Contains specific polices and recommendations within each of six categories: effective and accurate mapping; inclusivity, community consultation and engagement; capacity building; spectrum rights and sovereignty; infrastructure and ownership; and affordability.
Overview of how the AERN will encourage and focus education and educational research in Saskatchewan by coordinating an Aboriginal agenda. Includes links to individual documents.
Discusses opportunities for collaboration between the natural resource sector and Aboriginal communities in Canada. Themes included labour market development, community readiness, financing and financial literacy, partnerships and collaboration, measurements of success, best practices and case studies.
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 79th, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
Description
Looks at the arguments put forward in support of the claim that Aboriginal peoples exhibit an inherent ecological consciousness; and examines the policy implications of expanding Aboriginal jurisdiction over environmental protection.
Looks at how First Nations and governments have responded to the decline of the caribou and examines the litigation that has resulted from such responses in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories.
Curriculum and Leadership Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, February 11, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Comments on the positive impact on students' science learning through the introduction of elements of Indigenous language and culture into the classroom.
Adapation from sections of full article, Accommodating Indigenous Students' Cultural Resources in Science Classrooms: An Approach to Enhance Learning Agency
Human Genetics, vol. 120, no. 6, 2007, pp. 807-819
Description
Discusses admixture mapping, a method which is used to identify genetic risk factors in complex diseases such as Type 2 diabetes between major continental groups.
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 91-135
Description
Study's interview data identified main issue was cultural appropriateness in areas such as communications, relations, involvement and logistics. Authors include six propositions based on analysis of information gathered.
Australian Humanities Review, no. 43, December 2007, p. [?]
Description
Comments on the life of a successful Australian artist.
Chapter from author's book, Green Power: Environmentalists Who Have Changed the Face of Australia.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 22, no. 2, New Series, 2011, pp. 195-236
Description
Case study focuses on the consequences of the weapon tests conducted by the United States in Micronesia. Residents were forced to relocate for more than 30 years, received little assistance to re-establish themselves in the new location and no compensation until they took legal action.
Journal of Anthropology, vol. 2011, 2011, p. article no. 549521
Description
Examines cultural, biological, political and legal implications of using this method for determining group membership, and argues that cultural-specific approach is more appropriate.
Looks at pollution, desertification of the southwest, resource scarcity, and climate change.
Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
Looks at the effects of government policy in both Australia and Canada and the lack of progress addressing long term solutions for Aboriginal communities.
Canadian Literature, no. 194, Autumn, 2007, pp. 165-167
Description
Comparative book reviews of:
Brute Souls, Happy Beasts, and Evolution: The Historical Status of Animals by Rod Perice.
States of Nature: Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the Twentieth Century Tina Lo.
All Creatures: Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950 by Robert E. Kohler.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 165.
In ten videos, Knowledge keepers from Wiikwemkoong (Manitoulin Island) share thoughts and advice about staying physically and spiritually strong during the COVID pandemic. Six of the ten focus on identification and harvesting of plants for food and medicines.
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Divided into the four seasons with Ojibwe terminology, impacts and stories, and discussion notes and anecdotes associated with each.
Forms part of the Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities.
Local Environment, vol. 12, no. 6, December 2007, pp. 627-643
Description
Discusses how Indigenous peoples in Canada are better positioned than those in the United States to shape policy in a way that would ensure their adaptation to climate change.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 2, February 2011, p. 18
Description
Comments on a business, called Tipi Tones, started by a group of high school students which features distinct Aboriginal ring tones for cell phones.
Article located by scrolling to page 18.