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I’m often asked this question in my workshops. My answer is, “It depends.” There are two considerations that come into play in evaluating a community’s views on development or conservation - belief structures and socio-economic conditions.
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Fixing the way in which healthcare is delivered to Indigenous people is a massive, complex undertaking on the national scale. However, on a smaller...
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In Manitoba, Louis Riel Day is the third Monday in February and is a provincial holiday (first celebrated in 2008) - this date does not coincide with...
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While Idle No More has brought national and international attention to Aboriginal issues, those within Canada’s resource sector have been keenly...
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I would like to talk to you about contact, discovery and the New World. Specifically, I would like to answer the age-old question, "Did Christopher...
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What is a culturally competent healthcare environment? It is an environment in which Indigenous people feel culturally safe... where they are treated...
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Aboriginal Community Engagement (ACE) : A Guidebook was written with the sincere hope that it would be viewed as a resource for those who are...
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Resource revenue sharing (RRS) and Aboriginal Peoples have been in the news a lot of late as it is one of the long-standing issues stirred up by the...
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Being aware of both pre-contact and post-contact history, cultural differences, beliefs, values and traditions of Indigenous Peoples in Canada is the...
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This is the third article in a three-part series on Indigenous repatriation – why it is necessary, the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and...
