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Aboriginal Consultation for the Ontario Mining Act Modernization Process: Varying Perceptive on Whether the Consultation Process Works
(2012-11-10)Internationally, there is a trend for marginalized people to not be involved in natural resource management decision making that directly or indirectly affects them. This is the case for a majority of indigenous people ... -
Barren-ground caribou - a cyclic species: The development of a cycle-stratified harvest model and a cycle analysis of North American barren-ground caribou subpopulations
(2019)Unlike all other members of the deer family, subpopulations of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) exhibit fluctuations in numbers that have been described as cyclic. We created a cyclic individual-based ... -
Building trust, addressing uncertainty: developing Aboriginal consultation practices for mineral exploration companies
(2014-12-18)This thesis examines how mineral exploration companies in the Thunder Bay region are consulting with Aboriginal communities. The research is based on new regulations put forth by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development ... -
It is only the beginning: an ethnohistory of mid-twentieth century land tenure in Fort Severn, Ontario
(2014-01-22)This research presents the results of sixteen interviews with Mushkego (Swampy Cree) elders from the community of Fort Severn, Ontario. The interviews focused on commercial and subsistence trapping conducted in the mid-20th ... -
Polar bears: the conservation of an arctic icon in a warming climate
(2014-12-16)Subpopulation growth rates and the probability of decline at current harvest levels were determined for 13 subpopulations of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) that are within or shared with Canada based on the most recent ... -
Women and work: analyzing the mixed economy in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
(2012-11-10)This thesis examines the condition of the mixed economy from the perspective of women's work in the Nunavut community of Qikiqtarjuaq. The focus of the project was to decide if the mixed economy persists in Inuit communities ...
