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From reserves to cities (and back) : the significance of reserves in Registered Indian women's migration
(2010-01)
The migration of Registered Indian people to and from their reserves has attracted much scholarly attention over the decades. A significant theme in early literature suggested Indian people migrated back and forth between ...
Power shifts: the politics of sustainability transitions in electricity systems and the possibilities for first nations participation
(2015-04-17)
Many sustainability concerns have led to a push for more sustainable electricity systems. Governments and utilities have responded to these pressures by making changes ranging from minor incremental adjustments to sweeping ...
Teachers’ mo(u)rning stories: A living narrative inquiry into teachers’ identities on emergent high school inquiry landscapes
(2013-08-27)
This particular telling and retelling from a living narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) into the early experiences of three high school science teachers – Beth, Joel, and Christina – explores the emergent inquiry ...
Energy uncertainty: the effects of oil extraction on the Woodland Cree First Nation
(2015-12-21)
One of the most pressing and polarizing issues in Western Canada today, and for many First Nations groups in particular, is the oil sands of Alberta. My thesis is entitled Energy Uncertainty:
The Effects of Oil on the ...
The application of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to First Nations' jurisdiction
(2005-06-22)
This thesis examines the discourse surrounding the debate over whether the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ought to apply to First Nations’ governments in Canada. This is a constitutional and legal grey area at ...
Prairie First Nations and provinces : is there a fiduciary relationship that gives rise to fiduciary obligations?
(2001-03-01)
This thesis examines the relationship between the provincial Crown and Aboriginal peoples in the particular context of the prairie provinces to determine whether or not it can be described as fiduciary and, if so, what ...
Breaking the chain of dependency: using Treaty Land Entitlement to create First Nations economic self-sufficiency in Saskatchewan
(2010-11)
In the 1970’s, discussions began regarding the settlement of outstanding land claims from First Nations, the settling of Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE). The Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC) was developed to facilitate ...
Exploring cervical cancer screening behaviour : an interpretive description of Aboriginal women's experiences
(2010-11)
Background: In Canada, the prevalence of cervical cancer in Aboriginal women continues to increase with a significantly higher mortality rate than women of non-Aboriginal ancestry. Despite that invasive cervical cancer is ...
“WE LET THEM BE OUR EXTENDED FAMILY”: DISENTANGLING STÓ:LÕ FAMILIES FROM THE COLONIAL PAST
(2012-09-24)
This thesis seeks to problematize current historiographic approaches to family, generally, and Indigenous families, specifically. Contrary to much of the scholarship on this topic, Indigenous families like the Stó:lõ have ...
First Nations' self-government, Indigenous self-determination: On the transformative role of agonistic Indigeneity in challenging the conceptual limits of sovereignty
(2012-05-01)
This thesis explores the possibilities of decolonizing the Euro-American political traditions of sovereignty in an effort to re-craft the social contract between the Canadian state and Indigenous peoples. It argues that ...