July 27, 2012
July 27, 2012 – In their latest op-ed, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley and Ken Coates write about Premier Christy Clark’s recent demands for B.C. to receive its “fair share” of the proceeds and improved environmental protections from the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. Crowley and Coates say, “Premier Christy Clark has inadvertently given the Aboriginal demand for ...
July 19, 2012
July 19, 2012 – In today’s Ottawa Citizen, MLI’s Brian Lee Crowley and Ken Coates write an op-ed on First Nations and the future of the natural resource economy. Crowley and Coates say, “This new resource-based wealth could be the key to progress in ending the shameful plight of too many First Nations people in ...
February 1, 2012
MEDIA RELEASE February 1, 2012, Ottawa, ON – The Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fishery Initiative (AICFI) represents a unique and successful program for Aboriginal management of natural resources, specifically in program implementation, conception, and delivery. These are the conclusions of a major evaluation of the program carried out by Professor Jacquelyn Thayer Scott for the Macdonald-Laurier ...
April 13, 2011
In the Globe and Mail on Tuesday April 12, 2011, Calvin Helin discussed how a great deal of confusion and rancour arises over the question of whether aboriginal Canadians should have individual property rights on reserve lands. Is this a goal to aspire to, or an attempt, as claimed by some indigenous leaders, at further assimilation? ...
April 1, 2011
Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara and André Le Dressay, with foreword by C.T. (Manny) Jules, Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights (McGill-Queen’s University Press). I read the book in manuscript. Here’s how I described it: By Janet Ajzenstat The argument convincingly shows what must be done to alleviate poverty and the wretched housing conditions ...
April 1, 2011
By Brian Lee Crowley I am happy to see that a book MLI helped to launch in Ottawa last year, Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights, by Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara & André Le Dressay with foreword by C.T. (Manny) Jules, is on the short list for the prestigious Donner Book Prize. Also ...
January 22, 2011
Scholars in the field of Aboriginal Studies pay as much attention to the “how to” of the subject as the results. How should scholars approach issues of Aboriginal identity, economic development development, and human rights? Does the field require a distinctive methodology? There will be a panel on the issue at the Canadian Political Science ...
December 17, 2010
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute opened its doors on March 15, 2010. Our launch coincided with the release of our first policy publication, Free to Learn, written by Calvin Helin, a prominent aboriginal author, lawyer and entrepreneur, and Dave Snow, a University of Calgary doctoral candidate. Making the issue of aboriginal post-secondary education the very first priority ...
November 18, 2010
Earlier this month MLI hosted a highly successful Ottawa book launch for author and MLI Advisory Council Member Calvin Helin and his latest publication, The Economic Dependency Trap. You can see many of the pictures from the evening at Ottawa’s historic Rideau Club below and you can visit our web site to see a video ...
November 5, 2010
Calvin Helin talks about economic dependency at the launch of his new book, The Economic Dependency Trap, at the Rideau Club in Ottawa, November 2, 2010.
