Synopses & Reviews
During the last 20 years the voices from First Nations have become louder in expressing their own solutions to the problems that have plagued their people since contact with the Europeans. Their traditional ways of thinking and living have become more visible to those from outside First Nations. Recent directions of First Nations in Northern Ontario have focused on strengthening political, economic, and social systems to promote community healing. This was an important subject for the third annual conference of the Institute of Northern Ontario Research and Development held in 1992 at Laurentian University. This book consists of papers presented at the conference by both First Nations leaders and academics from across Canada.
Rebirth highlights some of the developments that have been occurring in First Nations throughout Northern Ontario and elsewhere in the last decade. The 11 papers published here give voice to stories about the ways in which First Nations are addressing their own conditions. The papers are grouped in four sections: Cultural Diversity and Division, Political Action, Economic Development, and Social Development.
Review
"Highly significant, insightful, and well suited to survive the test of time." The Canadian Historical Review
Synopsis
The eleven papers published here are from the 1992 INORD Conference.
Synopsis
The 11 papers published here are from the 1992 Institute of Northern Ontario Research and Development Conference.
About the Author
Anne-Marie Mawhiney, professor of social work at Laurentian University in Sudbury with a doctorate from York University, was director of the Institute of Northern Ontario Research and Development from 1991-1994 and from 1995-1997. She is a research principal with the Elliot Lake Tracking and Adjustment Study and editor of Rebirth: Political, Economic, and Social Development in First Nations.