof of aboriginal title and non-title rights in Tsilhqot'in Nation and British Columbia.
Duration: 35:24.