The renewable electricity regulations outline how First Nations can become involved in renewable electricity generation and stimulate local economic development.
This Renewable Electricity Plan sets out a detailed program to move Nova Scotia away from carbon-based electricity towards greener, more local sources. Included in this document are proposed ways for First Nations to become involved through the Community-Based Feed-in Tariff (ComFIT) and Enhanced New Metering programs.
A guide indicating how Aboriginal and other communities may become involved in renewable electricity generation and earn economic benefits through the provincial Community-based Feed-in Tariff (ComFIT) program.
The objectives of the visioning exercise are threefold: 1. To identify, present and promote a 10-year Vision for First Nations Forestry that describes desired outcomes and measures of success; 2. To identify potential roles for government, First Nations and industry in contributing to the achievement of the Vision; and 3. To identify opportunities and priorities for future First Nations forest sector programming.
This edition of Success Stories presents a snapshot of recent projects that the First Nations Forestry Program (FNFP) has supported to build First Nations’ capacity to participate in—and benefit from—sustainable forest management and forest-based economic opportunities. The stories are representative of the projects that have been successfully completed over recent years.
This degree program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become effective leaders and managers. The program is designed to meet the specific needs of managers working in federal, provincial, municipal, and First Nations government, as well as managers in the not-for-profit sector.
My purpose in writing this chapter is to reiterate briefly the overall thrust of the commission's work and to comment on the impact the report appears to be having after two years in the pub- lic domain. I would be presumptuous to claim that these few pages could provide a balanced synopsis of the five volumes and 3500 pages of the commission's report. My comments represent a perspective, much of it grounded in the words of the commission itself that is highly selective in emphasis.
This paper reviews the purpose, vision, and contents of the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, while exploring its potential impacts, economic and otherwise, on Aborignal peoples.
This plan acknowledges that preparing for this successful future also means supporting our dedicated and professional employees through workforce renewal and by creating an organizational culture whose hallmarks are openness, dialogue, respect, diversity and transparency. To that end, this plan integrates human resources and business planning, providing details of the Department's workforce renewal initiatives, along with planned activities in corporate priority areas such as communications, information technology and management.
