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From self‐determination to service delivery

Assessing Indigenous inclusion in municipal governance in Canada

Bibliographic Data

ID9783338
AuthorsJ Heritz (0000-0002-3626-5903, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume61
Issue4
Pages596-615
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/capa.12277
OpenAlexW2898285705
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited18

Over half of Canada's Indigenous identity population reside in urban centres. Despite their growing numbers, Indigenous Peoples remain under represented in municipal government. While it has been argued that all levels of government have responsibility for urban Indigenous Peoples, neither the federal government nor the provinces have provided direction regarding their representation in urban centres. The local response to urban Indigenous input has emerged over the past ten years in the form of Aboriginal advisory boards in some municipalities. While these nascent entities provide a bridge to Indigenous Peoples to access municipal government, they fall short of providing them with governance models recommended in various consultations with Indigenous Peoples over the past twenty years. This article argues that over time models of representation are being overshadowed by policies of service delivery for urban Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Geography · Government (linguistics · Inclusion (mineral · Indigenous · Local government · Political science · Politics · Population · Representation (politics · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Social science · Sociology · Demography · Ecology · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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Unique citing works6
Citations per year0,75
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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