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1914 reports on Cree bands
No full text5 p. transcript of 1914 reports on Cree bands, possibly compiled around 1934. Tape number IH-DM.111, transcript disc 144.Note: this document lists various Cree bands. Mandelbaum is not the author, but this document is part of his file.Othern
What does the ‘Fourth Wave’ mean for teaching feminism in 21st century social work?
No full textThere is no straightforward definition of feminism today. In spite of this, scholars and researchers who describe themselves as ‘feminist’ continue to produce work that both interrogates the specific and general conditions of women’s lives and explores the more ubiquitous construct of ‘gender’, and in social work, feminist understandings remain central to practice, theory and research. This may, in large part, be reflective of the continuing over-representation of women as providers and users of social work services. It may also echo social work’s broader emancipatory, ‘social justice’ aspirations. Whichever is the case, we are currently witnessing a resurgence of interest in feminism across the world, with a claim that we are experiencing a ‘fourth wave’ in the global North that has its birthplace primarily on the Internet (Baumgardner, 2011; Leupold, 2010; Solomon, 2009). Given that this is so, this paper asks: what (if any) is the impact or possible influence of fourth wave feminism on teaching social work today
Regional development the Cree of James Bay, Quebec
No full textThis paper will focus on how the Cree have had to adapt and put in force various policies and measures that they felt would best serve their people after the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. The material that was researched, as well as the author\u27s personal experience, will provide an insight into how the Cree set up their own government structures, businesses and institutions since the signing of the agreement. Through a historical examination of their advancement to modern day society and advanced technology, this paper will demonstrate how the Cree have maintained their traditions, culture and beliefs by dealing with their own issues and problems from within. The paper concludes with a number of observations and recommendations.Keywords: Aboriginal, Cree, regional and social development, governmen
Handbook of ball-room dancing,
No full textThis manual is designed as a self-teacher for those who cannot or, according to the author, are unwilling to attend dance classes. Additionally, Cree declares the most popular dances to be the Lame Duck Valse, valse, one step, foxtrot, and lancers. Although he includes instructions for a Three Step or Straight Jazz, and a Tango Valse, the manual does not reflect dances that were being performed during the late teens
Nihkitimahkinawow ekwa Nihkitimahkisin: Pity and Compassion in Cree Law
No full textIn Nêhiyawêwin (Plains Cree language), kitimahkinawaw translates as “to takepity on someone”. Kitimahkinawaw describes the quality of a person’s actions when theyshow kindness, pity, and compassion towards others. Cree law includes a responsibilityto treat others with kitimahkinawaw, which encompasses a duty to care for the elderly,poor, homeless, and sick. Further, it requires us to treat people who are harmful withfairness and compassion. The purpose of kitimahkinawaw is to mitigate suffering,especially the struggles experienced by marginalized people. Kitimahkisin means “apitiful person”. Kitimahkisin includes a recognition that we are dependent uponpakwataskamik (the land), Kisemanito (Creator), and each other for our sustenance.Each person has a gift and we have a responsibility to use these gifts to benefit society,for we are all kitimahkisin. The author argues that kitimahkinawaw and kitimahkisin arelegal principles within the Cree legal order which guide relationships between the manyanimate beings within Cree epistemology. The author draws upon âtayôhkêwin (stories),Nêhiyawêwin, and Indigenous legal theory to illustrate the complexities and nuanceswithin the principles of kitimahkinawow and kitimahkisin. Kitimahkinawow andkitimahkisin are living laws which obtain meaning through the practice of caring for thepoor and marginalized
Extending AMCW lidar depth-of-field using a coded aperture
No full textBy augmenting a high resolution full-field Amplitude Modulated Continuous Wave lidar system with a coded aperture, we show that depth-of-field can be extended using explicit, albeit blurred, range data to determine PSF scale. Because complex domain range-images contain explicit range information, the aperture design is unconstrained by the necessity for range determination by depth-from-defocus. The coded aperture design is shown to improve restoration quality over a circular aperture. A proof-of-concept algorithm using dynamic PSF determination and spatially variant Landweber iterations is developed and using an empirically sampled point spread function is shown to work in cases without serious multipath interference or high phase complexity
The impact of economic development in James Bay : the Cree tallymen speak out
No full textAlthough there has been a tremendous amount of past and future development in the James Bay region of northern Canada, there has been very little empirical research that examined the impact of economic development on Cree tallymen, who are the senior grassroots managers of this vulnerable ecosystem. This oversight is particularly important because the region is currently facing the possibility of additional large-scale hydroelectric development and there is no existing baseline information on past impacts on Cree tallymen. In addition, tallymen continue to have important cultural significance to the Cree Nation and also broader significance to the field of sustainable management. This article attempts to fill this gap by providing ethnographic research on the impact of past development on Cree tallymen from the perspectives of the tallymen themselves. The author also draws implications for environmental impact assessments in the region and, more broadly, for the future study of ecologically embedded managers such as the Cree tallymen
Understanding and Ameliorating Non-Linear Phase and Amplitude Responses in AMCW Lidar
No full textAmplitude modulated continuous wave (AMCW) lidar systems commonly suffer from non-linear phase and amplitude responses due to a number of known factors such as aliasing and multipath inteference. In order to produce useful range and intensity information it is necessary to remove these perturbations from the measurements. We review the known causes of non-linearity, namely aliasing, temporal variation in correlation waveform shape and mixed pixels/multipath inteference. We also introduce other sources of non-linearity, including crosstalk, modulation waveform envelope decay and non-circularly symmetric noise statistics, that have been ignored in the literature. An experimental study is conducted to evaluate techniques for mitigation of non-linearity, and it is found that harmonic cancellation provides a significant improvement in phase and amplitude linearity
Treaty Six: A Portrait of Cree Agency
No full textYork University - The William Westfall Canadian Studies Award - 2013 Prize Winner - 3000 LevelAP/HIST 3546, History of Aboriginal Peoples in CanadaThe author argues that current Canadian historiography imagines that, threatened with starvation, First Nations tribes were passive and compliant actors in the process of negotiating the Numbered Treaties of the North-West. With an excellent examination of primary and secondary sources, the author convincingly established that the Cree of the North-West were fully aware of their present and future needs, and not only had plenty of agency, but actually out-bargained the government negotiators. The jurists at every level singled out this paper for praise, noting in particular how well-written and convincing the essay was
Voices from a Disappearing Forest: Government, Corporate and Cree Participatory Forestry Management Practices.
No full textRobert Beaulieu, ingenieur forestier with the Cree Regional Authority, is the co-author of the section of this chapter entitled "A Quantitative Exploration," including "Social Data Methodology," "Forest Disturbance Data Methodology" (for which Beaulieu is the primary author), and "Findings." Other portions of the paper were written by and are the responsibility of Harvey Feit. The authors wish to acknowledge the support for this project given by people of the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi and by the Cree Regional Authority. Harvey Feit wants to thank the following commentators: Fatima Amarshi, Mario Blaser, Diane Cooper, Brian Craik, Abraham Dixon, Paul Dixon, Stewart Gilby, Peter Gull, Sam C. Gull, Suzanne Hilton, Glenn McRae, Monica Mulrennan, Derek Neeposh, Alan Penn, Evelyn Pinkerton, Geoff Quaile, Alan Saganash, Colin Scott, and Wendy Russell. We prepared this chapter in our capacity as researchers, and it does not purport to speak for anyone other than ourselves as authors of the sections for which we are individually or jointly responsible. We do not intend this chapter as a commentary on the issues presently before the courts in cases involving James Bay Cree versus the governments of Quebec, Canada, and over two dozen forestry companies. This chapter is included in the MacSphere Repository with the permission of UBC Press, March 6, 2019.Participation has become a cornerstone of the new solutions to problems of the management of resources and the legitimation of their exploitation. But the opportunities to participate, and the means and conditions of participation, are being offered on the terms set by government authorities and the corporate sector. Nevertheless, compliance cannot be taken for granted, for these new arenas of participatory discourse and action are sites of new contestation that may also serve as a renewable resource for autonomous demands for change. This chapter explores the significance of participation in the new forestry management regimes that have emerged in Canada and, especially, in northern Quebec on the lands of the James Bay Cree covered by the James Bay and Northern Quèbec Agreement (1975). The chapter shows that when the government declares that there will be no decisions without consultations, it also initiates means of excluding groups from, or of diminishing the legitimacy of their participation in, the process. These perspectives are echoed in various forms by other groups at the core of the process, including some natural scientists. The chapter documents Cree knowledge of the impacts of forestry, especially on moose. We, an anthropologist and a forestry engineer with the Cree Regional Authority, demonstrate a quantitative and statistical relationship between the expansion of the areas of logging and the decline of moose harvests. We convey what Cree hunters told us of their visions of how some careful forestry could co-exist with healthy lands, animals and Cree hunting society. The final section notes how efforts to turn participation into pacification have not succeeded, but neither have the efforts to adequately regulate forestry activities.The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Research Grants and a Major Collaborative Research Initiatives program grant to the AGREE team directed by Colin Scott, the Cree Regional Authority, and the Arts Research Board of McMaster University
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