Business & Economic Development

Total of 47 respondents.

BeauDril worker holding hose up with wrench attached. Worker has "Boyden" patch on front of jacket. Caption by Dommasch: "Tuktoyaktuk BeauDril camp airport. Own security. No tolerance for drugs and alcohol". Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.

Looks at the people and industry catering to Aboriginal art and the question of control.

Change in lifestyle in younger generation related to changes in livelihood including hunting and fishing for survival.

Practices based on experiences shared by First Nations leaders and managers, lawyers specializing in Indigenous law, and previous reports. Primary focus is British Columbia, but information generally applies across Canada. Updated version of Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation by MNP.

Over 1,100 annotated citations covering all aspects Arctic life. Current as of 2007.

Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which proposes establishment of an institutional framework to provide First Nations who decide to opt in with tools to address economic development and fiscal issues on-reserve. Includes provision for governments to establish their own financing through property tax and borrowing regimes. Incorporates amendments to Bill C-23 that were adopted by the House of Commons at Report Stage.

Opt-in legislation proposes Establishment of four financial institutions: First Nations Finance Authority, First Nations Tax Commission, First Nations Financial Management Board, and the First Nations Statistical Institute. Targets mechanisms aimed at enhancing fund-raising capacity through taxation of leasehold interests on reserve land and access to long-term loans for community development.

Discusses colonial policy in Canada and full rights of citizenship.

Argues that the land surrender and damage claims entailed by railway construction reduced the Tsimshian to a position of economic dependency and subordination.

Book review of Dances with Dependency by Calvin Helin.

Review of the inaugural issue of the Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development .

Discusses the cycle of boom and bust that happens in communities and among Cree since contact times.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Rice University, 2013.

Focuses on the Council's activities, in particular the National Training and Professional Certification Program. Chapter from Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education, vol. 2, edited by Alain Fayolle.

Explores way to enhance capacity and well-being in Tłįcho community by identifying strengths and vulnerabilities and pinpointing strategies to increase capacity and manage change and opportunities.

Highlights initiatives undertaken for provision and operation of internet infrastructures which enhance economic development and sovereignty by keeping power and data within the community. Initiatives are: Red Spectrum Communications, Nez Perce Department of Technology Services, Aaniin Fiber Services, and Mohawk Networks.

Looks at governance, economy, infrastructure and an economic development strategy in order to promote sustainable growth in the north.

Looks at universal principles of good governance and how they are applied to business ventures. Includes business development cases.

Conceptual article argues that Indigenous sovereignty remains valid throughout the Americas and that the settler colonial laws are therefore illegitimate and illegal; all systems that function on the assumption of settler colonial sovereignty must be re-centered around Indigenous laws and ethics.

Goal of guide is to illustrate how Indigenous rights are relevant to business activities. Part one outlines key actions businesses can take, including policy commitment, due diligence, consultation and consent-seeking, grievance mechanisms, mitigation and remediation. Part two provides description of each right found in the Declaration, suggestions for practical actions which respect and support rights, and examples to help illustrate those actions.

Presents a published Working Paper Series on the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) website.

Concludes that future research is necessary in this area to look at new ways of understanding the ties between economic issues and Indigenous lives.

Evaluation of this method as a tool to assess the impact of resource development on Aboriginal land use.

Chronicles the relevant historical events leading to contributions to international development assistance programs.

Article by a clergyman who lived "amongst the Indians of Canada." G.H. Raley calls for the formation of a federal government-sponsored Canadian Indian handicraft organization to sell Aboriginal handicrafts and providing self-supporting industries in Aboriginal communities. Article from the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, London, England.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1995.

National online survey was conducted in September, 2016 and had a sample of 521 Indigenous and 1,529 non-Indigenous respondents. Results for individual provinces and regions can be found here.

Provides overview of some of the notable American individual producers cashing in on the stampede during the 1890s.

Carl Christenson worked for the Saskatchewan Fish Board and met both Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady. He talks about the Saskatchewan Fish Board's aims and its functioning as well as his acquaintance with Norris and Brady.

Book review of: Carvings and Commerce by Michael D. Hall and Pat Glascock, with contributions from Robert Davidson, Kate Duncan, Aaron Glass, Aldona Jonaitis, Christopher W. Smith and Charlotte Townsend-Gault. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 137.

Looks at Membertou First Nation, Millbrook First Nation, Shuswap Indian Band (British Columbia), and Ojiways of the Pic River (Ontario).

Four main themes are covered: profile of mixed economy in the community; historical, political and cultural context; local views on barriers to economic success, and recommended strategies.

Overview of community's history and discussion of geographic, demographic, institutional, employment and other factors which impact the economic development of the Nimpkish Band. Concludes with recommendations.

Discusses five key elements needed for self-sufficiency: land and natural resources, capital and financing, human resource development, governmental environment, cultural and social environment, and organizational structure. Concludes with recommendations.

Looks at how the Canadian economy has been built by using Indigenous lands and waterways to create corporate profit and national power and how this process has left First Nations impoverished. Discusses the reparations needed as part of decolonization process.

Explores 1944 policies about Métis poverty that were designed by the Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) to facilitate training, development and eventual assimilation.

Third edition.

Includes history of Gross Domestic Product as a measure of wellbeing, discussion of other methods including those developed by Indigenous peoples, and the rationale for creating different indices.

Reports on three challenges to economic planning: the boom and bust cycle, carrying capacity, the distribution of wealth generated by resource development.