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Post-secondary Aboriginal Educational Policy in Ontario: Policy and Practical Implications

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorenzo Cherubini
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 42-55
Description
Author argues that Ontario's Aboriginal Postsecondary Education and Training Policy Framework contains problematic language when discussing narrowing "achievement gaps" and measuring success, which demonstrates the difficulty in matching intent with outcomes.
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Postcard From the 2016 Yukon Election

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Roddick
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 63-68
Description
Contends that the new Liberal government needs to make renewed investment for intergovernmental relationships with First Nations.
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Power Shift in Remote Indigenous Communities: A Cross-Canada Scan of Diesel Reduction and Clean Energy Policies

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dylan Heerema
Dave Lovekin
Description
Tracks progress in policies, programs and regulations that impact energy systems at the federal, provincial, territorial, regulatory and utility levels. Each section includes information on jurisdiction's total number of communities, and population and diesel consumption as a percentage of national total. Based on the most recent data available in the Remote Communities Energy database.
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Prairie Fires in the North-West

Articles » General
Author/Creator
S. Raby
Saskatchewan History, vol. 19, no. 3, Autumn, 1966, pp. 81-99
Description
Discusses the causes, management of, and groups responsible for prairie fires; contemporaries asserted that the Métis , halfbreed "bone hunters", and railroaders were primarily responsible. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.
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The Prairie West as Promised Land

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J. William Brennan
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3, Summer, 2009, pp. 245-246
Description
Book review of: The Prairie West as Promised Land edited by R. Douglas Francis and Chris Kitzan.
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Pre-mandated Native Child and Family Services Agencies: Issues and Recommendations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lyn Miller
Bill Gillespie
Kenn Richard
Ulrich Krings
Anna McGregor
Description
Includes brief description of child welfare in Ontario and the current context, discusses effects of the provincial moratorium on new agency designations, and makes specific recommendations to Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services with respect to service provision, relationships with mainstream Children's Aid Societies, funding, capacity building and staff retention.
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Preface [BC Studies, No. 57, 1983]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Tennant
BC Studies, no. 57, British Columbia: A Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 5-9
Description
Introduction to articles in special edition.
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Presentation by Alex Denny, Grand Captain of Micmac Grand Council

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alex Denny
Description
File contains a presentation by Alex Denny, Grand Captain of Micmac Grand Council. Denny discusses the Simon case, Education policy, the Indian Act, and his people's desire for self-government. Following the presentation is a discussion between Denny and Georges Erasmus on the possibilities for Micmac self-government.
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Presentation to the Provincial Congress

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Miles Richardson
Description
Chief Commissioner Miles Richardson discusses the land issue in British Columbia and identifies governance, revenue sharing, and compensation as critical issues to make treaty negotiations more effective. Duration: 18:53.
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Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mi'kmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'

Alternate Title
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Micmac 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mikmaw 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Miqmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William T. Hipwell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 253-281
Description
Discusses the ecological degradation of the central Bras d'Or Lakes watershed region and the active stance the Mi'kmaq people have taken to implement an integrated management approach to the issue.
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A Primer on Nunavut

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Senior Judge
[Nunavut]
Description
Designed to acquaint visiting Deputy Judges with information on prevailing socio-economic conditions. 5th edition.
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Prince Albert River Lots

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lloyd Rodwell
Saskatchewan History, vol. 19, no. 3, Autumn, 1966, pp. 100-110
Description
Describes the process of surveying and assigning of patents for the river lots in the Prince Albert Settlement; discusses the sale of the land to settlers and land speculators. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 100.
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Problems in Determining the Date of Reception in Prince Edward Island

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret McCallum
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, vol. 55, 2006, pp. 3-10
Description
Examines the Mi'kmaq land of Abegweit, the terra nullius concept of unsettled land, and whether English law came to the Island in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 or earlier.
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Processus d’engagement des Premières Nations, Métis et Inuits dans la révision du curriculum Ontarien

Alternate Title
The Process of Engaging First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in the Revisions of Ontario's Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joannie St-Pierre
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 372-378
Description
Aims to describe Ontario’s curriculum review process related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. Summarizes an interview with an education officer from the Ontario Ministry of Education, and outlines actions taken to respond to the Calls to Action in which FNMI Peoples are engaged. Text in French.
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Programs for Aboriginal Offenders: A National Survey

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nicola Epprecht
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 45-47
Description
Inventory compiled by Research Branch of Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) lists all adult and youth institutional and community programming in federal and provincial/territorial jurisdictions.
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Progress Audit: The Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sheila Dodds
Jessica Schafer
Emily Yearwood-Lee]
Description
Examines whether the Ministry of Education had implemented the recommendations for actions which would close the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students found in the earlier report An Audit of the Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System.
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Progress Report on Affirmative Action in Saskatoon

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, January 19, 1981 regarding actions taken to date and the progress made towards developing an Affirmative Action Program for the City by the City's Director of Personnel Services. Includes discussion of meetings with Native Outreach and Native Placing and Training-on-the-Job Units of the Canada Employment Centre, as well as feedback from civic Unions and women's groups.
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Progress Report: September 2013 - March 2015: Debwewin Jury Review Implementation Committee

Alternate Title
Debwewin: The First Nation Jury Review Implementation Committee: Progress Report: September 2013 - March 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debwewin Jury Review Implementation Committee
Description
Reports on actions taken in response to recommendations made in the Honourable Frank Iacobucci's report First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries. Purpose of the Independent Review was to ensure and enhance representation of First Nations persons living on reserves on provincial jury rolls; and to strengthen the relationship between Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General and First Nations on the issue.
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Province Signs Aboriginal Employment Agreements

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 11, November 2008, p. 17
Description
Looks at the initiative designed to recruit, train and employ First Nations and Métis people in identified job sectors. Article located by scrolling to page 17.
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Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports

Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
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Provincial Perspective on Justice and Aboriginal Peoples

Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Roy Romanow
pp. 32-33
Description
Brief statement from 1993 Conference proceedings, mentions provincial interest in defining roles of the three levels of government, and recognition by province of the inherent right of self-government. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
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The Provincial Perspective on the Split in Jurisdiction

Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brent Cotter
pp. 126-135
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing constitutional division of powers in justice and the potential for reforming justice in relation to Aboriginal Peoples, the Provincial position on Aboriginal justice reform and self-government. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
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Provincial Policy on Consultation With the Mi'kmaq

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Prince Edward Island
Description
"This document describes the Provincial approach to consultation with the Mi'kmaq regarding their treaty rights, or their asserted or proven Aboriginal rights".
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Public Archaeology Forum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hester A. Davis
Ernest G. Walker
Brian E. Spurling
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 14, no. 4, Winter, 1987, pp. 481-486
Description
Archaeological burial management in Saskatchewan and lessons learned from disturbing Fort Qu'Appelle burial site unearthed in 1985.
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Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report

Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
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