Environment

Environment and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2000.

Report concluded that food insecurity is linked to the Westernization of diet and to traditional diet sources becoming contaminated. More research is recommended.

Social/Cultural Anthropology (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2015.

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.

Conference highlighted the importance of diversity in gender, social realities, education, economics and cooperation between public and private sectors and living conditions of men and women in the Circumpolar North.

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.

Looks at how radioactive contamination could disturb cultural ties of traditional lands.

Looks at the incorporation of elements important to the Indigenous identity by discussing examples from five novels written by Louis Owens.

Examines how theatrical and Indigenous methods of teaching can enrich environmental education in theory and in practice.

Writer/activist looks at the relationships between the land, other living beings and each other and suggests advise to reconnect. Presents a video lecture, from First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering, given by a teacher and activist. Duration: 54:47.

[Natural Resources] Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Manitoba, 2009.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1981.

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

Explores traditional beliefs used in conservation management in relation to decisions from the Supreme Court.

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

Explores the negative impact of wildlife conservation on Indigenous Peoples as discussed at the Third Congress of the World Conservation Union.

Author concludes that collaboration between Indigenous groups and external bodies is important for improving indigenous economies and addressing environmental issues. Study looks at several different groups including Sami, Inuit and African and Australian Indigenous populations.

Results indicated Native Americans from coastal regions may consume 10 times or more seafood than the average U.S. person, exposing them more pollutants and biotoxins.

Discusses problems associated with social research contributions to documenting, representing and interpreting indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK), local ecological knowledge (LEK), and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 1999.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2016.

Landscape Architecture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008.

Overview of the history of tourism at Banff, Alberta and the Banff Indian Days Festival.

Graduate Studies Thesis / Practicum (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Examination of consultation process shows the importance of including all stakeholders to ensure a positive outcome.

Identifies the goals and objectives of managing the mineral resources in Nunavut including: capacity development, environmental stewardship and sustainability, community participation, infrastructure development, business development, and development of an effective approval process.

Looks at the debate over the environmental and social costs of the oil sands.

Discusses intent of a building to house indigenous spirituality in order to understand limits to environment and the implications socially, subjectively and economically for Indigenous Australians.

Study findings indicate that children and smokers should limit consumption of moose kidney and liver but consumption of moose muscle did not need to be restricted.

Discusses a 1996-1997 study to research the health risks of contaminant exposure and the correlation to freshwater fish consumption in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake.

Describes the sensitivity of the Arctic to contaminants that arrive via ocean and wind currents.

Argues contaminants effect men and women differently; further arguing that these gender differences and environmental justice must be addressed.

Focuses on integrated resource management throughout comprehensive claim territories in the Arctic and Subarctic, with special attention on the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.

Comments on Aboriginal women working together to eradicate violence, poverty and despair.

Environmental Studies Thesis (MES)--Dalhousie University, 2007.

Looks at projects by architects John Paul Jones, Douglas Cardinal, Dennis Sun Rhodes, David Sloan, Robert Altman and others. Explains how values and identity are expressed within the designs and defined by existence to the landscape. Duration: 55:18.

Author critically examines printed text versions of Chief Seattle’s speech, considers how factors of historical context, translation from oral performance to written text, and intended audience might influence the retelling and meaning of the speech.

Collaborative Program in Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2008.

Studies the challenges to Indigenous water rights in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru due to hydro-power development, diverted water for mega cities, and large scale irrigation projects.

Overview of the limitations, challenges and biases of CBM.

Rural Sociology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2008.

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

[Literature] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 1994.

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

Book review of: Cooloola Coast, Noosa to Fraser Island by Elaine Brown. Review located by scrolling to page 303.