Business & Economic Development

Looks at the range of socio-economic benefits, opportunities, and recommendations for strengthening Aboriginal involvement in cultural and natural resource management.

Focuses on the Tsimshian people and the forces that brought about their economic and social underdevelopment.

Looks at resources for supporting Aboriginal entrepreneurs in Alberta.

Looked at the communities of Millbrook First Nation (Nova Scotia), Miawpukek Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi Conne River First Nation (Newfoundland and Labrador), and Tobique Mailiseet Nation (New Brunswick).

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1985. Note: Print quality of thesis is poor.

Discussion on cultural products or programs which directly express attitudes, opinions, ideas, values and artistic creativity of Aboriginal people and promote economic and social well-being.

Used the Community Well-being Index and interviews with leadership in assessment. Also looked at applicability of different measurement frameworks for determining benefits at the community level.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Uses 2011 Census data for comparison.

General reminiscences of his life and he talks about a smallpox epidemic before he was born.

Examines the difficulty Aboriginal businessmen have in raising capital for their ventures.

History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 1980.

Provides directions and approaches for non-self-governing First Nations to evolve toward a possible increased use of grants.

Explains the Cree concept of wakohtowin, the betterment of all human relations. Presented at Waves of Change, 2008 National Community Economic Development International (CED) Conference held May 21-24 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Describes an approach to understanding the northern social economy in regards to the changes in the role of government in the northern economy.

Study delves into which of the 25 Indigenous research themes has been under-explored. Geography Thesis (B.A.)--Laurentian University, 2016.

Statistical data for Canada as whole as well as each province and territory covering the period 2010-2014.

Statistical data compares 2014 to 2013 data in Nunavut, Canada as a whole, as well as each of the provinces and other territories.

Discusses some of the important political, economic and social developments taking place in the North.

Looks at the connections between Stó:lō economics and culture, place, identity, and history.

Second edition.

Looks at strategic planning and developing policies by First Nations governments to ensure that they are operating efficiently, effectively, and in ways that are respectful of their culture and vision.

Measures the importance of a traditional economy in the community of Sanikiluaq, Northwest Territories.

Discusses background to the report and responses to the recommendations contained in it. Actual title of the report: A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies.

Looks at basic infrastructure deficits and lack of funding programs in Canada's north.

Discusses the resilience of reciprocity rites practiced by the Chukotka people in Russia; describes how the people continued to practice these rites, which honour their relationships with the reindeer and the salmon on which they subsisted, even as the Soviet state reordered the social and economic structures in their region.

Focuses on the economic partnership between the five First Nation communities in Cape Breton and their involvement in the Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup project.

Provides evaluation of the program reporting that current and previous participants were very satisfied with the program with almost all wishing to repeat their participation in the program.

This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt with include mineral and other resource rights, hunting, fishing, andtrapping rights, land and land surrenders, education and medicare and economic development.

Thirty-nine of the sixty-nine elders interviewed from the Treaty 8 area mention the subject of economic development.

Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.

A summary of what the Treaty #6 elders have said in interviews about the nature of the treaty and the rights guaranteed to the Indian people by treaty.

Explanation of 19 major conclusions and recommendations.

Author challenges personal preconceptions about Indigenous management.

Summarizes responses from interviews conducted with 7,000 Indigenous residents of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the Chukotka region of Russia.

Describes the challenges faced by Walpole Island Reserve (Bkejwanong) concerning sustainable development, industrialization and with collective forces of community action.

Master of Natural Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--The University of Manitoba, 2000.

Study aimed at identifying local issues and building strategies to help predict future patterns.