Policy

Book order forms for Don McLean's book which re-examines MacDonald's National Policy and its impact on the Métis of Western Canada at the time of the 1885 Resistance. He provides evidence to show that the Canadian government may have conspired to force the Métis to rebellion in order to save the CPR and the land settlement companies from bankruptcy. McLean believes that the Hudson's Bay Company and the CPR contributed to the conflict.

Educational Foundations, History of Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 1985.

Audit covered the fiscal year ended March 31, 1991.

Presents recommendations to improve the social and emotional well being in Indigenous communities in New South Wales, Australia.

Investigates the impact of the substantial reductions in commercial fishing opportunities on the Fraser River during the 1998-2001 period.

Reports one in four children are growing up in poverty in First Nation's communities.

Paper developed as a result of the Crown-First Nations Gathering, January 23-24, 2012. Discusses general goals as well as those in specific areas: families and communities, rights, self-government, and economic and environmental interests.

Focused on whether the Department had reasonable assurance that its programs for eligible individuals had a positive effect on their oral health. Audit covered the period between September 2013 and December 2016.

Highlights the failure of the Australian government's policy towards education.

Final report of three-year research project. Looks at what needs to be protected and what is offered for marine protection by the federal government.

Looks at contemporary issues facing Non-Status Indians and Non-Status Indian organizations.

Purpose is to outline roles and responsibilities in areas of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery activities in First Nations communities.

Discusses several strategies: improve the economic and social well-being of Aboriginal people, develop healthier, more self-sufficient communities, and participate in Canada’s political, social and economic development.

Reports results of a community consultation needs analysis with the conclusions being used to develop specific strategic responses to identified Aboriginal communities.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2009.

Notes that while expenditure levels are similar, Aboriginal Australians are much more reliant on publicly funded services than non-Aboriginal Australians.

Reports on Australian Federal Government initiatives to improve access to eye care in rural and remote New South Wales for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Outlines five broad objectives for improving the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce in Australia.

Guide for federal employees wishing to organize activities to mark the annual week of celebration in May.

Looks at the emergence and growth of aboriginal business.

Examines issues concerning accuracy of Aboriginal census data, specifically changes to the ethnic questions and terminologies used and how this has caused problems with the total count.

An outline of issues and proposed solutions related to child welfare and Aboriginal children in Australia.

Focuses on issues and challenges for both on and off reserve Aboriginal children and families.

Agues that the child welfare system in Canada has become a contemporary Residential School system.

Law Thesis (M.L.)--University of British Columbia, 2011.

Looks at inequities in the Australian education system and government policies to address the situation.

Examines the relationship between Aboriginal people, between Aboriginal peoples to cities and city life, as well as the policy implications of that relationship.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1993.

Looks at strategies to incorporate First Nations, Metis and Inuit community traditional principles with contemporary government programs and policies.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 1998.

Explains environmental assessment, how Aboriginal consultation is integrated into federal environmental assessment and assesses the impact on Aboriginal rights.

Lesson plans for K-12 in the areas of: English, Social Studies, Math, Science and Physical Education. Includes some instructional videos.

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

Reports on five South Eastern Sydney, Australian schools receiving $1,000 each to address dental health issues.

Regularized review occurs in order to monitor change and impact of programs implemented.

Uses average income and transfer income as measurement. Does not include the informal economy of traditional hunting and fishing.

Profiles select initiatives developed by the Eel River Bar First Nation, Labrador Inuit Development Corporation, Lennox Island First Nation, and Membertou, a Mi'kmaw community.

Book review of: Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea for Integration by John W. and Virginia Friesen.

Reprint two articles, one published in 1985 entitled: Indian Education: Past, Present and Future and a second published in 1998: Our Peoples' Education: Cut the Shackles, Cut the Crap and Cut the Mustard.

Gives a short history of the policies of the Indian Act, residential schools, the integration period and jurisdictional dilemmas between the province and the Federal Government.

Looks at factors influencing knowledge transfer and exchange, development of relationships, integration of research with tradition, and influences on research utilization.

Reports on a government program that relocates Australian Aboriginal families from poorer outlying areas into five towns with better employment and education opportunities.

Looks at the regulatory and legislative barriers to address accessibility of capital for First Nations businesses and communities in Atlantic Canada. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 64.

Examines how the Department of Fisheries officials attempted to use science to regulate and gain co-operation from the fishers.

Traces government policies and legislation and activities of Aboriginal organizations from the colonial period to the 1990s.