Reconciliation and Renewed Relationships in the Co-management of National Parks
A new era of Indigenous-led collaborations signals a shift in approach by Parks Canada – in response to commitments to reconciliation – to the involvement of Indigenous peoples in the governance and management of national parks, national park reserves, and national marine conservation areas. However...
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ftconcordiauniv:oai:https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca:992189 2023-07-16T03:58:51+02:00 Reconciliation and Renewed Relationships in the Co-management of National Parks Bruce, Kai 2023-03-13 text https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/992189/ https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/992189/1/Bruce_MSc_S2023.pdf en eng https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/992189/1/Bruce_MSc_S2023.pdf Bruce, Kai (2023) Reconciliation and Renewed Relationships in the Co-management of National Parks. Masters thesis, Concordia University. term_access Thesis NonPeerReviewed 2023 ftconcordiauniv 2023-06-24T23:01:21Z A new era of Indigenous-led collaborations signals a shift in approach by Parks Canada – in response to commitments to reconciliation – to the involvement of Indigenous peoples in the governance and management of national parks, national park reserves, and national marine conservation areas. However, co-management, the institutional arrangement on which these and other longstanding partnerships in parks contexts have been built, has a contested and uneven track record in meeting the needs, interests, and aspirations of Indigenous people. Using qualitative methods of governance analysis combined with interviews reflecting Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives, this thesis addresses the question: “what is the potential of co-management as a vehicle for reconciliation within national parks”? The thesis is comprised of two manuscripts. The first confronts a critical gap in empirical data about the content and context of formal national park co-management agreements through a scan of available agreements and the creation of a governance typology, as a basis for exploring strengths and weaknesses of agreement-making in serving reconciliation commitments. The second, through a community-partnered project with Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, examines relationship-building processes in the context of Vuntut National Park, as an example of a mature claims-based northern national park co-management arrangement. Using the lens of ethical space, the research sheds light on enabling and constraining factors for relationship-building and offers insights into the principles and elements of an ethical space process for national park co-management arrangements supportive of Indigenous-state reconciliation. Overall, this thesis aims to contribute to understandings of the potential of co-management agreements to support reconciliation and renewed relationships in national parks. Thesis Gwitchin Vuntut national park Spectrum: Concordia University Research Repository (Montreal) Canada |
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A new era of Indigenous-led collaborations signals a shift in approach by Parks Canada – in response to commitments to reconciliation – to the involvement of Indigenous peoples in the governance and management of national parks, national park reserves, and national marine conservation areas. However, co-management, the institutional arrangement on which these and other longstanding partnerships in parks contexts have been built, has a contested and uneven track record in meeting the needs, interests, and aspirations of Indigenous people. Using qualitative methods of governance analysis combined with interviews reflecting Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives, this thesis addresses the question: “what is the potential of co-management as a vehicle for reconciliation within national parks”? The thesis is comprised of two manuscripts. The first confronts a critical gap in empirical data about the content and context of formal national park co-management agreements through a scan of available agreements and the creation of a governance typology, as a basis for exploring strengths and weaknesses of agreement-making in serving reconciliation commitments. The second, through a community-partnered project with Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, examines relationship-building processes in the context of Vuntut National Park, as an example of a mature claims-based northern national park co-management arrangement. Using the lens of ethical space, the research sheds light on enabling and constraining factors for relationship-building and offers insights into the principles and elements of an ethical space process for national park co-management arrangements supportive of Indigenous-state reconciliation. Overall, this thesis aims to contribute to understandings of the potential of co-management agreements to support reconciliation and renewed relationships in national parks. |
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