RFNG’S LATEST RESEARCH FEATURED IN CPA JOURNAL

The Rebuilding First Nations Governance (RFNG) research team is pleased to have three articles featured in the Canadian Public Administration (CPA) journal’s special issue on Indigenous Resilience & Resurgence in the Transformation of Governance and Public Administration in Canada.

Our community partners identified the subjects of each of these articles as research important to their work in advancing self-governance. They are:

RFNG is a First Nations-led, multi-partner research project supporting nations to find pathways out of the Indian Act into exercising their inherent right to self-government. Effective self-governance is critical to the survival, health and well-being of First Nations. It is crucial to Canada’s future as a country. Honouring the inherent rights of Indigenous peoples that are affirmed by the Canadian constitution is a central pillar in reconciliation and in establishing a new Nation-to-Nation-to-Nation relationship among First Nations, federal, and provincial governments.

Carleton University is a key partner in the project through Frances Abele, Distinguished Research Professor, who is principal investigator and project co-director with Satsan (Herb George) of the Centre for First Nations Governance (CFNG). The project is supported in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). “This publication is a major milestone,” says Abele. “Out of 13 accepted articles in this special issue, RFNG is responsible for three of them which is a strong testament to the importance of our collective work.”

“We are excited to support First Nations in moving from education and awareness about the Indian Act toward real action and implementation under the inherent right to self-government. We ensure our work is transferrable so that all First Nations can benefit from the research and these pathways forward,” says Dr. Mason Ducharme, Executive Director of the CFNG and National Community Research Director for RFNG

As the research project enters its final years, Abele anticipates the release of more scholarly works as well as a range of other materials First Nations can use for implementing their own inherent rights strategies. For enquiries and further information contact rfng@carleton.ca.