{"id":517,"date":"2020-10-19T08:39:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T12:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/?page_id=517"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:15:51","slug":"transitional-governance-project-think-tank-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/transitional-governance-project-think-tank-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Transitional Governance Project (TGP) Think Tank 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Transitional Governance Project (TGP) Think Tank 2017\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"transitional-governance-project-think-tank-2017\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Transitional Governance Project Think Tank, 2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inaugural Transitional Governance Think Tank was held October 3-5, 2017 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. The Think Tank formally engaged long-time project collaborators Chris Robertson and Len Hartley from the Centre for First Nations Governance (CFNG). The event combined presentations by experts and community representatives with open dialogue among more than 50 participants. The Think Tank culminated in an Open Space exercise where participants and presenters reflected on each of the CFNG\u2019s 5 Pillars of the Inherent Right to Self-government (the people, laws and jurisdiction, the land, governance, and resources) to identify key transitional challenges and opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Financial support for the Transitional Governance Think Tank came from several sources, including a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connections Grant (awarded Summer 2017), the Institute for Public Administration of Canada (IPAC), and the generous contributions of the three founding participants of the Transitional Governance Project: the Lil\u2019wat Nation, the Council of the Haida Nation, and Mi\u2019gmawei Mawiomi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Watch the recordings from the TGP Think Tank here!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why Aren&#8217;t We There Yet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Introduction by Satsan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Satsan (Herb George) is one of the great speakers of the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en people and a visionary crusader for the rights and title of First Nations in Canada. In this recorded presentation, learn about Satsan\u2019s lifelong fight for and insights into Aboriginal rights in Canada. He explains how the fulfillment of those rights is now in the hands of First Nations peoples to achieve for themselves, by reclaiming their own laws and rebuilding their own governments outside the colonial legacy of the Indian Act.<strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\"><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Transitional Governance Project Intro: Satsan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MnlA_AWhO8s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"the-inherent-right-to-self-government-pre-contact-contact-colonization-confederation-and-the-present\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Inherent Right to Self-Government: Pre-Contact, Contact, Colonization, Confederation and the Present<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Presentation by Chris Robertson and Jodi Bruhn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Robertson from the Centre for First Nations Governance presents a historical timeline from pre-contact to the present day. He explains the history of nation-to-nation relations and important legislation that impacted First Nations sovereignty over time. Jodi Bruhn from Stratejuste Consulting draws attention to four legal cases resulting in pivotal changes in First Nations peoples\u2019 fight for self-governance. Watch both speakers summarize the effects settler policies have had on First Nation jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Transitional Governance Project: Chris Robertson and Jodi Bruhn\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AcYNJf410zo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"from-an-empty-box-to-a-full-box\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">From an Empty Box to a Full Box<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Presentation by Kent McNeil<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kent McNeil, emeritus distinguished research professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, briefly describes the history of Indigenous peoples\u2019 constitutional rights in Canada and explains the difference between inherent and contingent rights. He highlights the importance of Section 35 in the Canadian Constitution for First Nations while also stressing the ways successive Canadian governments have and continue to fail these communities in terms of self-government. Watch to learn about his suggestions on how First Nations can take a transitional approach to self-government based on their inherent right and expressing their own laws.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Transitional Governance Project: Kent McNeil\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJk8X3GFwhI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"lessons-from-around-the-world\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lessons From Around the World<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Presentation by Stephen Cornell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stephen Cornell, professor of sociology and faculty chair of the Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona<em>,&nbsp;<\/em>draws from his experience as an American researcher who has studied communities across the globe as they work to establish ways to self-govern after colonization. He offers frameworks and guidelines to consider when nation rebuilding. Watch to learn his suggestions for how First Nation communities in Canada can embrace the governance challenge.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Transitional Governance Project: Stephen Cornell\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IdIb6-Euz_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"fiscal-relationships\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fiscal Relationships<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Presentation by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly from the University of Victoria summarizes key findings from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fngovernance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/emmanuel-brunet-jailly.pdf\">his 2008 paper examining the fiscal relationship between the Canadian government and First Nations<\/a>. His research found policies that were newly implemented at the time had success in increasing First Nations\u2019 knowledge of property tax administration and were helpful in maximizing their revenue sources. Watch Brunet-Jailly explain how property tax can be an effective tool of self-government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Transitional Governance Project: Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vXOZk9A2FS4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transitional Governance Project Think Tank, 2017 The inaugural Transitional Governance Think Tank was held October 3-5, 2017 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. The Think Tank formally engaged long-time project collaborators Chris Robertson and Len Hartley from the Centre for First Nations Governance (CFNG). 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