Strengthening the ties that bind? An analysis of aboriginal-municipal inter-governmental agreements in British Columbia

Nelles, Jen; Alcantara, Christopher

doi:10.1111/j.1754-7121.2011.00178.x

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“…That city hall should work more closely with First Nation reserves in the region was more agreeable to the public than improving governance relationships within the boundaries of the city itself. This seems compatible with the finding of Jen Nelles and Christopher Alcantara (), that since 1999, relationship‐building agreements between First Nations and municipalities have been increasing in frequency. In discrete reserve communities within the regional orbit of the city, Indigenous peoples may be seen as bona fide political agents that share regional interests, while Indigenous peoples residing in the city are out‐of‐place politically and civically, as much as culturally and often socio‐economically.…”

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confidence: 91%

Public attitudes towards Indigeneity in Canadian prairie urbanism

Walker

Berdahl

Lashta

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Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Prairie cities have large and growing Indigenous populations. The great resurgence of strong Indigenous cultures in Canada should foretell the impact Indigeneity will have over coming years across the full spectrum of urban geography. The study uses original 2014 survey data collected from seven prairie cities to examine the following question: What does the non‐Indigenous majority public think about increasing the role of Indigeneity in the procedural and material approaches to urbanism in prairie cities? Based on our findings we suggest that public attitudes among the non‐Indigenous populations of prairie cities are changing and becoming more positive towards trying new approaches to enabling Indigenous urbanism. Support is somewhat greater for municipal‐Indigenous governance options than for specific actions to infuse Indigeneity into the design and naming of public spaces. L'attitude du public face à l'indigénisme dans l'urbanisme des Prairies canadiennes La population indigène qui habite dans les villes des Prairies est nombreuse et grandissante. La forte recrudescence des cultures indigènes au Canada permettrait d'anticiper l'impact que l'indigénisme aura au cours des prochaines années sur l'ensemble de la géographie urbaine. Cet article propose d'explorer la question qui suit à partir des données originales d'enquête recueillies dans sept villes des Prairies en 2014: qu'est‐ce que les personnes de la majorité non indigène pensent de l'augmentation du rôle de l'indigénisme dans les démarches opérationnelles et substantielles de l'urbanisme des villes des Prairies? Les constats qui se dégagent de nos travaux montrent que l'attitude du public chez les populations non autochtones des villes des Prairies évolue et devient plus encline à essayer de nouvelles approches en matière d'urbanisme indigène. On est plutôt partisan des modes de gouvernance municipale indigène que des actions spécifiques visant à incorporer l'indigénisme dans la conception et la toponymie des espaces publics.

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Public attitudes towards Indigeneity in Canadian prairie urbanism

Walker

Berdahl

Lashta

et al. 2017

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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“…The study of inter‐local cooperation in Canada is in its infancy. However, we are slowly expanding our understanding of why and how municipalities cooperate (Spicer ; Nelles and Alcantara ; Nelles ). Economic development cooperation does not neatly adhere to our theoretical understanding of why municipalities enter into cooperative arrangements with other communities.…”

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Cooperation, coordination and competition: Why do municipalities participate in economic development alliances?

Spicer¹

2015

Can Public Adm

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Economic development is a policy area typically seen by municipalities as competitive in nature. Cooperation with neighbouring municipalities is rare, as the benefits are often selective. This paper examines the formation and governance of economic development alliances in Canada, specifically exploring the motivations of municipalities entering into these cooperative relationships. Four main factors influenced a municipality's decision to cooperate on economic development: reducing duplication, increasing international visibility, filling service gaps, and allowing for greater access to federal and provincial grants. Economic conditions dictated the course of partnership. Dividing mutual gains is the major challenge to overcome in order to keep economic development alliances together.

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“…In short, the existing research and our own data collection efforts suggest that these agreements are emerging across Canada in greater numbers, spanning the four categories of agreements originally developed by Nelles and Alcantara (2011). Coupled with these empirical trends is a strong interest among government and nongovernmental actors in generating a set of best practices for fostering cooperative relations between local and Aboriginal governments.…”

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Explaining the Emergence of Indigenous–Local Intergovernmental Relations in Settler Societies

Nelles

Alcantara

2013

Urban Affairs Review

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There has been growing interest among practitioners and academics in the emergence of intergovernmental relations between local and Aboriginal governments in Canada. Initial research has focused on describing the nature of these relations but has yet to develop any theoretical expectations regarding why some communities are more likely to cooperate than others. We address this lacuna by developing a theoretical framework for explaining the emergence of cooperation between Aboriginal and local governments. After identifying a set of variables and specifying how they are likely to affect the propensity of communities to cooperate, we conclude with a discussion of how future researchers might use this framework to investigate cooperation and noncooperation between Aboriginal and local governments in Canada and in other settler societies.

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Strengthening the ties that bind? An analysis of aboriginal-municipal inter-governmental agreements in British Columbia

Cited by 19 publications

References 23 publications

Public attitudes towards Indigeneity in Canadian prairie urbanism

Public attitudes towards Indigeneity in Canadian prairie urbanism

Cooperation, coordination and competition: Why do municipalities participate in economic development alliances?

Explaining the Emergence of Indigenous–Local Intergovernmental Relations in Settler Societies

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