Book Review – On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada

As part of its monthly Book Review Forum, the IPAC NWT Regional Group is pleased to present the following review for the month of May: Michael Asch’s On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada Toronto: UTP, (2014). Michael Asch’s book, On Being Here to Stay, is an interesting take on Aboriginal … Continue reading Book Review – On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada

March 2018 Event: Mapping History – Using Innovative Technology in History and Material Management

Date: Monday, March 12, 2018 Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Location: Lahm Ridge Tower Basement REGISTER NOW Google Earth and drones are fun tools to use to explore foreign cities or to document your next outdoor adventure. But as mapping and GIS technologies become more accessible and easier to manipulate, governments across the Northwest Territories are using this … Continue reading March 2018 Event: Mapping History – Using Innovative Technology in History and Material Management

December 2017 Event: Beyond the Boardroom: The Role of Psychology in Public Policy

Date: Monday, December 18, 2017 Time: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Location: Lahm Ridge Tower Basement As legislation reflects faith in science as a force for improved public policy and evidence-based decision-making is encouraged in all areas of public service, the role of psychologists tend to mirror that of behavioral economists. In this talk, Bianca Dreyer and Eric Oosenbrug discuss some of the … Continue reading December 2017 Event: Beyond the Boardroom: The Role of Psychology in Public Policy

Book Review: Together We Survive

The IPAC NWT Regional Group is pleased to present the following review for the month of October:  John S. Long and Jennifer S.H. Brown’s Together We Survive: Ethnographic Intuitions, Friendships, and Conversations, Montreal & Kingston (2016) This lovely book, a festschrift honouring anthropologist Richard J. Preston, presents a multitude of voices—Indigenous, Settler, friend, and family—engaged … Continue reading Book Review: Together We Survive