TOWARDS A MODEL OF CO-MANAGEMENT OF PROVINCIAL PARKS IN ONTARIO A Rationale for Co-Management

• Main Authors: Roger Spielmann, Marina Unger
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: First Nations
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1075.1847; http://iportal.usask.ca/docs/ind_art_cjns_v20/cjnsv20no1_pg455-486.pdf

Abstract I Resume This paper explores to what extent First Nations communities participate in the planning and management of Ontario parks, and if the current process is successful. The study is also designed to show how First Nations' concems, needs and interests can be better reflected in provincial park planning and design practices. A key claim ofthis study is that First Nations communities have been inadequately involved with the land-use planning and design issues which have confronted govemment-run parks in traditional First Nations territories. eet article examine la degre d'implication des communautes autochtones dans la planification et I'administration des pares de l'Ontario et evalue Ie fonctionnment de ceux-ci dans la situation actuelle. On propose aussi de montrer comment mieux inb §grer les preoccupations, les besoins et les intert~ts des Premieres Nations au pratiques de planification et de gestion des pares provinciaux. Une affirmation centrale de cette etude est que les communautes autochtones n'ont pas ete impliquees autant qu'elles auraient dQ I'etre la gestion des problemes de planification et de conception auxquels sont confrontes les pares se trouvent sur leurs territoires mais administres par l'Etat. This paper is about a new kind of thinking, a new kind of architecture, if you will: an architecture of culture and mind. For First Nations people, this architecture of culture and mind will have a familiar ring to it, for it is really an ancient architecture and way ofthinking deeply entrenched in Aboriginal traditions. There is little written about this new architecture and how it is grounded in these ancient traditions. This paper is intended to introduce the reader to the foundation upon which contemporary environmental planning and design must rest, at least from an Aboriginal perspective. The purpose of this study is to investigate to what extent First Nations communities participate in the planning and management of parks, and if the current process is successful. This study shows how ...