“This paper reports on a project to engage researchers and fishers together in adapting social science approaches to the purposes and the constraints of community-based fisher organizations.”
“The statistics documenting the problems experienced by aboriginal communities across Canada are well-known. Poverty, high unemployment, lack of infrastructure and suitable housing are all endemic to aboriginal communities. Despite this, there are many aboriginal success stories – communities that have gotten fully engaged in economic activities, exploiting renewable and non-renewable resources for the benefit of their people.”
“These papers represent some issues that face public policy-makers as they begin to work toward programs and policies that will address the aspirations and needs of Aboriginal people and communities in urban areas.”
“This research describes and analyzes of the role of Impact and Benefits Agreements (IBA) in the resource development process with particular emphasis on understanding whose interests are at play, how these related to the public interest and whether there are opportunities or requirements to better align interests.”
“This report will find material that, if anything, illustrates the restraint we have used in characterizing what is in fact an appalling history that has lead to a tragic legacy.”
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Year of publication:
2009
“The learning models, framework and rationale outlined in this report support an alternative vision of Aboriginal learning and community well-being. The Holistic Lifelong Learning Models themselves provide First Nations, Inuit and Métis people with an opportunity to articulate and explore—and for non-Aboriginal Canadians to appreciate—the value of Aboriginal lifelong learning as an essential human endeavor that can benefit us all and enhance societal progress.”
