Power point provides overview of history, facts about current situation, Constitutional rights, the Crown's duty to consult and accommodate, and Canada's international obligations.
Summarizes key decisions relevant to industry and project proponents and discusses how they effect carrying out the duty to consult with Indigenous peoples.
FORUM on Corrections Research , vol. 12, no. 1, Managing Addictions, January 2000, pp. 61-64
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Examines the over-representation of Aboriginals in the penal system and compares statistics on the offences committed by Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals who have applied for parole.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 10-15
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Comparison of North American Indian, Metis and Inuit/Innu offenders; based on data gathered by Correctional Service of Canada’s Offender Management System (OMS), Offender Intake Assessment (OIA) process, and Community Intervention Scale (CIS).
Covers: historical factors, demographics, socio-economic factors, aboriginal people and the justice system, changes within the present system, and points for discussion.
Statistics on First Nations and Inuit divided by nations, residents and non-residents, as well as population totals.
Sources:
Ministère des Affaires autochtones et Développement du Nord Canada, Registre des Indiens, 31 décembre 2015.
Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec, Registres des bénéficiaires cris, inuits et naskapis de la Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord québécois et de la Convention du Nord-Est québécois, 31 décembre 2015.
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 147-149
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Book review of: Aboriginal Populations edited by Frank Trovato and Anatole Romaniuk.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 148.
Provides statistical information on correlates of prevalence and severity derived from eleven descriptive studies, and identifies areas needing further research.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, March/April 1991, p. 6
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Looks at how Menzies School of Health Research is working towards a better relationship with Aboriginal people when conducting research in a community.
Alberta Law Review, vol. 29, no. 2, 1991, pp. 498-517
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Assessment of the Sparrow case in light of the two competing theories of Aboriginal rights; contingent rights requiring state action for their existence and inherent rights rooted in Aboriginality.
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 29, Fall, 1991, pp. 457-482
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Examines Section 31 of the Manitoba Act, 1870 and the provisions for a land settlement scheme for the benefit of Métis people and the extinguishment of Aboriginal, or as it was then, Indian title.