ANALYTICAL & LITIGATION SUPPORT RESEARCH PROJECTS  
New France map ETHNOHISTORICAL STUDIES
  • Treaty research: pre-confederation treaties, including Robinson Treaties, Treaty 72; post-confederation treaties including Treaty 3, Treaty 9 and Williams Treaties (Ontario)
  • Historical Aboriginal land use and occupancy studies, with a focus on culture, renewable resource harvesting practices and social organization
  • Mixed-ancestry (Métis) historic communities in Ontario
  • Policy analysis: colonial and post-confederation Indian Affairs
  • Background/educational studies of First Nation communities
  • Historical mapping: analysis and consultation
  • Genealogical analysis of historic populations: project coordination and support
  • Historical displays, brochures

HEALTH, JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ISSUES

  • Indian Residential School issues (national study)
  • "Relational Care" - cultural compentence for Aboriginal people living with HIV/AIDS (national study)
  • Care, treatment and support issues of Aboriginal people living with HIV/AIDS (national survey)
  • Best practices model for Aboriginal HIV/AIDS and addictions service providers (focus groups)
  • Community justice initiatives in Nunavut (social indicators research)
  • Aboriginal homelessness in north-western Ontario (consultation to community-based researchers)
  • Economic development in northern Aboriginal communities (case study, Nunavut)
  • Relocation of Aboriginal communities in Canada
  • Child-care issues in Inuit communities
  • Policy analysis: economic and social programs for Aboriginal communities in Canada

Gavel CLAIMS & LITIGATION SUPPORT
  • First Nation claims: specific claims research; Aboriginal and treaty rights (Ontario)
  • Crown prosecutions: Aboriginal and treaty rights, subsistence and commercial harvesting rights, reserve boundaries, jurisdiction issues, Crown game preserves, pre-confederation arbitrations (Ontario)
  • Peer review of expert reports submitted as evidence in litigation proceedings
  • Assessment of oral history evidence
  • Expert witness: expert testimony in Aboriginal and treaty rights cases (Ontario)

METHODOLOGY AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

  • Methodological issues in conducting ethno-historical and oral historical research
  • Anthropological and sociological approaches to 'community'
  • Analysis of concepts and categories re: Inuit statistics in Canada
  • Ethics applications for submission to University Ethics Committees
  • Questionnaire development and recruitment strategies for Aboriginal communities
  • Proposal development, composition and support
  • Bibliography production