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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"First Nation"”.
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Walking the Path of Humility: White Settler Positionality in Research with Tsartlip First Nation
… amongst a dominant colonial system. Through a first-person/organizational inquiry, I explored, as a non-Indigenous leader in Tsartlip First Nation, how my research process reflected the legacies of colonization. After using action research to gather data from First Nations community health …
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Aboriginal forest tenure and governance in British Columbia : exploring alternatives from a Stellat'en First Nation community perspective
… as to the future of the forest sector in Canada. First Nations culture and ways of life are intimately and inextricably tied to the land. Some eighty percent of Canada’s First Nations communities are situated in productive forest regions (NAFA 2003). Even so, First Nations have been largely …
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As We Move Ahead Together: Foregrounding Reconciliating and Renewed First Nation/ Non-Aboriginal Relations in Environmental Management and Research
… understandings of the nature of current First Nations/non-Aboriginal relations in environmental management. The project was undertaken as a collaborative initiative by the author, a non-Aboriginal doctoral researcher, in partnership with Walpole Island First Nation. The research served as …
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Co-Developing Culturally Responsive Pre-Surgical Education for First Nation and Métis Hip and Knee Replacement Care in Saskatchewan
… was to better understand the experiences of First Nation and Métis Peoples in Saskatchewan accessing pre-surgical care for total joint replacements (TJR) and to co-develop a culturally responsive pre-surgical education program in partnership with a patient advisory committee (PAC). Methods: …
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INSIDE THE REZ CROSS: AN ASSESSMENT OF HOSTING EVACUEES DURING A WILDFIRE DISASTER IN BEARDY’S & OKEMASIS FIRST NATION
… and local governments and the Red Cross, First Nations also took the lead in organizing and establishing their own evacuation centres on their reserves. This research considers the case of Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation’s emergency response (through “Rez Cross”), which adopted a …
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An Analysis of the Discourse Function of Saulteaux/mi-/ As Exemplified In A Traditional Cote First Nation Teaching Text
This thesis has a three-fold purpose. First it presents a Saulteaux narrative collected from a Saskatchewan reserve, Cote First Nation, transcribed, translated and analyzed linguistically. Saulteaux, the Plains dialect of Ojibwe, is spoken in the southern half of Saskatchewan and in Manitoba. The …
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Crossing the Racial Hiring Divide in Public Education: First Nation Teachers Encounters with Employee Fit, Merit, and White Racial Innocence
… been put in place to articulate equality between First Nations and non-First Nations people, not as equality based on good will, but equity as a legal right. These significant accomplishments in the advancement of First Nations rights include recent land claims agreements and self-government …
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Linguistic vitality in Manitoba: a survey of knowledge, use, and attitudes in the Ojibwa community of Poplar River First Nation
… vitality of the Ojibwe language in Poplar River First Nation, MB and, by re-envisioning the framework and methodology for doing so, represent the perspectives and voices of the community. Using a survey tool designed along a model of linguistic health adapted from the UNESCO LVE factors, this …
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Under Their Own Laws: How the Kitasoo/Xai’xais First Nation created a new marine protected area – without the federal government’s approval
On June 21, 2022, the Kitasoo/Xai’xais, a First Nation on the Pacific coast of Canada, unilaterally declared the Gitdisdzu Lugyeks marine protected area (MPA) in their territorial waters of Kitasu Bay. Whether they have the legal authority to create that protected area, however, is a difficult …
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Sacrificial Zone or Living on Borrowed Time: Oil Exploitation in Northern Alberta and its Impact on the Athabasaca Chipewyan First Nation Community
… and adaptive capacity of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) to the impacts of oil extraction in northern Alberta. The ACFN is one of many Aboriginal communities that have lived in northern Alberta for centuries. Historically, the community has relied on their natural environment for …
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An Exploration of the First Nations Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: A Multiple-Case Study of Canadian First Nation Entrepreneurial Support Organizations and their Role in First Nations Entrepreneurship
… economic activity and express self-determination. However, First Nations entrepreneurship has remained stagnant and well below the national average since 2001. One of the main barriers to First Nations entrepreneurship is access to capital and continued financial and non-financial support. …
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Characterizing the Indoor Air Environment In the Homes of First Nation Children and Youth Using Remote Community-Based Research Methods: Household Conditions, Air Quality, and Preliminary Health Outcomes
… this issue is understudied in the context of First Nations children and youth health and wellbeing. The objectives of this study were to (1) characterize indoor air quality, housing conditions, and respiratory health of children living in the Kanesatake First Nation and (2) evaluate the …
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THREE ESSAYS ON FIRST NATIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
… dissertation contains three essays on topics in First Nations economic development in Canada. The first essay explores the issue of underdevelopment through the lens of economic leakage and multiplier effects of spending. The second essay explores the issue of food insecurity as an implication of …
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Using ancient DNA to infer impacts of European colonization on first nations populations in coastal British Columbia, Canada
… and the genetic effects of colonization on BC First Nations populations. In this dissertation, I sequenced the hypervariable segment (HVS1) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of 61 ancient PRH individuals and compared them to the descendant groups, the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation and Metlakatla First …
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Oh Canada: Citizenship on First Nations’ Land
… citizenship, especially Canadian citizenship, to First Nations students. With some researchers stating that First Nations should not be in a state of subjection to the Canadian government (Battiste & Semaganis, 2002), there are First Nation members who argue that they are First Nation and do not …
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The Sound of Silence: First Nations and British Columbia Emergency Management
… with a particular emphasis on Crown-identified First Nation roles. I show that the regime overwhelmingly positions non-First Nation governments, contractors and other organizations to manage emergencies on behalf of First Nations. I explore emergency management as a manifold process that …
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A Seat at the Table: A Nonconformist Approach to Grassroots Participation in the Articulation of Health Standards
… Team’s biomonitoring study of Walpole Island First Nation, which reveals that the absence of community input regarding health standards, combined with a fear of ecosystem toxicity, specifically methyl-mercury toxins in regional flora and fauna, has resulted in high stress and anxiety levels …
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