Natural Resources

Discusses key issues surrounding common property resources.

Discusses the resource co-management regime of the James Bay Crees in northern Québec, and looks at co-management institutions within the broader context of nation-to-nation treaty negotiations. Excerpt from Canada: The State of the Federation 2003. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 133.

Explores whether cultural differences either enhance or hinder the working-group effectives or resource co-management boards established under Canada's comprehensive land claims process.

Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.

Environmental Design Thesis (M.E.Des.)--University of Calgary, 1999.

Discusses organizational structure, mandated functions and goals, representation and participation of stakeholders, use of information and analysis and the approach to decision making of these co-management experiences.

Reviews systems of management; centralized, state level versus local-level, community based. "Paper Presented at the Second Annual Meeting of IASCP, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Sept. 26-29, 1991."

Outlines the best practices for resource co-management for First Nations and federal, provincial and territorial governments.

Looks at the fight for access and use of natural resources during the time period 1990 until 2011.

Questions benefits and risks of participation in natural resource management due to the fact that the process rules were established in advance of Aboriginal participation.

(Abstract in French and English, article in French) Examines how the Montagnais benefitted from competition between the Hudson's Bay Company and independent fur traders in this region and the methods employed by the Company while trying to control the market.

Geography, Public Policy and Public Administration Program Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1993.

Book review of: Commons In A Cold Climate edited by S. Jentoft.

British Columbia’s mountain pine beetle infestation threatens First Nation communities.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2014.

Practicum towards Master of Natural Resources Management--The University of Manitoba, 1998.

Geography and Environmental Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2018.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1984.

Discusses the Board's role as an interjurisdictional forum for discussion of ecological issues that are difficult for stakeholders to resolve.

City Planning Practicum (M.C.P.)--University of Manitoba, 2005 .

Law Thesis (LLM)--University of Calgary, 2015.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1992.

Comments on the three day Natural Resources Transfer Act National Summit where delegates discussed ways of sharing resource opportunities with First Nations communities in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba. Article located by scrolling to page 21.

Discusses how the government neglected cultural rights by illegally licensing an oil company to do business on traditional lands without community consent.

Argues that economic analysis does not allow for concepts that are political in nature such as: power, authority, legitimacy and rights and has ignored issues of biological and cultural diversity.

Indigenous women exchanged experiences on how the lack of consultation on mining, forestry, oil and natural gas extraction and hydroelectric projects have affected their communities.

Explores views held by early policy-makers about conservation of natural resources and Indian hunting.

Looks at the myth of the Native American environmental ethic and the use of traditions, rules, laws and habits to look after natural resources.

Committee structure is centred around four themes: country vision, structure of public power, land-territory and natural resources, and development model. To access this article, scroll down to page 50.

Law Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1978.

Brief outline of the Canadian and Alberta government's duty to consult with First Nations when economic development will impact their lands.

Resource Management Thesis (M.R.M.)--Simon Fraser University, 2007.

Overview of the limitations, challenges and biases of CBM.

Biochemical Toxicology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1988.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2005.

A memorandum from Mr. MacKay, Department of Mines and Resources, Indian Affairs Branch, to Indian Superintendents relating to the budgeting of expenditures from band funds.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Discusses the problems of isolation and problems in single resource communities.

Looks at how the Costeños are searching for viable ways to cash in on the natural resources that the Mosquito Coast has to offer.

Comments on a decision that, while based on Treaty 3, is assumed its application will apply to other numbered treaties in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2011.

Argues that numerous legal and policy decisions are setting the stage for massive confrontations over approval of developments unless appropriate consultation processes are put in place.

Paper combines interviews and legal scholarship to discuss the outcomes of oil extraction in Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation (MHA) territory while considering past appropriations of tribal land, environmental consequences, and Indigenous sovereignty.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2010.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Washington State University, 2006.

The April 1995 issue of Crosscurrents, with articles on Leonard Peltier, Canadian-United States uranium land deals, and inmate treatment in Canadian prisons.

Historical note:

Crosscurrents is a journal based in Saskatoon, with offices at 134 Avenue F South.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--Dalhousie University, 2003.

Urban and Regional Planning Thesis (M.Pl.)--Queen's University, 2008.

Describes research project undertaken to better manage forthcoming resource extraction initiatives in traditional territories.