Infrastructure

Looks at alcohol abuse and violence in Aboriginal communities and how some communities are using community shelter for women, rehabilitation, fewer liquor outlets and night patrols to deal with it.

Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999. Examines transition of a culturally integrated traditional Ojibwa community in southeastern Ontario to contemporary Ojibwa First Nation of Alderville.

History of the Mushuau Innu including issues of poverty, social disintegration, abuse and federal policy.

Assessment of the influence of traditional foods, their nutritional value in diets, and the loss of certain nutrients related to diet change.

Interview includes recollections of school, working during World War II, farm life as a child and as a widow.

[Northern Studies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998

Looks at the importance of community collaboration in conducting random trials for dental caries in Aboriginal children.

Building Studies Thesis (M.Eng.)--Concordia University, 1985.

Covers topics such organic contamination, internal corrosion control, Trihalomethane removal, operation of surface treatment plants, reverse osmosis and nanofiltration.

Attributes government inaction to a low priority and/or difficulty and costliness of execution.

Focuses on barriers to programs including health and social barriers, those related to community infrastructure and housing, and impacts of low economic activity and remoteness.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2004.

Describes how the First Nation is using information and communication technology to support online delivery of education, cultural, health, policing and security services.

Discusses a framework for capacity building including principles and recommendations relating to human resource development, data management, accountability, and institutional development.

Document intended to provide police with a "guide to using the problem-oriented policing approach" in communities as a method of establishing cooperative working relationships to identify and address problems.

Presents an extensive annotated bibliography, which includes some web addresses for citations.

Introduction to a special Issue which examines land claims settlements in Canada with an emphasis on long range planning and economic development.

City Planning Thesis (M.C.P.)--The University of Manitoba, 2000.

Discusses the justice system in Elsipogtog, New Brunswick centered around the Healing to Wellness court and its unique features.

Paper argues that in five decades hunting and gathering has diminished but economic development policies and funding have failed to develop a viable wage economy.

File contains a list of accomplishments by the Diefenbaker government including policies on development of the North, and describes how this, along with housing and education programs has helped the Inuit population. Also, notes for a speech about the role the North and its people should play in Canadian development, and how development would give prosperity to the Inuit.

Looks at initiatives for broadband development for First Nations populations focusing on barriers facing rural and remote communities.

Communications and Technology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.

Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.

Includes information from 2014 online community questionnaire about digital technology use and local social enterprise, as well two case studies: a Keewaytinook Okimakanak project to support social enterprises and entrepreneurs, and a presentation by an entrepreneur in one of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations. Paper from From Black Horses to White Steeds: Building Community Resilience edited by Laurie Brinklow and Ryan Gibson.

White paper asserts that peer-to-peer and inter-institutional networks can be used, with international systems, to reduce the digital divide.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2010.

Report summarized research conducted on the gaps in disability and career program services provided to Indigenous Australians. Questionnaires were administered to each of 10 program managers, gaps were noted in transportation, housing, outreach services, residential respite, and career support, as well as for assessment, treatment, counseling, and case management.

Contends that infrastructure is needed for successful economic development in energy, telecommunications, and transportation.

Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Guelph, 2014.

Atlantic Canada Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 1993.

Looks at the need for a performing arts centre in Iqaluit.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2019.

Investigates telephone and computer communications systems in rural Native American areas.

Reports the statistics on the duration, origin and number of advisories issued.

Chapter 5 of the 2005 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the House of Commons.

Topics include: Aboriginal and Elders' perspectives on water, jurisdiction over water-works, comparison of federal and provincial water treatment regulation, progress report for improving water quality and treatment issues (1995-2001), case studies (Attawapiskat, Beausoleil, and Sandy Lake First Nations and Six Nations of the Grand River Territory), and findings and recommendations. Submission to the Walkerton Inquiry Commission.

Public Administration Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2013.

Looks at water and sewage treatment systems in 660 First Nations communities.

Geography and Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.

These selections from the Duck Lake Indian Agency records illustrate a pattern of negative government attitudes and policies of fiscal austerity towards First Nations peoples and communities. Introduction and commentary by J.R. Miller. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 36.

Study suggests a comprehensive approach in a integrated facility appears to offer promising results.

Summarizes key findings into the steps taken by three First Nations communities to provide culturally appropriate early childhood training and care programs.

Article details the sustainable energy policies and practices that have implemented at the Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC) and describes how those practices have also created demonstrable economic benefits.

Explores the changes and decline of Navajo women's economic contributions in Shonto, Arizona during the nineteen-seventies.