Natural Resources

Discusses action plan resulting from hearings in First Nations communities regarding management and allocation in BC fisheries.

Worker wearing hard hat and ear protectors hoisting black container. Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.

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 how the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry was conducted and methodology developed by the Inquiry.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1983.

Discusses the Berger Inquiry and how the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWGI) should emulate the Berger Inquiry in three fundamental ways.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2002.

Through interviews with 84 expert elders and hunters, found that skill transfer was best transmitted through hands-on activities with youth and relationships building.

Guide provides Aboriginal perspective on "consultation in good faith" and outlines practices needed to gain positive results for First Nations in British Columbia.

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.

Report provides suggestions of how to promote the meaningful involvement of First Nations in the environmental assessment processes with respect to land and resources.

Guide outlines general considerations, practices and procedures, and provides step-by-step instructions for community engagement sessions. Topics include establishing and earning community support, engagement and consultation activities, communicating with the media, presentation skills, and addressing opposition effectively and respectfully.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2013.

Authors discuss the 2011 Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA) research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC); research indicates gaps in understanding of cumulative impacts, regulatory processes which exclude local participation, and factors of community well-being separate from economic factors.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2013.

Looks at the least prosperous demographic group in Canada. Introduction from: Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights by Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, Andre Le Dressay.

Extensive list (169 p.) features a wide array of "grey literature" sources from Alaska state and federal agencies, tribal groups, and privately produced publications.

Reintroduction of Bill C-63 which had died on the Order Paper when Parliament was dissolved on 7 September 2008. Revised version.

Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which provides First Nations with the option of managing and regulating oil and gas exploration and exploitation and receiving moneys otherwise held for them by Canada.

Amendment in response to Indian Oil and Gas Canada Co-Management Board's request to modernize the Act in order to eliminate existing regulatory gap and level the playing field between off-reserve and on-reserve activities, thereby reducing barriers to economic development.

Comments on concept that combines nature and culture and aims to protect Indigenous resources holistically and more effectively.

Examines barriers between science-based and traditional Aboriginal world views and efforts to amalgamate these perspectives in resource management.

Study compares bird use of rehabilitated oil extraction sites with that of nearby reference sites; finding demonstrate that sites studied 3 to 10 years post-site rehabilitation are not comparable to nearby reference site in regards to shorebird and passerine habitat (nesting/breeding), but they do seem to support waterfowl. Additional shorebirds and passerines are using these sites for foraging and resting.

Describes how the differing importance of the forestry industry in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick has led to contrasting strategies of pest management.

A pile of frozen black bear hides; location unknown.

Discusses how the extraction of oil from tar sands in Alberta are creating huge amounts of toxic waste.

Discusses a case where the Blueberry River Indian Band was awarded damages against the Government of Canada for breach of fiduciary duty regarding mineral rights.

Law Thesis (M.LL.)--University of Alberta, 2017.

Looks at the water crisis on reserves, and the right to safe drinking water and sanitation.

Book review of: Negotiating with Resource Developers: A Handbook for Aboriginal Organisations and Communities by Alan Tegg.

Book Review of, Power Lines by Andrew Needham.

Book review of: If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans by Peter H. Eichstaedt.

Brief case study of how company dealt with the industry trend towards hiring larger engineering, procurement, and construction firms rather than smaller contractors. It eventually partnered with Carillion plc.

Book review of: Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Heubert, Helen Fast, et al.

Comments on the struggle for access to resources.

Comments on the factors that have played important roles in British Columbia's legal history.

Summarizes the Centre for the North’s half-decade of research on Canada’s North and provides an analysis of three priority items to be addressed.

Eleven case studies on best practices in business/Aboriginal partnerships.

Looks at the business and community economic initiatives of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation.

Play about the Dene people, uranium mining in the Bear Lake region of the Northwest Territories, and the bombing of Hiroshima. Originally published by Talonbooks, 2003.

Observations made that would support public investment in infrastructure to support resource development in the north.

Recommondations for policy changes to reduce infrastructure gaps and redtape.

Looks at the case Keewatin v Ontario (Natural Resources) and the procurement of licenses that natural resource companies require from the province.

Article profiles the corporation, with a special emphasis on its initiatives related to Aboriginal business and community partnerships.