Reports on the 10th anniversary of the Australian Human Rights Medal and Awards.

Discussion on racial discrimination and oppression as a result of slavery and colonization.

Special Education, Educational Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

Conference focuses on coalition-building to enhance donors' effectiveness, increase grantees' capacity and ensure program sustainability.

Discusses identity, customary adoptions and Supreme Court rulings.

Outlines the fundamental values, rights, and freedoms of Aboriginal people living in Canada.

Report highlights significant key indicators and gaps affecting Aboriginal children and makes recommendations to improve their living conditions and well-being.

Highlights a child-centered human rights perspective with a focus on historical experiences as related to present day life.

Chapter 10 from Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices From the Prairies edited by Ivan Brown, Ferzana Chaze, Don Fuchs, Jean Lafrance, Sharon McKay and Shelley Thomas Prokop.

Looks at Aboriginal customary law dealing with ancestral designs, ritual knowledge and intellectual property.

Examines and criticizes the process of institutionalization and the effects on the aboriginal children.

Discusses whether it is reasonable to label the events of the Indian Residential Schools era as genocide. Bachelor thesis towards an undergraduate degree in Human Rights--Malmö University, 2015.

Examines the ongoing debate regarding the application of the Charter to Aboriginal governments.

Looks at the links between foreign policy, Indigenous peoples and Quebec. Scroll down to page 107 to read article.

Report designed to support the mandate of the Commission by presenting evidence to negotiate visions for the criminal justice system and redefine justice for all. Excerpt from Legacy of Hope: An Agenda for Change, vol. 1.

Examines section 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code which states that a judge is to consider "all available sanctions other than imprisonment that are reasonable in the circumstances for all offenders, with particular attention to the circumstances of Aboriginal offenders."

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Argues that any constitutional legal analysis should take into account cultural differences with respect to Aboriginal people.

Assessment of the Sparrow case in light of the two competing theories of Aboriginal rights; contingent rights requiring state action for their existence and inherent rights rooted in Aboriginality.

Examines and questions the Declaration.

Reviews the 1997 Delgamuukw decision by the Supreme Court of Canada critical to determining the nature and extent of Aboriginal rights and title; and provides insight into the anthropological and legal approaches to title and rights.

Discusses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Aboriginal rights provisions of the Constitution of Canada, a variety of legal decisions from Canada, and examples from Indigenous communities and peoples in northern Canada.

Argues that Aboriginal rights are human rights and examines the extent that Canadian law has recognized these rights.

Examines the relationship between the values, principles, and beliefs underlying traditional practices and intellectual products of Aboriginal people, the concept of property in Aboriginal culture, and the concepts of tradition and change in contemporary Aboriginal society in relation to the resurgence in Aboriginal self-governance.

Examines how indigenous rights are dealt with under the Indian Act, the Canadian Constitution and in the Canadian courts.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Victoria, 2009

Examines Section 31 of the Manitoba Act, 1870 and the provisions for a land settlement scheme for the benefit of Métis people and the extinguishment of Aboriginal, or as it was then, Indian title.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--York University, 2005.

Looks at the premise of Canadian law and policy relating to Aboriginal people and how responsibility for international human rights is not being upheld.

Presents an article at the Issues in the North 1996 Seminar Series advocating the recognition of Aboriginal self-government within Canada.

Looks at the limited role that the sentencing process plays in trying to correct the over incarceration of Aboriginal peoples in Canadian penal institutions.

Argues that Aboriginal spirituality is legally constructed outside of the boundaries of religious freedom and discusses problems faced by religious minorities in a Christian dominated society.

Focuses on Aboriginal rights and title to land in light of recent decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Looks at history, socio-political context, rights, markets, authenticity, partnerships, and success of Aboriginal tourism industry in British Columbia. Chapter 12 in book: Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC edited by Morgan Westcott.

Highlights some of the main issues faced taking into account the diversity between non-status First Nations, Inuit and Métis women.

Brief document outlines issues around application of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to governments created by the Indian Act i.e. individual versus collective rights.

Argues that the Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence is making a transformation that was unlikely to happen from Charter legislation, but that most of the progress has come about due to political process and will of women.

Looks at the discrimination against First Nations women in Canada which is contrary to the Charter of Rights.

Focuses on discriminative aspects of the Indian Act.

Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.

Looks at the significance, history and results of the referendum to change the Australian Constitution by eliminating provisions which prevented Federal Government from making laws for Aboriginals and excluded them from being counted in census.

Presents a personal perspective on the access to justice for hearing impaired Inuit population of Nunavut.

Research looks into the unique communications needs of Inuit and makes recommendations.

Discusses the contradiction of Canada's good international image and its relationship with Indigenous peoples.

Keynote speaker's address opens this special issue which aims to showcase the depth and breadth of Indigenous Studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.

Reports on Aboriginal activists lobbing to restrict genetic research on Indigenous cell lines as part of the International Human Genome Diversity Project in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Article reports on the findings of three case studies conducted in Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand; shows that health systems in these countries have not addressed barriers to health care arising from multiple factors (or aggravated forms) of discrimination, such as the intersection between disability and indigeneity. Makes recommendations for improvement.