TABLEOFCONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................2

RESEARCHBYTOPIC.....................................................................................................3FOOD & HEALTH .................................................................................................................... 3FOOD SECURITY ..................................................................................................................... 7LANDS & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................ 12FOOD STRATEGY & PLANNING ....................................................................................... 16TRADITIONAL FOODS ......................................................................................................... 18

RESEARCHBYCOMMUNITY.......................................................................................19Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek (AZA) ........................................................................ 19Aroland First Nation ................................................................................................................ 20Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (BZA) ........................................................................ 22Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (BNA) ................................................................................... 23Fort William First Nation ........................................................................................................ 25Ginoogaming First Nation ....................................................................................................... 28Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek KZA (Gull Bay First Nation) ............................................ 30Long Lake #58 First Nation ..................................................................................................... 32Pawgwasheeng First Nation (Pays Plat) ................................................................................. 33Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg (Pic Mobert First Nation) ...................................................... 34Biitigong Nishnaabeg (Pic River First Nation) ...................................................................... 37Red Rock Indian Band ............................................................................................................. 38Whitesand First Nation ............................................................................................................ 39

INTRODUCTION TheliteraturereviewcomponentoftheUnderstandingOurFoodSystemsProject(Phase

II) came out of the identified need to support partner communities in accessing

information about food sovereignty work regionally, as well as specifically in their

communities.There isa lotofresearchandliteraturecreatedthat isaboutor impacts

the partner communities in this project, which may not be known about at the

communitylevel.Thisreviewwasintendedtohelpclosethatgap.

The literature review was developed based largely on key term searches in both

academicandnon-academicdatabases.Thefollowingcompilationofresourcesincludes

articles from academic and non-academic journals; project and organization reports;

articles and reports about past projects by government or private companies; and

importantlectures.

Theinformationisorganizedintwomainways:

§ BythemesrelatingtofoodandFirstNationspeopleinNorthernOntario;

§ ByspecificFirstNationcommunity,outofthefourteenparticipatingFirstNation

communitiesinthisproject.

LakeheadUniversity alsohas an extensivedigital andphysical repositoryof resources

about Indigenous Studies, which can be found at Chancellor Paterson Library at

LakeheadUniversityThunderBayCampusonthefifthfloor.

RESEARCHBYTOPIC

FOOD&HEALTH ARTICLE:Slater,J.J.,&Mudryj,A.N.(2018).Arewereally“eatingwellwithCanada’sfoodguide”?BMCPublicHealth,(1).

Retrievedfrom:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5540-4Canada’s Food Guide (CFG) has been an important health promotion tool for overseventy years. The most recent version was released in 2007. This study examinedCanadians’exposureto,knowledge,anduseofCFG.CFGhas'brandrecognition'amongCanadians however there are gaps between awareness andeatingbehaviours. ThenewFoodGuide could consider additional dissemination tools including social media,videosandworkbookstailoredtovariousagegroups,demographicgroupsandsettings.

REPORT:NorthSuperiorWorkforcePlanningBoard.(2018).ServiceCoordinationinEmploymentandMentalHealthServiceNetworks:FinalReport.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/1815/4231/6113/NSWPB_18271_Service_Coordination_Report_ENGLISH_SinglePgs.pdfThis report provides the deliverables for the project “Research and report onstrengtheningservicecoordinationcurrentlyamongserviceprovidernetworks”soughtbytheLocalEmploymentPlanningCouncilfortheThunderBayDistrictinAugust,2017.Thepurposeofthatcallwastoincreaseservicecoordinationintheemploymentservicenetworkofproviders,withtheultimategoalofprovidingmoreholisticandcoordinatedsupports to Employment Service clients, particularly those who have multipleconcurrent needs (e.g., employment, mental health, housing, literacy). This projectsought to approach that goal by (1) conducting a review of the literature on servicecoordination, (2) conductinga scoping reviewof employment services in theThunderBay District, and (3) conducting a survey through which the existing referral andcollaborationnetworksinthesystemcouldbeexamined.

ARTICLE:Burnett,K.,Skinner,K.,&LeBlanc,J.(2015).FromFoodMailtoNutritionNorthCanada:ReconsideringfederalfoodsubsidyprogramsfornorthernOntario.CanadianFoodStudies,(2)1,p.141–156.

Retrievedfrom:http://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca:8082/index.php/cfs/article/view/62/69 This article evaluates federal food subsidy programs in northern Canada, focusingspecifically on the transition from the FoodMail Program toNutritionNorth Canada.Although the report on Nutrition North Canada by the Auditor General of Canada,Michael Ferguson, released on November 25, 2014, revealed some of the program’sproblems,wearguethatthesituationisfarmorecomplicated.Inparticular,theAuditorGeneral’sreportfocusesonthearcticregionsanddisregardstheequallyalarmingstateof food insecurity in theprovincialNorths.By looking specificallyatnorthernOntario,thisarticleoutlinesthediversechallengesanddifferencesnorthernersfaceinensuringaccesstoaffordableandnutritiousfoodofgoodquality.

REPORT:Halseth,R.(2015).TheNutritionalHealthoftheFirstNationsandMetisoftheNorthwestTerritories:Areviewofcurrentknowledgeandgaps.PrinceGeorge,BC:NationalCollaboratingCentreforAboriginalHealth.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.ccnsa-nccah.ca/docs/emerging/RPT-NutritionalHealthFNsMetis-Halseth-EN.pdfAboriginalpeopleshavebeenexperiencinganutritiontransitionthathasresulted inagreaterproportionoftheirdietbeingcomprisedofnutrientpoormarketfoods.Thishasled to a growing crisis linked to unhealthy weights. Socio-economic, cultural andenvironmental factorsarecontributing to this transition.Nevertheless,harvestingandconsumption of traditional foods remains important for Aboriginal peoples, providingnumerouscultural,economic,socialandhealthbenefits.

REPORT:Kachur,B.(2014).UrbanFirstNations,Inuit,andMetisDiabetesPreventionProject:FreshFoodMarketEvaluation.Saskatoon,SK:Community-UniversityInstituteforSocialResearch.

Retrievedfrom:https://cuisr.usask.ca/documents/publications/2010-2014/Urban%20First%20Nations,%20Inuit,%20and%20Metis%20Diabetes%20Prevention%20Project%20Evaluation.pdfImprovingaccesstohealthy,affordableproduceinSaskatoon’scoreneighbourhoodsisone of the primary objectives of the Urban First Nations, Inuit, and Métis DiabetesPrevention (UFNIMDP)project (Armstrong-Monahan,2013). FreshFoodMarketswere

initially established as a service of the CHEP Good Food Inc. in several locations andsincethen,theUFNIMDPprojecthasbeeninstrumentalinsupportingtheexpansionofthemarkets(Armstrong-Monahan,2013).ThisreportoffersaformalevaluationoftheFresh Food Markets based on a survey distributed to market customers. �e surveysought to understand the impact market services were having on household foodinsecurity (HFI). Noteworthy results show a reduction in the use of community foodprograms and an increase in fruit and vegetable intake by regularmarket attendees.Fromtheanalysisofthesurveydataandacomprehensivereviewofcurrentliterature,aseriesofrecommendationsaremade.Theseincludemodificationstoexpandtheserviceand better meet the needs of the neighbourhoods it serves. Additionalrecommendations look at innovative programming and food strategies from otherurban centres across North America. Continuing to build upon Saskatoon’s alreadyexemplary services could have a greater impact on HFI, therefore creating a moreequitableandsustainablefoodsystem.

ARTICLE:Walker,J.B.,Kassi,N.,andEamer,C.(2009).FoodSecurityinTimesofChange:APolicyBriefonFoodSecurityforNorthernCanada.Whitehorse,YK:ArcticHealthResearchNetwork.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.worldcat.org/title/food-security-in-times-of-change-a-policy-brief-on-food-security-for-northern-canada/oclc/870653108Foodsecurityismorethanaquestionofhunger.Itisthefoundationforbothindividualandcommunityhealth.Inthenorth,foodsecuritycanalsobeamethodofbothphysicaland cultural survival. And food insecurity is expensive, in both human and financialterms. For example, the former head of Canada’s Food Security Bureau, Jean CharlesLeValle, told the 2004National Food Security Assembly inWinnipeg that diet relatedchronicdiseasescostanestimated$6.6billion indirectand indirecthealthcarecostsand lost productivity each year. He added that food is the flexible item in a family’sbudget.Peoplewillcutbackonquantityandqualityoffoodinordertomeetconsistentcommitmentssuchasrent,utilitypaymentsanddebtpaymentstosurvive.

TOOLKIT:ThunderBayRegionalHealthSciencesCentre.(2012).AGuideforWorkingwithAboriginalPeopleofNorthwesternOntario:AStrokeResourceforHealthcareProviders.

Retrievedfrom:http://tbrhsc.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Stroke-Toolkit.pdfThistoolkitprovidesclinicalandeducationaltools,Aboriginalhistory,strokeinformationand best practices, which can assist health service providers to engage and offereffectivestroke-relatededucationandcaretoAboriginalindividualsandfamilies.

ARTICLE:Bodirsky,M,&Johnson,J.(2008).DecolonizingDiet:HealingbyReclaimingTraditionalFoodways.TheJournalofCanadianFoodCultures,(1)1.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/cuizine/2008-v1-n1-cuizine2503/019373ar/.Traditional Indigenous foodways remain important for the ongoing health and wellbeingofcontemporaryIndigenousNorthAmericanpeoples.Drawingpartlyonprimaryresearchonfood-relatedknowledgeandexperiencewithintheFirstNationscommunityofToronto,theauthorstracehowcolonialpoliciesofassimilationattemptedtodestroyIndigenous knowledge and in so doing spawned numerous trans-generational healthconsequences for Indigenous populations, which are still felt today. While colonialattempts at assimilation seriously undermined the integrity of traditional Indigenousfoodways, today this cultural knowledge is undergoing a resurgence. ContemporaryIndigenous peoples have expanded upon oral traditions with written stories of foodgathering and recipes as ameans to revitalize food knowledge, cultural integrity andcommunity--allinextricablylinkedtohealth.

REPORT:AssemblyofFirstNationsEnvironmentalStewardshipUnit.(2007).TraditionalFoods:AreTheySafeForFirstNationsConsumption?

Retrievedfrom:https://www.afn.ca/uploads/files/rp-traditional_foods_safety_paper_final.pdf TherearemultiplebenefitsandcontaminantrisksfromtheconsumptionoftraditionalfoodsbyFirstNationspeoples,andweighingtheseconsiderationsagainsteachotheriscomplex. Some of the benefits of traditional foods used by First Nations peoplespresented in this paper include the availability of key essential nutrients, physicalactivity during harvesting, lower food costs, the prevention of chronic disease byconsumptionofmorenutritiousfood,andmultiplesocio-culturalvaluesthatcontributetomental health and culturalmorale. The impacts of consumingmore store boughtfoodsonpatternsofdietarychangeandfrequencycanhavemajorconsequencesonthehealthofFirstNationsandcouldpotentiallyleadtohigherincidenceofchronicdiseases.“AlthoughtheElders felt that theirenvironment iscontaminated,andthatno levelofcontaminationissafe,theystillfeltthateatingtraditionalfoodsisimportantbecauseitis the way of life giving to them from their Creator. They would like the mercurycontaminationcleanedup.Theywouldliketheclearcutting,thesprayingandtheotherforms of industrial development on their territory to stop. They would like tostrengthen traditional foodways, traditionaleconomiesasmechanisms forpromotinghealthyindividualsandahealthycommunity”.(Simpson,L,andJ.Dasilva.2005:4)FirstNations will need to consider the nutritional, socio-cultural, economic, and healtheffectsofusingandnotusingtraditionalfood.Ultimately,traditionalfoodssystemsofFirstNationsstillremainthebestfoodthatisavailabletothem.

WEBSITE:SiouxLookoutMenoYaWinHealthCentre–ResearchatSLMHC.(n.d.).

Retrievedfrom:http://www.slmhc.on.ca/researchResearch is a key component of the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre'sstrategicplanandourboardofdirectorsandadministrationfullysupportsitsstaffandphysicians participating in relevant cross cultural and rural hospital-based research.SLMHChas also engagedwithoutside researchpartners on topics appropriate to ourarea.Aresearchreviewcommitteeoverseestheresearchtopicsandapprovessafeandmeaningfulprojects.Thecommitteeensuresculturalsafetyisparamountinconductinganyresearch.SLMHCseffortshaveproducedvaluablecollaborationsanddozensofpeerreviewed publications. These are regularly collated into research compilations, all ofwhich are available on ourwebsite. Research compilations from 2007 to 2017 topicshave included (but are not limited to) subjects of cross-cultural care, maternal-childcare,palliativecare,ruralmedicine,addictionmedicine,andruralmedicaleducation.

FOODSECURITY

BOOK:Lowitt,K.,Levkoe,C.,Lauzon,R.,Ryan,K.&Sayers,D.(2019).Indigenousself-determinationandfoodsovereigntythroughfisheriesgovernance intheGreatLakesRegion.InAndrée,P.,Clark,J.,Levkoe,C.,&Lowitt,K.(Eds.),CivilSocietyandSocialMovementsinFoodSystemGovernance.RoutledgePress.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.routledge.com/Civil-Society-and-Social-Movements-in-Food-System-Governance-1st-Edition/Andree-Clark-Levkoe-Lowitt/p/book/9781138588073FishinghaslongbeenessentialtoIndigenouspeoplethroughouttheGreatLakesregion.With the arrival of European settlers, Indigenous fishing activities were forciblydisrupted. The result of a broken treaty process, reserve system, and imposedlegislation was that Indigenous peoples’ control of fish, land and water systems wassignificantly curtailed,with devastating implications on cultures, economies, and foodsystems. Despite this violence, Indigenous people throughout the Great Lakes areinvolvedineffortstoreclaimtheirfishingrightsaspartofassertingself-determination.Inthischapter,weexploretwocasesoffisheriesgovernanceinvolvingIndigenousandsettler engagements, each struggling to maintain elements of self-governance andsovereigntyovertheirfisheries inrelationtothestate.CollaboratingwithBatchewanaFirstNationoftheOjibwaysandtheSaugeenOjibwayNationtoproducethischapter,we share their different aspirations, strategies used to exercise jurisdiction, andperceptionsofopportunitiesandlimitationsinorganizingtowardsenhancedequityforsustainable fisheries. Ultimately, we aim to contribute to a sharing of governanceexperiences to enhance the potential for Nation to Nation relationships and supportIndigenousmovementstowardsself-determinationandfoodsovereignty.

BOOK:Rubidoux,M.A.(2017)ALandNotForgotten.UniversityofManitobaPress.

Retrievedfrom:https://ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat00833a&AN=lul.1047994&site=eds-live&scope=siteFood insecurity takes a disproportionate toll on the health of Canada's Indigenouspeople. "A LandNot Forgotten" examines the disruptions in local food practices as aresultofcolonizationand thecultural,educational,andhealthconsequencesof thosedisruptions. This multidisciplinary work demonstrates how some IndigenouscommunitiesinnorthernOntarioareaddressingchallengestofoodsecuritythroughtherestorationofland-basedculturalpractices.ImprovingIndigenoushealth,foodsecurity,and sovereignty means reinforcing practices that build resiliency in ecosystems andcommunities.Asthisbookcontends,thisincludesfacilitatingproductivecollaborationsand establishing networks of Indigenous communities and allies to work together inpromotionandprotectionofIndigenousfoodsystems.Thiswillinfluencediversegroupsand encourage them to recognize the complexity of colonial histories and thedestructive health impacts in Indigenous communities. In addition to itsmultidisciplinary lens, the authors employ a community based participatory approachthatprivilegesIndigenousinterestsandperspectives."ALandNotForgotten"providesacomprehensive picture of the food security and health issues Indigenous peoples areencounteringinCanada'sruralnorth.

ARTICLE: Daigle,M. (2017) “Tracing the Terrain of Indigenous Food Sovereignties:TheJournalofPeasantStudies:Vol46,No2,”2017.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03066150.2017.1324423?casa_token=l1XBV4z5ltIAAAAA:Ch_3cboAC7hHhoauOqO22jFhdOvPSArs6t6GCXpbOQF_wJe_bR0UDRoW_FWCjMsVC8Klenrb9jGXrgFoodsovereigntyscholarsareincreasinglyre-conceptualizingsovereigntybyaccountingfor its diverse expressions across space according to specific histories, identities, andlocal socio-ecological realities and dynamics. In grappling with the multiple bases ofsovereignty,attentionhasbeendirected towardIndigenous foodsovereignty inNorthAmerica.Specifically, foodscholarsareexamininghowtheregenerationof Indigenousfood harvesting and sharing practices shapesmovements for decolonization and self-determination.While this isacrucialandmuch-welcomed intervention,muchmore isneededtounderstandthediverseIndigenouspoliticalandlegalordersandauthoritiesthat shape how multiple Indigenous food sovereignties are lived every day acrossdiverse landscapes. In this contribution, I examine how Anishinaabe people in andbeyond the Treaty 3 territory in Ontario, Canada, protect and renew their food

harvestinggrounds,watersandfoodwaysthrougheverydayactsofresurgencethatarerootedintheirlawofminobimaadiziwin.

ARTICLE: Coté, C. (2016). “Indigenizing” Food Sovereignty. Revitalizing IndigenousFood Practices and Ecological Knowledges in Canada and the United States.Humanities,5(3),57.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/5/3/57/htm Utilizingtheframeworkofdecolonizationandsustainableself-determination,thisarticleanalysestheconceptoffoodsovereigntytoarticulateanunderstandingofitspotentialfor action in revitalizing Indigenous food practices and ecological knowledge in theUnitedStatesandCanada.Thefoodsovereigntymovementchallengedthehegemonyofthe globalized, neoliberal, industrial, capital-intensive, corporate-led model ofagriculture that created destructive economic policies that marginalized small-scalefarmers, removed them from their land, and forced them into the global marketeconomyaswagelaborers.

ARTICLE:Martens,T.Cidro,J.Hart,M.&McLachlan,S.(2016).UnderstandingIndigenousFoodSovereigntythroughanIndigenousResearchParadigm.

Retrievedfrom:https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/social_work/media/V5i102martens_cidro_hart_mclachlan.pdfThe Indigenous food sovereignty (IFS) movement offers insight into food-relatedchallengesthatconfrontIndigenousPeoplesinCanada.ThephilosophyofIFSisholisticinnatureand sees foodasencompassingall facetsofbeing– themental, emotional,spiritual,andintellectual.Thirty-twointerviewswereconductedacrosswesternCanadato better understand Indigenous food sovereignty practices. Indigenous researchmethodologies offer further insight into IFS studies, in part, through an epistemologycenteredonexperientialknowledge,relationalaccountability,respect,andreciprocity.The values of these methodologies are reflected in this research regarding IFS, andprovideanimportantandappropriatecontextforthiswork.Inparticular,metaphor,asa research tool, helps to further the understanding of IFS by acknowledging theharmonythatcanandshouldexistbetweenfoodandnature.

REPORT:CanadaNorthEnvironmentalServices(2016).NokiiwinTribalCouncilCountryFoodsStudy:RevisedFinalReport.Saskatoon,Saskatchewan.

Retrievedfrom: http://www.nokiiwin.com/upload/documents/1807-ntc-country-foods-study-revised-fin.pdf

The First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program (FNECP) provided funding tothe Nokiiwin Tribal Council (NTC) in partnership with Canada North EnvironmentalServices (CanNorth) toundertakeacountry foodsstudy in theLakeNipigonarea.Theproject involved conducting a community based research program with four FirstNations that arepart of theNTC.Of primary concern to local FirstNations is that nodevelopments past or present negatively impact the ability of individuals andcommercial fishermentosustaintheirwayof life,affect theirconsumptionofcountryfoods,orpreventAboriginalandTreatyRightsfrombeingexercised.

BOOK:AboriginalFoodSecurityinNorthernCanada:AnAssessmentoftheStateofKnowledge.(2014). Ottawa,Ontario :CouncilofCanadianAcademies,2014.

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The issues and concerns surrounding northern food security challenge conventionaldefinitionsofexpertiseandevidence.TheCouncilofCanadianAcademies(theCouncil)was tasked by the Sponsor, Health Canada, to form an expert panel to generate anevidence-based report on northern food security and its implications for Aboriginalhealth.Amultidisciplinary panel ofAboriginal andnon-Aboriginal scholars (the Panel)metfivetimesover15monthstocreatethisreport.Amajorfindingofthereportistheimportance of lived, northern experience and traditional knowledge in defining andaddressingtheissuessurroundingnorthernfoodsecurity.Local, regional, national, and international knowledge, experiences, and policiesdemonstrate that opportunities exist to move Canadians closer to achieving foodsecurityandfoodsovereignty.However,togeneratethemostsustainable,responsive,and practical solutions, the evidence base must be expanded so that Aboriginalcommunities, researchers, policy-makers, andNortherners can create sustainable anddignified solutions to the long-standing complex challenge of food insecurity amongAboriginalpeoplesintheNorth.ARTICLE:Desmarais,A.A.,&Wittman,H.(2014).Farmers,foodiesandFirstNations:gettingtofoodsovereigntyinCanada.JournalofPeasantStudies,41(6),1153-1173.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03066150.2013.876623?journalCode=fjps20

This paper examines how the concept and framework of food sovereignty has beenincorporated in food policy agendas across diverse sectors of Canadian society,particularly in theworkanddiscourseof theNationalFarmersUnion,Québec'sUnionPaysanne, Food SecureCanada andmovements for Indigenous food sovereignty. Thisanalysis highlights both the challenges to conceptualizing food sovereignty and thetensionsindefininginclusivepoliciesthatengagewithfoodsovereigntyatdistinct,andoften overlapping, scales.We critically assess how the ‘unity in diversity’ principle offood sovereignty functions in theCanadian context,payingparticularattention to thepolicy implications of debates about themeaning of food sovereignty.What is mostevident in examining the demands of a wide range of actors using food sovereigntylanguageinCanadaisasharedaimtoreclaimapublicvoiceinshapingthefoodsystemandagrowingconvergencearoundidealsofsocialjustice,environmentalsustainabilityanddiversity.But,iffoodsovereigntyisaboutfundamentaltransformationofthefoodsystem,itisyetininitialstagesinthiscountry.

BOOK:Wittman,H.,Desmarais,Wiebe,N.(2011)FoodSovereigntyinCanada:CreatingJustandSustainableFoodSystems.Winnipeg:FernwoodPublishing.

Retrievedfrom:https://ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat00833a&AN=lul.877382&site=eds-live&scope=siteContemporary Canadian agricultural and food policies are contributing to the currentglobal food crisis: the industrialized, high-input, export-driven agricultural productionsector, coupledwith concentrated corporate processing and retailing, are ecologicallyunsustainable, increasingly unaffordable, unhealthy and socially unjust. Employing aninterdisciplinaryandmulti-sectoralapproach,FoodSovereigntyinCanadaexploreshowcommunities all over the country are actively engaged in implementing alternativeagriculturalandfoodmodelswithintheframeworkoffoodsovereignty--takingcontrolover food-producing resources,markets andagriculturalpolicy. This frameworkoffersCanadian citizens, researchers and policymakers the opportunity to build alternativeagricultural and food models that are less environmentally damaging and that keepfarmersonthelandwhileensuringthatthoselivingincitieshaveaccesstohealthyandsafefood.

BOOK:Walker,J.B.,Eamer,C.,&Kassi,N.(2009).Foodsecurityintimesofchange :apolicybriefon food security fornorthernCanada.Whitehorse,Yukon :ArcticHealthResearchNetwork-Yukon.

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Foodsecurityismorethanaquestionofhunger.Itisthefoundationforbothindividualandcommunityhealth.Inthenorth,foodsecuritycanalsobeamethodofbothphysicaland cultural survival. And food insecurity is expensive, in both human and financialterms.Forexample,theformerheadofCanada’sFoodSecurityBureau,jeanCharleslevalle, told the 2004 National Food Security Assembly in Winnipeg that diet relatedchronicdiseasescostanestimated$6.6billion indirectand indirecthealthcarecostsand lost productivity each year. He added that food is the flexible item in a family’sbudget.Peoplewillcutbackonquatityandqualityoffoodinordertomeetconsistentcommitmentssuchasrent,utilitypaymentsanddebtpaymentstosurvive.

LANDS&RESOURCEMANAGEMENT REPORT:SettingtheTable:FoodInsecurityandCostsinOntario’sNorth.(2018).

Retrievedfrom:https://www.northernpolicy.ca/upload/documents/publications/commentaries-new/commentary-melillo-cof-en-19.01.18.pdfFoodinsecurityisacomplexissuethatimpactsawidespectrumofpeople.InOntario’snortherncommunities,therelativelyhighercostoffood–measuredbytheNutritiousFood Basket assessment (NFB) – is a major contributor to the incidence of foodinsecurity in northern communities compared to those in the South. the analysisillustratesthatthereisapositiverelationshipbetweencommunityremotenessandthecostofhealthyeating.Toillustrate,anaveragefamily inacommunitythat isapartoftheNutritionNorthCanadafoodsubsidyprogram,likeAttawapiskat,pays$645.08moreeachmonthfortheNutritiousFoodBasketthantheaveragefamily inaNorthwesternOntarioHealthUnitcommunityand$804.47moreeachmonththanafamilyinToronto.Finally, data and analysis reveals that food security is also impacted by inadequateincomeandsocialassistance.

THESIS:Vescio,BrianneL.(2018)."FromBuriedTreasureandRiskyAdventuretoSoberingMattersofConcern:theRingofFireDiscourseinOntarioMiningEvents"ElectronicThesisandDissertationRepository.

Retrievedfrom:https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5969/TheOntarioRingofFireisapotentialminingprojectthatis locatedinthefarnorthofthe province, within Matawa First Nations homelands and traditional territory. MythesisexamineshowtheRingofFireiscontinuallyshapedbytheconflictingdiscoursesthatsurroundit.Tostudythis,IobservedhowtheRingofFirewassituatedwithinfiveminingevents.Eventswereheldbydifferentorganizations,fordifferentaudiences,and

had different purposes; varyingwidely in size and scale.While some actors deployedspectacularlystreamlinedmessagestoenticeinvestorsandpropeltheprojecttowardsapredeterminedfuture,othersunravelledthesemessagesbyexploringthecomplicationsandrevealingawiderrangeofpossibilities.However,eventslargelyactedassilos,andtheobservedencountersacrossdifferencemostlytookplacethroughthemedia.

ARTICLE:Spoel,P.(2018).PreservingWildernessorProtectingHomelands?IntersectionsandDivergencesinActivistDiscoursesAboutMininginOntario’sFarNorth.EnvironmentalCommunication,12(3),295-300.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17524032.2017.1394895NorthernOntario’sRingofFire/Wawangajingcontroversyconstitutesacomplexsiteofdebateabouttherisksandbenefitsofmininginanareaofmajorecologicalsignificancethat is also the ancestral territory of nine First Nation communities. The paperinvestigates the rhetorical alignments and divergences in public calls byMatawa FirstNations tribal council and the Ontario Wildlands League for stronger environmentalassessmentofminingprojectsthanthatfavouredbytheCanadiangovernment.Tracingtheterminologieseachgroupusestodescribetheaffectedregionanditsinhabitantsinits activist rhetoric about EAoffers insight into the contingent, shiftingways inwhichwildernessadvocacyandIndigenousjusticediscoursesmayspeaktogetheryetdistinctlywithincontemporaryenvironmental-naturalresourcedisputes.

ELECTRONICDOCUMENT:AssociationofMunicipalitiesOntario.(2018).IndigenouspeopleinOntario:A101forMunicipalOfficialsandStaff.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.amo.on.ca/AMO-PDFs/Indigenous-Relations/2018-08-Final-Indigenous-101-Webinar.aspxThis slide deckwas developed by the Association ofMunicipalities of Ontario (AMO)with input from AMO’s Indigenous Relations Task Force. AMO is a non-profitrepresentingalmostallofOntario’s444municipalgovernments.Thisslidedeckisa101,intendedtoprovidemunicipalrepresentativeswithahigh-leveloverviewofIndigenouspeoples and reconciliation inOntario that speaks to the needs, interests and specificresponsibilitiesofmunicipalgovernments in theProvince.This resource is limitedandincomplete,with a complex subjectmatter that is rapidly evolving. Itwas created formunicipalstaffandelectedofficialsbymunicipalrepresentativesinlightofashortageofinformation designed specifically forOntario’smunicipal governments.We encourageindividualmunicipalities to supplement thisdeckwith informationandguidance fromother sources, including from neighbouring Indigenous communities, local and

provincial Indigenous organizations and other community champions in your area.Informationandguidance isalsoavailablefromtheFederalandOntariogovernments.Incertaincircumstances,itmaybeadvisabletoseekinputfromlegalcounsel.ContentonIndigenousorganizationswassourcedfromtheirrespectivewebsites(AssociationofMunicipalitiesOntario,2018).DOCTORALDISSERTATION:LeBlanc,J.W.(2014).NaturalResourceManagementandIndigenousFoodSystemsinNorthernOntario(Doctoraldissertation).

Retrievedfrom:https://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/bitstream/handle/2453/589/LeBlancJ2014d-1b.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yThis research explores assumptions associated with Crown forest management inOntario based on the purposes of the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, with specificobjectives linkingparticipant action researchwith independent thesis-action research.Community-basedresearchprioritiesarereflectedineachchapterwithinthecontextofIndigenous food systems and natural resourcemanagement inNorthernOntario. Themajor findings of this research confirm that if meeting social, economic, andenvironmentalneedsofpresentandfuturegenerationsisthepurposeofCrownforestmanagement, then based on experiences of Indigenous land users, the paradigm inwhich natural resource management occurs should be re-evaluated. The researcherprovides recommendations for forest managers, including shifting the currentknowledge paradigm from the primarily quantitative approach to a more holisticparadigm that includes qualitative information. To achieve this recommendation, theneed to reform required training for forest management authorities, to includeIndigenousworldviewsaswellasiiiAboriginalandTreatyRights.Furthermore,inorderto meet the needs of Indigenous land users, the natural resource managementparadigm should be expanded to include food system management. Finally, lessonslearned from the research project are presented as the 4Rs for rebuilding foodsovereignty:reclaim,reorganize,re-skill,andrestore.

NEWS:TheHarperGovernmentAnnouncesBeausoleilandBingwiNeyaashiAnishniaabekFirstNationsfromOntariotoJoinFirstNationsLandManagementRegime.(2012).MarketwireCanada,p.NA. Retrievedfrom:https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2012/01/harper-government-announces-beausoleil-bingwi-neyaashi-anishniaabek-first-nations-ontario-join-first-nations-land-management-regime.html The Harper Government today announced that Beausoleil and Bingwi NeyaashiAnishnaabekFirstNationsfromOntariowillsoonbeginaprocesstooptoutofthe34

land-related sections of theIndian Actand assume greater control over their reservelandandresources,announcedtheHonourableTonyClement.

ARTICLE:Krupa,J.(2012).Blazinganewpathforward:AcasestudyontherenewableenergyinitiativesofthePicRiverFirstNation.EnvironmentalDevelopment,3,109–122.

Retrievedfrom:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2012.05.003RenewableenergyremainsoneofthemostcontentiousissuesintheCanadianprovinceofOntario. To avoid a carbon-intensive technological lock-in of fossil fuel energy andmitigate the consequences of anthropogenic climate change, renewable energydeploymentwillneedtoaccelerateincomingyears.Asaresultofgenerallyprogressiverenewable energy policy frameworks–especially in Ontario—this trend of improvingsustainability metrics is expanding and new paradigms in renewable energydevelopment are emerging. One paradigm is Aboriginal-owned renewable energyprojects, which provide a host of economic, environmental, and social benefits. ThisarticlepresentsacasestudyofahistoricallymarginalizedAboriginalbandknownastheOjibwaysof thePicRiverFirstNation, a leadingCanadian renewableenergydeveloperwith over $124 million in total investments. Derived from several months ofethnographic participant observation research, the article explores the history of theBand'sdevelopmentprocess,elucidatessomepotentialreasonsfortheBand'ssuccess,andoutlinesin-depthpotentialbarrierstofutureprojects.

THESIS:Roy,M.(2010).DocumentingFirstNationsPerspectivesonWater:EngagingFortWilliamFirstNationInSourceWaterProtectionUsingPhotovoice.[S.l. :s.n.],2010

Retrievedfrom:http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/002/MR71914.PDFThisresearchprojectwascreatedthroughapartnershipbetweentheAnishnabeoftheGitchiGarni EnvironmentalPrograms, theFortWilliamFirstNationYouthCouncil andLakeheadUniversity.Together13membersoftheFortWilliamFirstNationparticipatedin a photovoice project to document perspectives on sourcewater protection.ManyFirstNationscommunitiesarenot involved in thecreationof sourcewaterprotectionpolicy, which can increase the risk to drinking water supply. Through the use ofphotovoice,thisresearchexaminescommunityperspectivesonwater.

FOODSTRATEGY&PLANNING WEBSITE:NishnawbeAskiNation.-.RetrievedMarch17,2019

Retrievedfrom:http://www.nan.on.ca/

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (known as Grand Council Treaty No. 9 until 1983) wasestablished in 1973. It represents the legitimate, socioeconomic, and politicalaspirationsofitsFirstNationmembersofNorthernOntario(amongothers:ArolandFirstNation, Ginoogaming First Nation and Long Lake #58 First Nation) to all levels ofgovernment in order to allow local self-determination while establishing spiritual,cultural,social,andeconomicindependence.In1977,GrandCouncilTreatyNo.9madeapublicdeclarationoftherightsandprinciplesofNishnawbeAski.NAN’sobjectivesare:

- ImplementingadvocacyandpolicydirectivesfromNANChiefs-in-Assembly- Advocating to improve thequalityof life for thepeople in areasof education,

landsandresources,health,governance,andjustice- Improving theawarenessandsustainabilityof traditions,culture,and language

ofthepeoplethroughunityandnationhood- Developing and implementing policies which reflect the aspirations and

bettermentofthepeople- Developingstrongpartnershipswithotherorganizations

BOOK:People’sKnowledgeEditorialCollective(Eds)(2017).EverydayExperts :HowPeople’sKnowledgeCanTransformtheFoodSystem.ReclaimingDiversityandCitizenshipSeries.Coventry:CoventryUniversity.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/areas-of-research/agroecology-water-resilience/our-publications/everyday-experts-how-peoples-knowledge-can-transform-the-food-system/Everyday Experts explains how knowledge built up through first-hand experience canhelpsolvethecrisisinthefoodsystem.Itbringstogetherfifty-sevenactivists,farmers,practitioners, researchers and community organisers from around the world in 28original chapters to take a critical look at attempts to improve the dialogue betweenpeople whose knowledge has been marginalised in the past and others who arerecognisedasprofessionalexperts.Usingacombinationofstories,poems,photosandvideos,thecontributorsdemonstratehowpeople’sknowledgecantransformthefoodsystem towards greater social and environmental justice. Many of the chapters alsoexplorethechallengesofusingactionandparticipatoryapproachestoresearch.

MEETINGREPORT:NishnawbeAskiNation.(n.d.)“KiitigaanAskiFoodDistributionPre-FeasibilityStudy2015–2016.”

Retrievedfrom:http://www.nmfccc.ca/uploads/4/4/1/7/44170639/nan_food_strategy_1.pdfThestudyprovidesfindingsandrecommendationsarisingfromprimaryandsecondaryresearchactivitiesperformedtosupporttheKiitigaanAskiFoodProject,andtheFoodStrategyof theNishnawbeAskiNation.Toset thecontext for this research,webeginwithabroadoverviewofNANasaProvincialTerritorialOrganization,beforemovingonto describe the history and current operations of food systems relevant toNAN (2.0-2.1).Thisoverviewisfollowedbyadescriptionoftheresearchproject,andthemethodswe adopted in our assessment of the current state of, and opportunities relevant todevelopingfoodsystemsinNAN(3.0-4.0).AftertheseNAN-specificstudies,weprovidefurtherdiscussionof‘othermodelsandjurisdictions’,focusingontherecentFoodCo-opFeasibilityStudyperformedbytheMooseCreeFirstNation, theCloverbeltLocalFoodCo-op,andChristianAidMinistriesofWaterloo(6.4-6.4.3).Throughananalysisoftheseprimaryandsecondarydata,weconcludethe ImportedFoodssectionwithaseriesofrecommendations(6.5).WEBSITE:(“NORDIKInstitute-AlgomaUniversity’sCommunity-basedResearchInstitute,”n.d.).Retrievedfrom:http://www.nordikinstitute.com/ NordikInstitute-AlgomaUniversity'sCommunity-basedResearchInstitute,isawebsitewhere information about recent studies, projects and reports from IndigenouscommunitiesinnorthernOntario.NordikInstitutestates:Wepartnerwithcommunitiesto solve practical issues that are important to municipalities, First Nations andcommunity organizations in Northern Ontario. We offer business, organizational andcommunity development support. Incorporated in 2007, NORDIK Institute is a jointproject of CESD and Algoma U, and has established strong links with other researchinstitutes,universities,andcolleges.NORDIKiscommittedtofurtherdevelopingitsownresearch capacity by working closely with its community partners and providingmentoringtonewresearchers.Todate,ithascompletedoverfiftyresearchprojectsatthe local, regional, and national levels, and currently has many research projectsunderway.

TRADITIONALFOODS

ARTICLE:McLaren,BrianE.(2012).“FirstNations’MooseHuntinOntario:ACommunity’sPerspectivesandReflections.”Alces:AJournalDevotedtotheBiologyandManagementofMoose47,163–74.

Retrievedfrom:http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/97As part of the conclusions in the article they states: it is time to incorporate ourperspective into moose population estimates and management planning through ameaningful,consistent,andtransparentconsultation.Developingaworkingrelationshipwith ours and other First Nations communities is imperative to effectively managemooseinOntario.Buttodate,theMNRsolicitedourknowledgeonlyasanafterthought(reviewingplans andproposed changes to legislationor policy), not as a consultationwith knowledge-holders (informing process and contributing to policy. development).We agree with the conclusions of Watson and Huntington (2008) after their moosehunting trip: that the way to proliferate perspectives is not to translate or interpretknowledge, but to change the way that knowledge is represented tomake differentperspectivesexplicitwhendescribingeverydaylifeorscientificknowledge.THESIS:Stevenson,S.E.(2013).Traditionalandnon-traditionaltobaccouseamongFirstNationsPersonslivingonreserveinCanada:distinctions,emotions,andvisionsofbest-casefuturerealities.[S.l. ;s.n.],2013.

Retrievedfrom:https://ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat00833a&AN=lul.961176&site=eds-live&scope=siteThisthesispresentsaqualitativestudyontraditionalandnon-traditionaltobaccouseinFortWilliamFirstNation,aFirstNationcommunityadjacenttotheCityofThunderBayinOntario,Canada.Amongother findings,membersofFortWilliamFirstNationvaluetraditional uses of tobacco highly, cigarette smoking is seen as prevalent in thecommunityandasharmingcommunityhealth,andtensionexistsbetweenthebenefitsandlossesofthesellingofcigarettesandallowingcigarettesmokinginpublicplacesonreserve.Alongwithknowledgeabouttobaccouserealities,thisstudyraisedavarietyofideasforimprovingtobacco-relatedhealthinFirstNationscommunities.

RESEARCHBYCOMMUNITY

AnimbiigooZaagi’iganAnishinaabek(AZA) REPORT:CanadaNorthEnvironmentalServices(2016).NokiiwinTribalCouncilCountryFoodsStudy:RevisedFinalReport.Saskatoon,Saskatchewan.

Retrievedfrom: http://www.nokiiwin.com/upload/documents/1807-ntc-country-foods-study-revised-fin.pdfThe First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program (FNECP) provided funding tothe Nokiiwin Tribal Council (NTC) in partnership with Canada North EnvironmentalServices (CanNorth) toundertakeacountry foodsstudy in theLakeNipigonarea.Theproject involved conducting a community based research program with four FirstNations that arepart of theNTC.Of primary concern to local FirstNations is that nodevelopments past or present negatively impact the ability of individuals andcommercial fishermentosustaintheirwayof life,affect theirconsumptionofcountryfoods,orpreventAboriginalandTreatyRightsfrombeingexercised. NEWS:TashotaGroup,ArolandFirstNation,andAnimbiigooZaagi'iganAnishinaabekFirstNationSignLandmarkExplorationAgreement.(2013,May8).CNWGroup.Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A329078216/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=d4f2a15d Under theagreement, theTashotaGroup recognizes and respects FirstNations rightsandenvironmental interestsandsimilarly, theFirstNationsrecognizeandsupport theTashotaGroup'srightsandinterestsinitsexplorationproject.

ArolandFirstNation

REPORT:Martel,A.,&Noiseux,J.-K.(2017).CommunityLabourMarketReport :ArolandFirstNation.NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/8214/8846/4665/CLMR-Aroland-EN-17.03.02.pdfTheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydatafromArolandFirstNation,Ontario,andanalyzeshoweachdatasetalignswiththeother.

NEWS:NorthernOntarioFirstNationstakeTransCanadatocourtoverpipelinework.(2017,January10).CanadianGovernmentNews.

Retrievedfrom:http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA478363444&docType=Brief+article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=CPI&contentSet=GALE%7CA478363444&searchId=R5&userGroupName=ocul_lakehead&inPS=true Ginoogaming and Aroland First Nations have filed amotion for an injunction againstTransCanada PipeLines, Canada and theNational Energy Board, after receiving noticethecompanyplanstoconductso-called"integritydigs"onlandwithintheFirstNations'traditionalterritory. NEWS:ArolandFirstNationandTCPGPAnnounceRelationshipAgreementforHardrockGoldMiningProject.(2015,April30).CNWGroup.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A411656053/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=cb7b3a87Aroland First NationandTCP General Partnership Corporation("Partnership") arepleased to announce the signing of a relationship agreement ("Agreement"). This

Agreementsupports theon-goingeffortsofArolandand thePartnership todevelopajoint process to develop a formal long-term relationship agreement relating to thedevelopment of the Hardrock gold mining project nearGeraldton, Ontario. A formalsigningceremonywasheldinthecommunityofArolandonApril28,2015.

NEWS:ArolandFirstNationinNorthernOntarioisopposed.(2014,July).Windspeaker,32(4),9.

Retrievedfrom:http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA373612317&docType=Brief+article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZCPQ-MOD1&prodId=CPI&contentSet=GALE%7CA373612317&searchId=R7&userGroupName=ocul_lakehead&inPS=true#ArolandFirstNationisopposedtoaproposalbyPremierGoldtoconstructanopenpitmine near Geraldton. "My First Nation is generally supportive of sustainable miningdevelopment," said Chief Sonny Gagnon. "Premier Gold wants to destroy BegoochZaagaigan,a lake that supportsourAboriginal fishery.They justputanumberon thislake--A-322--andtellusthey'regoingtofillitinwithminewaste."TheventureisknownastheHardrockproject.Itwouldbelocatedabout275kilometresnortheastofThunderBay. An environmental assessment is currently underway and permitting processes,whichbeganwithasubmissiontotheCanadianEnvironmentalAssessmentAgencyonApril28.NEWS:TashotaGroup,ArolandFirstNation,andAnimbiigooZaagi’iganAnishinaabekFirstNationSignLandmarkExplorationAgreement.(2013).CNWGroup,p.NA.

Retrievedfrom:http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA329078216&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZCPQ-MOD1&prodId=CPI&contentSet=GALE%7CA329078216&searchId=R9&userGroupName=ocul_lakehead&inPS=trueMarkinchResourcesInc.,AdvandtelMinerals(Canada)Ltd.,andTashotaResourcesInc.(together, "theTashotaGroup") andArolandFirstNation("Aroland")andAnimbiigooZaagi'iganAnishinaabekFirst Nation ("AZA") today signed anExplorationAgreementregardingtheTashotaGroup'smineralexplorationprojectintheBeardmore-GeraldtonGoldCamp,north-eastofThunderBay,Ontario.

Under theagreement, theTashotaGroup recognizes and respects FirstNations rightsandenvironmental interestsandsimilarly, theFirstNationsrecognizeandsupport theTashotaGroup'srightsandinterestsinitsexplorationproject.

NEWS:DebutConcludesAgreementWithArolandFirstNationandAppointsMartinDoyletotheBoardofDirectors.(2012,August23).MarketwireCanada.ENPNewswire(2012).DebutconcludesagreementwithArolandFirstNationandappointsMartinDoyletotheboardofdirectors.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A300503818/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=f22178a8DebutDiamondsInc. isverypleasedtoannouncethat ithasconcludedanExplorationAgreement with the Aroland First Nation in connection with the Company's NakinadiamondexplorationprojectlocatednorthofNakina,Ontario.Theagreementprovidesfortheproperhandlingandprotectionofanysacredorotherculturallysignificantsites,and contains comprehensive plans for the prevention,mitigation and remediation ofanyenvironmentalimpactswhichmayresultfromtheCompany'sexplorationactivitiesinthefield.

BiinjitiwaabikZaagingAnishinaabek(BZA)REPORT:Martel,A.,&Noiseux,J.-K.(2017).BiinjitiwaabikZaagingAnishinaabekFirstNation :CommunityLabourMarketReport.ThunderBay,ON,CA:NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/9114/9321/4449/CLMR-Rocky_Bay-EN-17.04.19.pdfTheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydatafromBiinjitiwaabikZaagingAnishinaabek,Ontario,andanalyzeshoweachdatasetalignswiththeother.

REPORT:CanadaNorthEnvironmentalServices(2016).NokiiwinTribalCouncilCountryFoodsStudy:RevisedFinalReport.Saskatoon,Saskatchewan.

Retrievedfrom: http://www.nokiiwin.com/upload/documents/1807-ntc-country-foods-study-revised-fin.pdfThe First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program (FNECP) provided funding tothe Nokiiwin Tribal Council (NTC) in partnership with Canada North EnvironmentalServices (CanNorth) toundertakeacountry foodsstudy in theLakeNipigonarea.Theproject involved conducting a community based research program with four FirstNations that arepart of theNTC.Of primary concern to local FirstNations is that nodevelopments past or present negatively impact the ability of individuals andcommercial fishermentosustaintheirwayof life,affect theirconsumptionofcountryfoods,orpreventAboriginalandTreatyRightsfrombeingexercised.

BingwiNeyaashiAnishinaabek(BNA)REPORT:CanadaNorthEnvironmentalServices(2016).NokiiwinTribalCouncilCountryFoodsStudy:RevisedFinalReport.Saskatoon,Saskatchewan.

Retrievedfrom: http://www.nokiiwin.com/upload/documents/1807-ntc-country-foods-study-revised-fin.pdfThe First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program (FNECP) provided funding tothe Nokiiwin Tribal Council (NTC) in partnership with Canada North EnvironmentalServices (CanNorth) toundertakeacountry foodsstudy in theLakeNipigonarea.Theproject involved conducting a community based research program with four FirstNations that arepart of theNTC.Of primary concern to local FirstNations is that nodevelopments past or present negatively impact the ability of individuals andcommercial fishermentosustaintheirwayof life,affect theirconsumptionofcountryfoods,orpreventAboriginalandTreatyRightsfrombeingexercised.

NEWS:Ross,I.(2014).Onnewground:firstnationadvancessawmillproject.NorthernOntarioBusiness,34(5),30.

Retrievedfrom:http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA393958317&docType=Article&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=ZCPQ-

MOD1&prodId=CPI&contentSet=GALE%7CA393958317&searchId=R12&userGroupName=ocul_lakehead&inPS=true ANorthwesternOntarioFirstNationcommunityhasbeenpainstakinglyassemblingthewood building blocks for a community revival. Forest products will be the economiccornerstones behind the development of Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (BNA), anOjibwaycommunityoncedisplacedbytheOntariogovernmentinthe1950s.Locatedonthe southeastern shore of Lake Nipigon, the former Sand Point First Nation is acommunity that's still very much in the planning stages. There is no currentinfrastructure inplace forhousingand thecommunity'spopulationof250off-reservemembers.

NEWS:TheHarperGovernmentAnnouncesBeausoleilandBingwiNeyaashiAnishniaabekFirstNationsfromOntariotojoinFirstNationsLandManagementRegime.(2012).CanadianGovernmentNews,p.NA.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A277778901/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=4f50de1eThe Harper Government today announced that Beausoleil and Bingwi NeyaashiAnishnaabekFirstNationsfromOntariowillsoonbeginaprocesstooptoutofthe34land-related sections of theIndian Actand assume greater control over their reservelandand resources,announced theHonourableTonyClement,MemberofParliamentforParrySound-MuskokaandPresidentoftheTreasuryBoardaswellasMinisterfortheFederalEconomic DevelopmentInitiative for Northern Ontario, on behalf of theHonourableJohnDuncan,MinisterofAboriginalAffairsandNorthernDevelopment.NEWS:BingwiNeyaashiAnishinaabekFirstNationAnnouncedasOneofTwoFirstNationsinOntariotoenterintotheFrameworkAgreementonFirstNationsLandManagement.(2012,January23).CNWGroup.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A277779231/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=deff44d4With the entry of the BNA Framework Agreement process, the First Nation can nowmaximize their opportunities in the completion of their comprehensiveplanningandaddress the associated challenges of implementation head on.The FrameworkAgreementwillgiveBNAtheauthoritytocreateitsownLandCodeandlandlawsinthedevelopmentofitsreservelands,naturalresourcesandrevenuesfromitsreservelandbase.This new mandate will greatly improve the bureaucratic efficiency of the First

Nation to act in amanner which reflects both the vision of their leadership and theneedsoftheirmembersastheymoveforward.

FortWilliamFirstNationREPORT:Martel,A.,&Noiseux,J.-K.(2017).CommunityLabourMarketReport[FortWilliamFirstNation].NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/5014/9503/1950/CLMR-Fort_William_First_Nation-EN-17.05.08.pdfTheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydatafromFortWilliamFirstNation,Ontario,andanalyzeshoweachdatasetalignswiththeother.PERIODICAL: Ross, I. (2017). First Nation builds from within: Fort William FirstNationgoeslocaltoconstructthefirstphaseofanewsubdivision.NorthernOntarioBusiness,37(3),19.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A485988072/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=551a6d3fWhenSkaarupConstructionwaschosentoparticipatewithsevenothercontractorstobuild a new $1.5-million subdivision in her home community of Fort William FirstNation, therewas extra incentive to do her bestwork. "Every communitymember isrelatedto,orisfriendswith,thefamiliesthatareinheritingahouse,"saidSkaarup,thefirm'sco-ownerandchiefoperationsofficer. "Theyknowyourname ison it. "Inwhatmightbethebiggestconstructionprojectthe2,200-memberFirstNationhasevertakenon,eightcontractorswereassignedeightunitsoftheproposed21-unitsubdivision.Thesubdivision project, which broke ground last May, is a unique bull-by-the-hornsapproach by Fort William First Nation, located across the Kaministiquia River fromThunderBay.

NEWS:McKinley,K.(2017).“ReserveReachingouttoHelpOthersBuildHomes.”NorthernOntarioBusiness.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/regional-news/thunder-bay/reserve-reaching-out-to-help-others-build-homes-763593Fort William First Nation’shousing developments are proving to be so successfuladministrationisconsideringaplantohelpfellowreserveswiththeprocess.The First Nation’s latest neighbourhood has seen nine homes completed and ispreparingfor11more,bringingthetotalto20newfamilydwellings.Afeatthat IanJ.Bannon,theband’sdirectoroflandsandpropertymanagementsaysisduemuchinparttotheexcellenttrackrecord.Thebuildingprojectwasstartedtwoyearsago,andthislatestphaseisemploying11contractors,allbandmembers,animportantaspectasitis,theywhounderstand the logisticsofbuilding in their community,aswella creatingaself-sustainingeconomicbasewithinthecommunity.

THESIS: Lee,D. (2017). “Because our law is our law”: Considering AnishinaabeCitizenship Orders through Adoption Narratives at Fort William First Nation(dissertation).UniversityofManitoba,Winnipeg,Canada.

Retrievedfrom:https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/xmlui/handle/1993/32277Thisdissertationargues that inherentAnishinaabe (Ojibwe) citizenship lawexists, andcan be seen through adoption practices used by Anishinaabe families. Formore than165 years, Indigenous citizenship orders have been targeted by Canadian societythrough its laws. Canada’s IndianAct and its pre-cursor legislation sought to regulateIndigenous peoples as “Indians”; whereas Indigenous citizenship orders determinebelongingbasedonanumberoffactors,CanadianIndian lawreducedtheseorderstogenderedandracializedcategories–tobelongwith“Indians”meantonehadtotracetheirgenealogyprimarilyalongpatrilineal lines.ThisdissertationwaswrittenprimarilyforandwiththepeopleofFortWilliamFirstNation,andisintendedtoinforminternalcommunitydiscussionsaboutwhatitmeanstobeaFortWilliamcitizen.ELECTRONICDOCUMENT:FortWilliamFirstNation(2016).TheImportanceoftheDutytoConsult&Accommodate.

Retrievedfrom:https://fwfn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/FWFN_ConsultationBook-Nov2016-single-reduced.pdfUnderstandingthehistoryofAboriginalpeople,adheringtothedutytoconsult,buildingrespectfulrelationships,strengtheningcommunityengagement,conductingmeaningfulconsultations, negotiations and agreements in solid business structures help build

equitable,positiveandmutuallybeneficialsustainablerelationshipsbetweenAboriginalcommunitiesandprojectproponents.

PERIODICAL:Ross,I.(2013).Opportunityknocks:FortWilliamFirstNationtrainsuptobemine-ready.(THUNDERBAY).NorthernOntarioBusiness,(2),31.

Retrievedfrom:http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/ps/i.do?p=CPI&u=ocul_lakehead&id=GALE|A353322446&v=2.1&it=r&sid=CPI&asid=1e373091WallyBannonisn'tonetoletopportunityslipaway.FortWilliamFirstNation'seconomicdevelopment officer knows having a skilledworkforce is key for Aboriginal people tomaximizethebenefitsfromresourcedevelopment.Onepossibilitythat'sbeendiscussediswhether FWFN couldhost a hydrometallurgical plant. BothCliffsNatural ResourcesandNorontResourceshavereviewedtheselandsaspotentialmineralprocessingsites.

THESIS:Stevenson,S.(2013).TraditionalandNon-TraditionalTobaccoUseAmongFirstNationsPersonsLivingonReserveinCanada:Distinctions,Emotions,andVisionsofBest-CaseFutureRealities(mastersthesis).LakeheadUniversity,ThunderBay,CAN.

Retrievedfrom:https://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/bitstream/handle/2453/637/Stevenson_Samuel.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yThisthesispresentsaqualitativestudyontraditionalandnon-traditionaltobaccouseinFortWilliamFirstNation,aFirstNationcommunityadjacenttotheCityofThunderBayinOntario,Canada.Amongother findings,membersofFortWilliamFirstNationvaluetraditional uses of tobacco highly, cigarette smoking is seen as prevalent in thecommunityandasharmingcommunityhealth,andtensionexistsbetweenthebenefitsandlossesofthesellingofcigarettesandallowingcigarettesmokinginpublicplacesonreserve.Alongwithknowledgeabouttobaccouserealities,thisstudyraisedavarietyofideasforimprovingtobacco-relatedhealthinFirstNationscommunities.

THESIS:Roy,M.(2010).DocumentingFirstNationsPerspectivesonWater:EngagingFortWilliamFirstNationInSourceWaterProtectionUsingPhotovoice.[S.l. :s.n.],2010

Retrievedfrom:http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/002/MR71914.PDFThisresearchprojectwascreatedthroughapartnershipbetweentheAnishnabeoftheGitchiGarni EnvironmentalPrograms, theFortWilliamFirstNationYouthCouncil andLakeheadUniversity.Together13membersoftheFortWilliamFirstNationparticipated

in a photovoice project to document perspectives on sourcewater protection.ManyFirstNationscommunitiesarenot involved in thecreationof sourcewaterprotectionpolicy, which can increase the risk to drinking water supply. Through the use ofphotovoice,thisresearchexaminescommunityperspectivesonwater.

GinoogamingFirstNation WEBSITE:NishnawbeAskiNation.-.RetrievedMarch17,2019

Retrievedfrom:http://www.nan.on.ca/

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (known as Grand Council Treaty No. 9 until 1983) wasestablished in 1973. It represents the legitimate, socioeconomic, and politicalaspirationsofitsFirstNationmembersofNorthernOntario(amongothers:ArolandFirstNation, Ginoogaming First Nation and Long Lake #58 First Nation) to all levels ofgovernment in order to allow local self-determination while establishing spiritual,cultural,social,andeconomicindependence.In1977,GrandCouncilTreatyNo.9madeapublicdeclarationoftherightsandprinciplesofNishnawbeAski.NAN’sobjectivesare:

- ImplementingadvocacyandpolicydirectivesfromNANChiefs-in-Assembly- Advocating to improve thequalityof life for thepeople in areasof education,

landsandresources,health,governance,andjustice- Improving theawarenessandsustainabilityof traditions,culture,and language

ofthepeoplethroughunityandnationhood- Developing and implementing policies which reflect the aspirations and

bettermentofthepeople- Developingstrongpartnershipswithotherorganizations

NEWS:GovernmentofCanadaCongratulatesGinoogamingFirstNationontheCompletionofTheirHousingProjects.(2018).StatesNewsService.

Retrievedfrom:http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA550766941&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZONE-MOD1&prodId=AONE&contentSet=GALE%7CA550766941&searchId=R1&userGroupName=ocul_lakehead&inPS=true TheGovernmentof Canada ismakinghistoric investments to improvehousingin FirstNationcommunities,reduceovercrowding,andbettersafeguardthehealthandsafetyof residents. Today, the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services,

congratulated Ginoogaming First Nation on the completion of three new duplexes intheircommunity.IndigenousServicesCanadaprovided$873,600towardthebuildingofthesenewunitsand$75,000toservicebuildinglots.REPORT:Martel,A.,&Noiseux,J.-K.(2017).CommunityLabourMarketReportGinoogamingFirstNation.NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017.Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/3314/9434/4245/CLMR-Ginoogaming-EN-17.05.05.pdfTheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydata from Ginoogaming First Nation, Ontario, and analyzes how each data set alignswiththeother.NEWS:NorthernOntarioFirstNationstakeTransCanadatocourtoverpipelinework.(2017).CanadianGovernmentNews,p.NA.

Retrievedfrom: http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA478363444&docType=Brief+article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=CPI&contentSet=GALE%7CA478363444&searchId=R5&userGroupName=ocul_lakehead&inPS=trueGinoogaming and Aroland First Nations have filed amotion for an injunction againstTransCanadaPipelines,CanadaandtheNationalEnergyBoard,afterreceivingnoticethecompany plans to conduct so-called "integrity digs" on land within the First Nations'traditionalterritory.

NEWS:MatawaFirstNationscruisePDAC. (2017,April).NorthernOntarioBusiness,37(6),17.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A491138672/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=4fd49c68The leadership of the Matawa First Nations is expressing disappointment that thefederal government is not involved in their negotiations with the province on howmineraldevelopmentwillunfoldinOntario'sFarNorth.InaMarch6newsrelease,theThunderBay-based tribal council said they'vebeen locked in a three-yearnegotiationwith Queen's Park in mapping out the future economic and social direction of thecommunitiesintheareaofthemineralbeltoftheRingofFire.ButtheMatawachiefscouncilsaidOttawahasnotgotteninvolvedinthislandmarkplanningprocess.

NEWS:WynnesignsRingofFireregionalframeworkagreement.(2014,June).NorthernOntarioBusiness,34(8),31.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A370445868/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=7d14a1c1EncouragingnewsisstartingtofilteroutofNorthwesternOntarioregardingsomenewandexcitingforestproductventures.Anynewsthesedayswouldbewelcomeandweare finally seeing signs that these new ventures are close to becoming a reality, andinforestry-related businesses. The Greenstone area is one area that has been in thenewsrecentlywithanincreaseinminingactivities,andnownewsoutofLonglacshowsthat new partnerships have developedwherewe see bothFirstNations and businessgroups working together to create new sustainable employment, both on and offreserves, invalue-addedforestproducts.TwonewbusinessesareplanningtoStart-upasearlyasthisfall.Ifthat'snotgoodnews,Idon'tknowwhatis!

KiashkeZaagingAnishinaabekKZA(GullBayFirstNation) NEWS:TheAnishinabeofWauzhushkOnigumandGullBayFirstNationPartnerwiththeGovernmentofCanadatoInvestinWaterInfrastructure.(2018).StatesNewsService.

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Bob Nault, Member of Parliament for Kenora, on behalf of the Honourable JanePhilpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, announced funding for two infrastructureprojects;oneinWauzhushkOnigumNationandoneinGullBayFirstNation.Canadahascommitted to fund thedesignandconstructionofwaterandwastewaterconnectionsbetweentheWauzhushkOnigumNationandtheCityofKenora.Oncecompleted, theprojectwillprovidesafedrinkingwatertoall377residentsthatliveonthereserveandwill eliminate two long-term drinking water advisories in the community.Inaddition,Canadahasalsocommitted to fund thedesignandconstructionofanewcentralizedwater treatmentplant inGullBay FirstNation. Thewater treatmentplantwillbringsafedrinkingwaterto404peoplethatliveonthereserveandwilleliminatealong-termdrinkingwateradvisorythathasbeeninplacesinceApril2009.

REPORT:Martel,A.,&Noiseux,J.-K.(2017).KiashkeZaagingAnishinaabek(GullBayFirstNation).NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/2814/9503/1949/CLMR-Gull_Bay-EN-17.05.15.pdfTheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydatafromKiashkeZaagingAnishinaabek,Ontario,andanalyzeshoweachdatasetalignswiththeother.REPORT:CanadaNorthEnvironmentalServices(2016).NokiiwinTribalCouncilCountryFoodsStudy:RevisedFinalReport.Saskatoon,Saskatchewan.

Retrievedfrom: http://www.nokiiwin.com/upload/documents/1807-ntc-country-foods-study-revised-fin.pdfThe First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program (FNECP) provided funding tothe Nokiiwin Tribal Council (NTC) in partnership with Canada North EnvironmentalServices (CanNorth) toundertakeacountry foodsstudy in theLakeNipigonarea.Theproject involved conducting a community based research program with four FirstNations that arepart of theNTC.Of primary concern to local FirstNations is that nodevelopments past or present negatively impact the ability of individuals and

commercial fishermentosustaintheirwayof life,affect theirconsumptionofcountryfoods,orpreventAboriginalandTreatyRightsfrombeingexercised.

NEWS:OPGandGullBayFirstNationCelebrateNewRelationship.(2014).CNWGroup,p.NA.

Retrievedfrom:http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA393240573&docType=Brief+article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZCPQ-MOD1&prodId=CPI&contentSet=GALE%7CA393240573&searchId=R2&userGroupName=ocul_lakehead&inPS=trueOntarioPowerGenerationandKiashkeZaagingAnishinaabek(KZA),alsoknownasGullBayFirstNation (GBFN),celebratedanewrelationshipwitha formalapologybyOPG.The apology follows a community ratification of a settlement agreement on Nov 8.2014. "This settlement and apology represent the beginning of a new and positiverelationship betweenGull Bay First Nation andOPG, including the potential tomoveforward-aspartners-infuturedevelopments,"saidGBFNChiefWilfredKing.

LongLake#58FirstNationREPORT:Martel,A.,&Noiseux,J.-K.(2017).CommunityLabourMarketReport[LongLakeFort#58].NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/8014/9676/1033/CLMR-Long_Lake-EN-17.05.29.pdfTheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydata fromLongLake#58FirstNation,Ontario,andanalyzeshoweachdata setalignswiththeother.

NEWS: Premier signs Exploration Agreement with Long Lake No. 58 First Nation.(2010).CNWGroup,p.NA.

Retrievedfrom:https://ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edscpi&AN=edscpi.A221442119&site=eds-live&scope=sitePremier Gold Mines Limited (Tsx:Pg) is pleased to announce that the Company hassigned an ExplorationAgreement (EA)with Long LakeNo. 58 FirstNation (LL58). Thisagreement establishes a commitment by both parties for a mutually beneficial, co-operative and productive working relationship with respect to exploration activitieswithin LL58's home lands and thepotential development of theHardrock Project.ThecommunityofLongLakeNo.58FN is locatednearLonglac,Ontario,approximately30kilometreseastoftheHardrockProject.LL58hasbeenactivelyworkingwithPremiertoestablish a positive and mutually beneficial relationship that identifies potentialopportunitiesforallhavingavestedinterestintheregion.NEWS:Ross,I.(2009).Trainingthenextgeneration:ConfederationCollege,industryteachexploration.(THUNDERBAY).NorthernOntarioBusiness,(2),26.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A219145868/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=8f477cebBuilding a home-grown workforce has always been important to Henry Wetelainen,presidentofBendingLakeIronGroup.TheThunderBay-basedjuniorminerispartneringwith Confederation College to run a prospectors course at the company's iron oredeposit near Ignace in northwestern Ontario. For his Aboriginally-owned, family-runcompany,Wetelainen said it's always been a driving interest in his family to get FirstNationyouthinterestedinthegrassrootsendoftheminingcycle."Thisisimportanttous as a company," said Wetelainen, who has students from remoteFirstNationcommunities such asGullBay, Kasabonika and Big Trout Lake. "What's an agreementwith the First Nations worth if you can't live up to it?". The college launched theprograminAugustthatrunsforanintensive15weeksbothoutofThunderBayandattheexplorationcamp.

PawgwasheengFirstNation(PaysPlat)REPORT:Martel,A.,&Noiseux,J.-K.(2017).CommunityLabourMarketReportPawgwasheengFirstNation(PaysPlat).NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017.

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TheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydatafromPawgwasheengFirstNation,Ontario,andanalyzeshoweachdatasetalignswiththeother.NEWS:FirstNationsignsfibreagreementwithnorthshoremill.(FORESTRY)(Briefarticle).(2013).NorthernOntarioBusiness,(9),17.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A337530296/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=c934e5e9RayonmakerAdityaBirlaofIndiasignedathree-yearpartnershipdealwiththenearbyPays Plat First Nation to harvest wood from the Kenogami Forest for the company'sTerraceBaymill. Thecompany is in theprocessof converting the formerTerraceBaypulpmillintoproducingdissolvingpulpusedinitsglobaloperationstomakerayonfortextiles. The company plans to employ 350 once the conversion is complete in2016.Pays Plat is one of a number of suppliers selected to feed themill's daily fibreneedsof2,000tonnes.

NetmizaaggamigNishnaabeg(PicMobertFirstNation) NEWS:HarteGoldannouncesImpactBenefitsAgreementwithPicMobertFirstNationNetmizaaggamigNishnaabek.(2018).ENPNewswire.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/02/1495449/0/en/Harte-Gold-announces-Impact-Benefits-Agreement-with-Pic-Mobert-First-Nation-Netmizaaggamig-Nishnaabek.htmlHarteGoldCorp.(“HarteGold”orthe“Company”)ispleasedtoannounceithasenteredintoanImpactBenefitsAgreement(“IBA”)withPicMobertFirstNation(“PicMobert”or“PMFN”) the proximal First Nation, in connection with the Company’s Sugar Zone

property located outside White River, Ontario. The Sugar Zone property is locatedwithintheexclusivetraditionalterritoryofPicMobertFirstNation.TheIBAappliestoallMines thatmay be developed on the 80,000Ha Sugar Zone property and provides aframeworkwithinwhichHarteGold andPMFNwill continue towork together duringtheproductionphaseof theSugarZoneMine.Key IBAterms includea4%NetProfitsInterest (“NPI”),basedon theWorldGoldCouncildefinitionof “all in sustainingcost”metrics, and stockoptions topurchase500,000 common sharesof theCompany at apriceof$0.40foraperiodoffiveyears

REPORT:Martel,A.,&Noiseux,J.-K.(2017).CommunityLabourMarketReportPicMobertFirstNation:NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/1514/9918/0597/CLMR-Pic_Mobert-EN-17.06.27.pdfTheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydata from Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabek First Nation, Ontario, and analyzes how eachdatasetalignswiththeother.NEWS:PicMobertFirstNationCelebratesGrandOpeningofNewWaterTreatmentPlant.(2016).CNWGroup,p.NA. IndigenousandNorthernAffairsCanada.(2016).PicMobertFirstNationCelebratesGrandOpeningofNewWaterTreatmentPlant.

Retrievedfrom:https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/pic-mobert-first-nation-celebrates-grand-opening-of-new-water-treatment-plant-583817961.htmlTheMinisterofIndigenousandNorthernAffairs,theHonourableCarolynBennett,andChiefWayneSabourinof thePicMobertFirstNationannounced thegrandopeningofthe community's new water treatment plant. The new centralized water treatmentplant brings an end to two boil water advisories and ensures that members of Pic

Mobert First Nation can safely consume water flowing into their community. TheGovernmentofCanadaprovidedover$13milliontowardthedesignandconstructionofthenewwatertreatmentplant.TheFirstNationcontributed$61,250towardthiscost-sharedproject.

NEWS:MilestoneReachedonLandBaseExpansionforPicMobertFirstNation.(2014).CanadianGovernmentNews,p.NA.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A362719257/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=c138aa4fOntario, Canada and Pic Mobert First Nation have signed an agreement that willenhancesocialsupportswhilestrengtheningthe localeconomyandcreating jobs.Theagreementwouldaddabout16squarekilometresofprovincialCrownlandtotheFirstNation'sexistingreserve innorthernOntario.Thechiefandcouncilof theFirstNationhaveagreed to take this agreement to itsmembers for a ratification vote. This is thefinalstepbeforeitisputforwardforratificationbyOntarioandCanada.TheagreementfallsunderthetripartiteLandandLargerLandBaseFramework,whichprovideslandtosignatoryFirstNationsthatarelandlessorhavesmallreserves.Thelandisusedtomeetcurrent and future social and economic needs. Resolving land-related issues isimportanttofosteringreconciliation.

THESIS:Twance,Y.(2010).WhoWeAreIsWhereWeComeFrom:AHistoricalCurriculumResourceForThePicMobertFirstNation[S.l. ;s.n.],2010.

Retrievedfrom:http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca:7070/bitstream/handle/2453/502/TwanceY2010m-1a.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yThisqualitativestudywasundertakeninordertocreateacurriculumresourceforuseatthe Netamisakomik Centre for Education (K-Grade 8 School) on the Pic Mobert FirstNation. The PicMobert First Nation is located in the province of Ontario, within theRobinsonSuperiorTreatyarea.CombiningarchivaldataandinterviewswithcommunityElders,thisstudywillprovideteachersattheNetamisakomikCentreforEducationwitha tool for the development of historical and culturally relevant teaching and learningmaterial.DatacollectionfocusedonthehistoryofthePicMobertFirstNationandusedpurposeful sampling, recorded interviews and both primary and secondary documentsources.Thestudyusedan interpretationalapproach todataanalysiswitha focusonidentifyingconstructs,themes,andpatternsrelatingtoPicMobert‘shistory.

BiitigongNishnaabeg(PicRiverFirstNation)THESIS:Richmond-Saravia,M.S.(2012).ThesignificanceofthelandintheeducationandhealthofAnishinaabeyouthfromPicRiverFirstNation /MichelleRichmond-Saravia.[S.l. ;s.n.],2012.

Retrievedfrom:https://ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cat00833a&AN=lul.895101&site=eds-live&scope=siteThisstudysharestheexperiencesoftwenty-oneAnishinabekyouthfromPicRiverFirstNation, in relation tohow theLand is significant for theireducationandgoodhealth.This thesis is meant as a small part of my family's role in protecting the Land; myupbringingandconnectionstomyAnishinabekcommunityhaveinfluencedmydesiretolearnabouttraditionaleducationanditsroleinsupportingAnishinabeklearners.

ARTICLE:Krupa,J.(2012).Blazinganewpathforward:AcasestudyontherenewableenergyinitiativesofthePicRiverFirstNation.EnvironmentalDevelopment,3,109–122.

Retrievedfrom:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2012.05.003RenewableenergyremainsoneofthemostcontentiousissuesintheCanadianprovinceofOntario. To avoid a carbon-intensive technological lock-in of fossil fuel energy andmitigate the consequences of anthropogenic climate change, renewable energydeploymentwillneedtoaccelerateincomingyears.Asaresultofgenerallyprogressiverenewable energy policy frameworks–especially in Ontario—this trend of improvingsustainability metrics is expanding and new paradigms in renewable energydevelopment are emerging. One paradigm is Aboriginal-owned renewable energyprojects, which provide a host of economic, environmental, and social benefits. ThisarticlepresentsacasestudyofahistoricallymarginalizedAboriginalbandknownastheOjibwaysof thePicRiverFirstNation, a leadingCanadian renewableenergydeveloperwith over $124 million in total investments. Derived from several months ofethnographic participant observation research, the article explores the history of theBand'sdevelopmentprocess,elucidatessomepotentialreasonsfortheBand'ssuccess,andoutlinesin-depthpotentialbarrierstofutureprojects.

NEWS:Louiseize,K.(2010).RuralcommunitiesvieforSFL:PicRiverFirstNationssubmitsforestryproposal.NorthernOntarioBusiness,30(5),9.

Retrievedfrom:http://link.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/apps/doc/A221413745/CPI?u=ocul_lakehead&sid=CPI&xid=54663074Frustration is mounting as three communities vie to be the new sustainable licenceholders(SFL)fortheCrownlandsurroundingMarathon,Mani-touwadgeandPicRiver.Competitionisfierceandotherorganizationsarejockeyingforthesamespot.Thethreecommunities want to form an equal working partnership that would seenewforestryinitiativessproutintheregion.OtherorganizationsbothprivateandpublichavealsoputinaproposaltoobtainthesameCrownlands,oneabankruptcompany,saidByronLeClair,economicdevelopmentofficerwithPicRiverFirstNation.

RedRockIndianBand REPORT:NorthernPolicyInstitute.(2017).CommunityLabourMarketReport:RedRockIndianBand,NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/1314/9434/4245/CLMR-Red_Rock_Indian_Band-EN-17.05.09.pdfTheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydata fromRedRock IndianBand,Ontario,andanalyzeshoweachdatasetalignswiththeother. BOOK:LittleJackfishHydroelectricDevelopmentprojectdescriptionpursuanttotheCanadianEnvironmentalAssessmentAct[August2011].(2011).[Ontario] :OntarioPowerGeneration :SENESConsultantsLimited,2011.

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OntarioPowerGenerationispursuingtheLJFProjectwiththehopesofenteringintoacommercialpartnershipwithsixLakeNipigonFirstNations.OPGisoftheopinionthattheEAprocessisthelogicalpointinwhichtheimpactsoftheundertakingonAboriginaland Treaty rights can be identified and mitigated where necessary and while aproponent can carry out “procedural” aspects of the consultation, the ultimateduty/responsibility is owedby the Crown. There are six FirstNations situated aroundLakeNipigonthatconsidertheLakeanditssurroundinglandstheirtraditionalterritory.All six First Nations are Ojibway, located within the Robinson-Superior Treaty area.TheseFirstNationsinclude:

- AnimbiigooZaagi’iganAnishinaabek(AZA),orLakeNipigonOjibway;- BingwiNeyaashiAnishinaabek(BNA)orSandPoint;- BiinjitiwaabikZaagingAnishinaabek(BZA)orRockyBay;- KiashkeZaagingAnishinaabek(KZA)orGullBay;- RedRockIndianBand(RRIB);and- Whitesand(WSFN)

OPGispursuingtheLJFProjectwiththehopesofenteringintoacommercialpartnershipwithsixLakeNipigonFirstNations.

WhitesandFirstNation REPORT:NorthernPolicyInstitute.(2017).CommunityLabourMarketReport:WhitesandFirstNation,NorthernPolicyInstitute,2017NorthernPolicyInstitute.(2017).CommunityLabourMarketReport:

Retrievedfrom:https://www.nswpb.ca/application/files/8014/9987/0300/CLMR-Whitesand-EN-17.07.11.pdfTheCommunityLabourMarketReportseriesprovideslocallabourmarketindicatorstoassistcommunityleadersandorganizationsinthedecision-makingprocess.Thegoalofthis report is to provide community actors with a better understanding of what ishappening in their community. Itdoesnotattempt toexplain the reasonsbehind thetrends,spikesortroughsintheprovideddata.Thisinformationisintendedasastartingpointforanevidence-basedconversationbythecommunityaboutwhycertainchangesareoccurring.Thisreportisafirststep.Itisnowuptoyouthereader,andyourfellowcommunity members to explore and address the challenges and opportunities yourcommunity is experiencing. This report examines current labour demand and supplydatafromWhitesandFirstNation,Ontario,andanalyzeshoweachdatasetalignswiththeother.

NEWS:MinfocusExplorationandWhitesandFirstNationSignMOU.(2013,April2).MarketwireCanada,p.NA.

Retrievedfrom:https://ezproxy.lakeheadu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edscpi&AN=edscpi.A324512399&site=eds-live&scope=siteMinfocusExplorationCorpispleasedtoannouncethatithassignedaMemorandumofUnderstanding(“MOU”)withWhitesandFirstNationregardingexplorationbyMinfocusin the traditional territories of the Whitesand First Nation. The MOU develops therelationshipbetweenthetwopartiesandtermsofreferenceforexplorationactivitiesbyMinfocus, as well as providing for both parties to cooperate in developing a moreextensive ImpactBenefitsAgreement in theevent thatMinfocus’exploration leads tomoreadvancedexploration.