New Books Available
University of Manitoba Aboriginal Issues Press
For further information and to order the books, please go to:
http://www.umanitoba.ca/environment/aboriginal_issues_press/
or contact:
Jill Oakes
Centre for Earth Observation Sciences, University of Manitoba
E-mail: jill_oakes [at] umanitoba.ca
The University of Manitoba Aboriginal Issues Press announces the
publication of the following books:
Aboriginal Connections to Race, Environment and Traditions
Edited by Rick Riewe and Jill Oakes
Price: $20 CDN (plus shipping and handling)
This book includes 14 papers written by experts in the social sciences,
health sciences, and humanities on topics such as:
- Internment of Japanese Canadians and colonization of Canada's
Aboriginal Peoples;
- Nature in the literary works of Louise Erdrich;
- Cosmology and Inuit clothing;
- Aboriginal students and faculty experiences with distance education;
- First Nations and Black American soldiers;
- Mi'kmaq Nation of Newfoundland, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,
and Nicolas Denys (1598-1688);
- The Baldoon Experiment and the Sustainability of Bkejwanong Territory
(Walpole Island, Ontario);
- Wild rice harvesters and marketers in northern Manitoba;
- Past and present First Nation's government;
- Women and self-government;
- Aboriginal Community and University 'Partnership'; and
- Culture and health in the Urban Aboriginal Diabetes Project (UADP).
Climate Change: Linking Traditional and Scientific Knowledge
Edited by Rick Riewe and Jill Oakes
Price: $25 CDN (plus shipping and handling)
This refereed publication includes papers written by over 50 community
experts and scientists addressing theoretical concerns, knowledge
transfer, adapting to climate change, implications of changing weather,
water and ice conditions for northerners and wildlife, and the impact of
climate change on tourism, fire, and industrial development. Northern
communities, politicians, managers, policy makers, scientists, and
schools will gain valuable insights by exploring linkages between
traditional and scientific knowledge in the north.
Residents' Perspectives on the Churchill River
Researcher: Joel Edye-Rowntree
Price: $15 CDN (plus shipping and handling)
The lower Churchill River was and still is a very important part of the
psyche of Churchill residents, being used for recreational purposes such
as fishing and boating, as well as transportation routes for hunting and
trapping. Residents' spatial orientation is based on the river;
"upriver" and "across the river" are terms used in everyday language.
The overall purpose of this book is to share Churchill residents'
perspectives on the importance of the lower Churchill River. The
specific objectives include:
- increase understanding and awareness of the importance of the lower
Churchill River to local residents;
- enhance knowledge of how the lower Churchill River was and currently
is used by local residents;
- obtain insights into issues concerning the social impact of changes to
residents as a result of changes to the lower Churchill River;
- obtain local perspectives on ways of addressing concerns related to
the lower Churchill River; and
- provide a forum for sharing local residents' perspectives with future
generations of Churchill residents.
For further information and to order the books, please go to:
http://www.umanitoba.ca/environment/aboriginal_issues_press/