Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 363-389
Description
Describes how Anishinabek women attempted to maintain their subsistence livelihood in light of the disruptive influence of several hydroelectric projects on the food supply and reproductive health.
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.
Policy outlines Alberta's approach to how it will meet its consultation responsibilities and Alberta's expectations of resource companies and First Nations in achieving the goal of increasing certainty for all parties with respect to land management and resource development activities.
Website provides learning materials about the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before the province was created. Contains links to complete collection of correspondence from 1846 to 1871. One section of teacher material deals with question "Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?"
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 69-70
Description
Looks at interviews with over 100 people working in the mining sector in the Yukon Territory and their spouses to understand how they manage shift cycles that come with work of this type.
Postcolonial Studies, vol. 8, no. 3, 2005, pp. 261-276
Description
Looks at connection between Indigenous oral history and historiography described in a Waitangi Tribunal report released from the Whanganui River Inquiry.
Honoring Indigenous Treaty Rights for Climate Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. S. Mantyka-Pringle
C. N. Westman
A. P. Kythreotis
D. W. Schindler
Nature Climate Change, vol. 5, no. 9, September 2015, pp. 798-801
Description
Uses the Alberta oil sands and Treaty Eight as an example of how adhering to the treaty terms could result in environmental and social benefits for all Canadians and make the country a leader in sustainability and climate governance.
Impact and Benefit Agreement Community Toolkit: Negotiation and Implementation of Impact and Benefit Agreements
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ginger Gibson
Ciaran O'Faricheallaigh
Description
Meant for communities considering entering into a contract with a Canadian mining company, but many of the issues and processes are also relevant to other industry sectors and contexts.
Contains information on: project analysis; preparing for negotiations and establishing negotiating position; conducting negotiations; reaching and implementing agreements; and maintaining relationships.
"Summer 2015 edition."
Webinar provides an overview of agreements between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities with limited government interference. Also leads a discussion with participants about Aboriginal community signatories’ expectations, community consent, and the possibility of standardizing IBA negotiations.
Duration: 1:01:00.
Full report on project which looked at the effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Brief discussion of project which looked at effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Journal of Business Ethnics , vol. 56, no. 3, February 2005, pp. 239-254
Description
Expands the work of a previous article: Journal of Business Ethnics "Indigenous Human Resource Practices in Australian Mining Companies: Towards an Ethical Model" 2003 vol. 45, no. 4, p. 361-373.
European Diversity and Autonomy Papers ; EDAP 02, 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Koch
Alexandra Tomaselli
Description
Looks at gap between legal protection and its implementation, role of organizations such as the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, and case law dealing with fishing rights.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3, Fair Trade and Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2005
Description
Discusses a six-day indigenous youth conference, attended by worldwide delegates, and the declarations the youth made regarding destructive dams, logging and mining on or near indigenous lands.
Study monitored water quality and flow during the summer of 2004 and winters of 2004 and 2005 in order to: contribute to a long-term data base of water quality, examine how natural watershed features and natural disturbances affect water quality and compare this to the impacts of human activities.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, 2015, pp. 1-17
Description
Investigates the issues of operator training, retention, and job satisfaction through interviews and surveys of water system operators in Ontario and British Columbia.
Annual Inter-Jurisdictional Conference on Aboriginal Involvement in Natural Resource Management: Report on Proceedings ; 3rd
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Blue Sky Planners & Consultants]
Description
Overview and summary of presentations at the 3rd Inter-Jurisdiction Conference on Aboriginal Involvement in Natural Resource Management held June 21-24, 2005.