Economic Development

International Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2011.

Looks at how the Yekooche First Nation used the viable cluster-based learning approach effectively to maximizing the use of learning technologies to support collaborative, project-based learning and community-wide development.

Using surveys and statistics to highlight northern Indigenous job preferences during the 1980s.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Alberta, 1986.

Examines the social aspects of the mixed economy involving polar bears and how interconnected the monetary economy, subsistence economy, and cultural ideology are in Inuit society.

Tribute to the life and legacy of the late FSIN (Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations) Senator Myles Venne.

Proceedings of a one-day forum held to promote information sharing between BC businesses and First Nations.

States that reserves need to recycle money through economic development by constructing more housing, not exporting cash off the reserve.

Examines the structure and mandate of the Windigo Interim Planning Board, formed as part of Windigo-Shibogama-Ontario Planning Agreement; board deals with issues surrounding the development of a gold mine on traditional lands in North Caribou Lake and Cat Lake First Nations.

Analyzes community well-being in Manitoba using three measures: self-assessed personal health, reported improvements in family finances, hope for the community's economy. Scroll down to page 69 to read article.

Description the Walpole Island Heritage Centre, or Nin.da.waab.jig, which acts as the research arm of the First Nation. [One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]

Discusses how microcredit has the potential to benefit tribal groups and build economic sustainability. Access through table of contents.

Looks at a unique tourist attraction near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan that has grown its business due to the Clarence Campeau Development Fund. Article located by scrolling to page 23.

Discusses Ortiz’s essay in the context of contemporary concerns surrounding water and environmental damage as forms of oppression of marginalized peoples. Calls for Indigenous led resistance to government and corporate control, and for dismantling systemic factors of oppression which sacrifice peoples and lands in favour of neocolonial and corporate interests.

Presents an Aboriginal-owned and controlled organization that provides business financing and economic development services to First Nations and Aboriginal entrepreneurs in North-Eastern Ontario.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Australia, 2008.

Describes effective grant-making strategies to support sustainable and culturally appropriate development projects, planned and implemented by and for Indigenous communities.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1998.

"This article traces the transformation of the Muskego Cree and the Métis peoples of the district from independent traders, hunters, and wage labourers to a colonized people with diminished economic opportunities."

Public Policy Thesis (M.P.P.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1985.

Looks at a First Nation that formed the first Aboriginal Economic Development Commission (EDC) in Canada focused on business attraction, retention and facilitation.

Essay from forthcoming book Keepers of the Green World: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sustainability edited by Melissa K. Nelson and Dan Shilling.

Looks at concerns and themes presented to the Royal Commission almost a century ago, which continue to be concerns today, including secure access and control of the traditional resource base and participation in the economy.

Overview of a project intended to identify effective human resource management strategies, practices and programs (specifically, within the areas of recruitment and career development).

Appendix B, Summary of Assessed Items, to accompany What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2009-10.

Looks at several trademark laws and their application to companies using Native American names to sell non-Native products.

Reports the results or research into the sources of economic development.

Discusses perspectives of Kevin Gover on the culture of Aboriginal peoples and the responsibility to build strong communities.

Looks at the Minnesota Anishinaabeg community's objections to genetic research on the plant.

Book review of: Wild Rice and the Ojibway People by Thomas Vennum.

Comments on seven key factors of success for community economic development.

Discusses the decision process on behalf of isolated northern First Nation communities which tend to marginalize the residents.

Promotes womens' input into decisions about the future of the fisheries industry, arguing that women are familiar with the needs of the rural communities that they live in.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2009.

Study uses interviews with 80 women to collect qualitative data about Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in the areas of agriculture, food processing and preservation, family health care, and child care. Suggests that incorporating place-based cultural and traditional knowledge into rural development will lead to more successful outcomes for communities.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1994.

Interdisciplinary Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2012.

Discusses the role the Bank has assumed in "promoting compliance with human rights norms and the adoption of social and environmental standards".

Examines author Leslie Marmon Silko’s post-1990 works, Almanac of the Dead, Sacred Waters, Gardens in the Dunes, and Oceanstory in the context of a growing focus on water scarcity and sovereignty; highlights Aboriginal and Native American perspective on the privatization of water for profit, and neocolonial and imperial interests.

Adult Education Thesis (MAdEd)--Saint Francis Xavier University, 2001.

Comments on the young and growing Aboriginal population as it relates to education, employment, and future potential.

Looks at two documents, Yukon Economic Strategy and Yukon Conservation Strategy known as the "Yukon 2000" process of engaging people in the future of the Yukon.

Account of the eviction process that the community of Yva Poty suffered as their lands became targets of individual and national development projects.