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A Never-Ending Fight to Defend One’s Land? : Environmental Justice for Indigenous Communities in Canada
Donk, Lieke van de (2024) A Never-Ending Fight to Defend One’s Land? : Environmental Justice for Indigenous Communities in Canada.
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| Abstract: | Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Canada face ongoing systemic oppression in their centuries-old fight for rights. Despite the UNDRIP being adopted into Canadian law with the UNDRIP Act and Action Plan, Canada lags in meeting international self-determination and land tenure laws. Addressing the roots of land rights conflicts is essential to improving policies, laws, and the implementation of the UNDRIP Act and Action Plan. Accordingly, obtaining a state-of-the-art overview of the workings of land conflicts could provide valuable insights into their complex interactions and patterns. This study aims to acquire a state-of-the-art overview of land conflicts involving Indigenous communities in Canada using the Systematic Literature review (SLR) method. The secondary data extracted from the 18 selected studies was analysed using qualitative coding techniques. Findings reveal the conflicts' locations, timeframes, and involved IPs and other parties. Opposing actors employ four main approaches in land conflicts: legislative actions, political and legal manoeuvres, economic tactics, and cultural/environmental neglect. IPs respond through legal actions, political and economic engagement, community mobilisation, and cultural/environmental stewardship. The consequences for IPs fall into socio-cultural, environmental, legal, and economic categories. The study highlights the implications of avoiding climate apartheid, enhancing reconciliation, and advancing natural science research. It recommends further research on IPs' land rights to dismantle lingering settler-colonial structures. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | ITC: Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation |
| Subject: | 43 environmental science, 71 sociology |
| Programme: | Technology and Liberal Arts & Sciences BSc (50427) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/101836 |
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