Environment

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2001.

Book review of: Tourism and Indigenous Peoples edited by Richard Butler and Tom Hinch.

Looks at a number of successful partnerships between commercial tourism and protected area managers, with both public and private-sector involvement; and identifes the advantages of expanding such partnerships, and the factors which contribute to their success.

Geography and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2000.

Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (MREM)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.

Looks at viewpoints from residents, tourists and tourism operators regarding environmental protection and cultural preservation.

Looks at the potential of a culturally and ecologically sensitive tourism experience at Gwaii Haanas, if an agreement can be made between the government of Canada and the Haida Nation.

Looks at different seasonal landscapes, activities, and attractions that shape the way tourists view winter destinations.

Looks at bringing Indigenous knowledge into urban classrooms by connecting students to their worldviews, stories of place and the land.

Ecology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2000.

Report draws on the findings of 28 knowledge synthesis reports, and insights from exchanges between researchers and leaders from Indigenous communities and the public, private and non-profit sectors. Results are listed under six themes: Indigenous research; arts, language and culture; teaching and learning; community and social well-being; economic self-determination and business; self-governance, Indigenous law and resource rights.

Looks at the Iceland scallop fishery, and data on the state of the scallop resource in Gilbert Bay.

Discussess the challenges of implementing Indigenous education, from an Indigenous viewpoint.

Looks at connections between Aboriginal self-determination, sustainable development, and use of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).

Insights into how sustainable prosperity can be achieved in the North.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--Dalhousie University, 2000.

Geography, Planning and Environment Thesis (M.P.P.P.A.)--Concordia University, 2005.

Assesses the strengths of the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board and the Environmental Assessment process to determine the weaknesses of the Environmental Assessment process, especially in the context of resource developments affecting Aboriginal peoples.

Discussion on lessons learned from integrating Western scientific methods and Indigenous knowledge systems, regarding monitoring and forecasting services for sea ice conditions.

First Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2012.

Natural Resource Management Thesis (MNR)--University of Manitoba, 2008.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Victoria, 2017.

Comments on the Nunavik Inuit Land Use and Ecological Mapping Project and the development of a useful database.

Environment and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2003.

Chronicles the evolution of the process leading up to the summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To access this article scroll down to page 7.

Comments on environmental contamination and its impact on food sources and health.

Discusses the Toxic Legacies research project focusing on community concerns around understanding remediation and its regulation and continuing care for the Giant mine site.

Looks at the history of arsenic pollution from the mine and the present and future danger to Yellowknife's Dene First Nation.

Looks at Silko's novel Ceremony and the climax of the novel, a witches’ ceremony—at Cañoncito, southeast of the Jackpile Uranium Mine. The article also discusses how Tayo, the main character, must restore harmony between the land and his people.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2009.

Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: December 2005.

Study found moderately elevated levels of lead, cadmium and arsenic due to pollution of the habitat.

Studies the effect of settlement on forest resources over a period of one hundred years in the Piteälven river valley in Sweden.

Promotes a strong environmental health program to help control and eradicate blindness in the Aboriginal communities.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.E.S.)--Dalhousie University, 2002.

Looks at meat handling practices in the communities of Kuujjuaq, Kangiqsualujjuaq and Tasiujaq.

Web publication describes and references published literature. Presents data for 527 species, drawing from over 490 ethnographic sources, and additional 91 unique sources reporting nutritional information, and 357 sources containing basic biological information.

Looks at the relationship between traditional communities, researchers, and entrepreneurs interested in their knowledge and the resulting legal and ethical issues.

Looks at the Anishnabe perspectives on the environment and traditional ecological knowledge and its importance for environmental sustainability.

Comments on the state of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) research in Canada as it relates to Aboriginal women.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 2007.

Discusses characteristics and application of the knowledge using three groups as examples and presents a case study of the yellow avalanche lily and balsamroot.

Discusses issues in defining and testing factors when combining traditional knowledge with "Western science" research methods in the North.

Argues that traditional indigenous knowledge needs to be respected and protected so that it is neither used out of context nor used inappropriately by researchers. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

Comments that rural native people are a factor in the transformation not only of the environment, but of themselves.