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Research
Environment and Natural Resources
- Atlantic Fisheries Policy Review
- The Atlantic Fisheries Policy Review (AFPR) was established within the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to develop a consistent and cohesive policy framework for the management of Canada's East Coast fish stocks.
Source: Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Health and Social Services
Justice and Policing
- Aboriginal Peoples and the 1995 Quebec Referendum: A Survey of the Issues
- This paper surveys the issues and reviews the positions of different parties during and following the referendum.
- Source: Government of Canada; Parliament of Canada
- Considering Restorative Responses to Repairing the Harms Implicit in Smuggling in the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation
- This study examines, among others, the impact of cross-border activity and crime on the people who reside in Akwesasne and describes the current ‘restorative repertoire’ in the community.
- Source: Government of Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- La justice en milieu autochtone : vers une plus grande synergie
- Features a report produced by a taskforce set up by the Court of Québec to identify the main problems and needs with regards to the administration of justice in Native communities.
Source: Government of Quebec; Justice
Language, Heritage and Culture
- Politique relative aux noms autochtones (In French Only)
- This document from the Commission de toponymie of Québec explains the importance of managing properly, that is in a standardized manner, the Aboriginal related names.
- Source: Government of Quebec; Commission de toponymie
Research Tips and Tools
- Autochtonie et gouvernance (In French Only)
- The project seeks to circumscribe the characteristics of Aboriginal society that will provide guidance for the creation of governance models in the political, social, legal and economic spheres.
- Source: Université de Montréal
- Recherches amérindiennes au Québec (In French Only)
- Recherches amérindiennes au Québec is a publishing house dedicated to the knowledge dissemination of Aboriginal populations in Quebec and in America.
