Justine Keefer, Matthew Murphy, Shaelyn Wabegijig, Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark
{"title":"The Limitations and Transformative Potential of Indigenous-Led Environmental Impact Assessments in Canada","authors":"Justine Keefer, Matthew Murphy, Shaelyn Wabegijig, Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark","doi":"10.1111/capa.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines the transformative potential of ILIA (Indigenous-led Impact Assessment) to support Indigenous self-determination and protect against further erosion of Indigenous rights caused by cumulative impacts. We consider the transformative potential of ILIAs to be two-fold. First, despite variations in form, approach and strategy across Nations, all ILIA processes share a core principle—inclusion of decision-making authority for affected Nations. Therefore, ILIAs have the potential to restore a degree of Indigenous Nations' governance authority over their territories. Second, ILIAs have the potential to transform relationships between Indigenous Nations, settler-state governments and industrial project proponents, by offering a framework for shared and respectful decision-making that takes Indigenous self-determination and knowledge seriously. ILIA frameworks that include, respect and value both Indigenous and settler-Canadian knowledge and decision-making authority offer opportunities to learn and assess impacts from multiple perspectives and provide pathways for mutually beneficial partnerships.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 3","pages":"503-518"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reclaiming Hiring: The miyo-wîcêhtowin Hiring Framework","authors":"Kayla Benoit","doi":"10.1111/capa.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article introduces the <i>miyo-wîcêhtowin Hiring Framework</i>, an Indigenous-led, values-based model developed to transform public sector hiring practices. Grounded in Cree teachings of “building good relations,” the framework emerged from a mixed-methods analysis of over 1,500 municipal job descriptions from the City of Saskatoon. The study uncovered systemic bias across categories such as age, race, ability, language, and education, revealing how hiring language can exclude Indigenous peoples and other equity-deserving groups. Drawing on Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, discourse analysis, and human rights frameworks, the research repositions hiring as a relational and governance act—not a neutral HR function. The <i>miyo-wîcêhtowin Hiring Framework</i> offers practical tools and cultural principles to reimagine hiring systems grounded in respect, reciprocity, and Indigenous resurgence. It calls on public institutions to move beyond symbolic REDI commitments toward structural change by embedding Indigenous worldviews and leadership into recruitment processes, advancing equity and self-determination in Canadian public administration.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 3","pages":"538-555"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reshaping Public Perception: Indigenous Ways of Being in Governance Roles","authors":"Natasha Brooks","doi":"10.1111/capa.70032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This quantitative study examines how Indigenous ways of being, particularly relational accountability, shape the governance responsibilities and compensation of First Nations chief and council members in British Columbia. Drawing on survey data from 55 participants and secondary data from 77 Nations, the study finds that elected leaders dedicate an average of 33.5 hours per week to their roles, with 38 percent of that time spent on community events and direct member engagement. This reflects the relational care and community presence embedded in Indigenous governance, contrasting with Western models that emphasize administrative efficiency. Contrary to public misconceptions of excessive compensation, the study reports average annual salaries of 88,345 dollars for chiefs and 46,013 dollars for councillors, often below provincial or federal counterparts. By introducing scalable frameworks based on per capita and revenue metrics, the research offers policy alternatives rooted in Indigenous values of service, reciprocity, and collective responsibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 3","pages":"357-373"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Cognitive Imperialism to Relational Accountability: Honouring Co-Creation with Indigenous People in Public Administration","authors":"Susanne Thiessen","doi":"10.1111/capa.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article advances a transformational framework for public administration by challenging cognitive imperialism and centering relational accountability as a decolonial alternative. It critiques the exclusion of Indigenous knowledge systems from governance and calls for a shift from tokenistic consultation to authentic co-creation grounded in epistemological pluralism and relational ethics. Drawing on Indigenous scholarship and case studies, the article illustrates how relational approaches to co-creation foster more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable governance. It reimagines public administration as a space for Indigenous resurgence, ethical partnership, and epistemic justice rooted in mutual respect, shared authority, and long-term relational accountability.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 3","pages":"433-448"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementing Bill C-92: Strengthening Indigenous Jurisdiction and Community Resilience in Child Welfare","authors":"Mason Ducharme, Nathan Oakes, Anna Soer","doi":"10.1111/capa.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines the implementation of Bill C-92: An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families, which affirms the inherent right of Indigenous Peoples to self-govern in child and family services. Through qualitative analysis of 11 First Nations laws enacted between 2021 and 2024, the study explores how communities are developing governance structures, ratifying laws, and engaging members in law-making. Findings reveal diverse models—from Band Council-led systems to Indigenous Governing Bodies under Section 35 of the Constitution Act—with varying levels of cultural integration and transparency. Five case studies highlight approaches grounded in traditional knowledge, language revitalization, and relational governance. The article discusses tensions between delegated authority under the Indian Act and inherent rights, alongside challenges related to funding and capacity. It concludes with recommendations to strengthen Indigenous-led governance rooted in Indigenous legal traditions, languages, and community-defined child and family wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 3","pages":"556-572"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investing in a Distinctions-Based Approach: A Paradigmatic Shift for Métis Policy?","authors":"Kevin Mongeon, Janique Dubois","doi":"10.1111/capa.70026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Is Canada's federal policy paradigm related to Indigenous peoples shifting towards a distinctions-based approach? This article considers the ways in which the idea of a distinctions-based approach has taken hold in the political, policy, and institutional frameworks that govern the policy relationship between Canada and one of the three groups of constitutionally recognized Indigenous people: the Métis. By tracing the prevalence of this idea in federal policy discourse and assessing its manifestation in budget investments and policy developments, we show the promise of this paradigmatic shift for the Métis and consider some of its limitations in capturing the diversity of Indigenous lived realities. We ultimately conclude that these limitations coupled with the failure to embed the distinctions-based approach in federal legislative and institutional structures and the enduring features of Canada's settler-colonial system casts doubts on the promise of this new policy paradigm.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 3","pages":"449-469"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reimagining Governance in the Field of Public Administration: Understanding Indigenous Resurgence","authors":"River Doxtator, Janique Dubois, Jennifer Wallner","doi":"10.1111/capa.70031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70031","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The modern liberal conceptualization of governance remains predominant in the field and scholarship of public administration, albeit often indirectly. Indigenous resurgence, which highlights the intrinsic significance of Indigenous governance, exposes important incongruities between liberal conceptualizations of governance and modes of governance rooted upon Indigenous worldviews of relationality. This article considers three such examples. Drawing on diverse literatures, we argue that greater critical-reflexivity is required to reorient public administration towards resurgence to allow for disciplinary transformations informed by Indigenous knowledges. In so doing, we contribute to an ongoing discussion in public administration about the importance of onto-epistemological reflection and heterodoxy.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 3","pages":"374-388"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qátsya7 Mason Ducharme, Giuseppe Amatulli, Wanosts'a7 Lorna Williams, Satsan Herb George, Saw̓t Martina Pierre, skel7áw'lhten Raymond Pierre
{"title":"Revitalizing Indigenous Languages, Fostering Self-Governance, Overcoming the Indian Act: A Case Study of Lil'wat Nation","authors":"Qátsya7 Mason Ducharme, Giuseppe Amatulli, Wanosts'a7 Lorna Williams, Satsan Herb George, Saw̓t Martina Pierre, skel7áw'lhten Raymond Pierre","doi":"10.1111/capa.70035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70035","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines how Indigenous language revitalization serves as a foundation for self-governance and legal resurgence, focusing on the Lil'wat Nation's efforts to reclaim Ucwalmícwts. Drawing on presentations from the 30th Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium and community-based sources, the article highlights how language encodes Lil'wat legal principles, ethical frameworks, and governance structures. Through immersion programs, curriculum development, and cultural teachings, the Nation is reasserting its jurisdiction and moving beyond Indian Act governance. Key concepts such as Ntákmen (our laws) and Nxékmen (our ways) illustrate how language revitalization is central to legislative reconciliation under Section 35 of the Constitution. Rather than translating colonial laws, Lil'wat defines governance on its own terms—grounded in language, land, and law. This case study offers a model for other Indigenous Nations: revitalizing language is not only cultural recovery—it is legal renewal and a critical pathway to Indigenous self-determination.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 3","pages":"470-486"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Educational Credentials on the Income Gap between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Recent Graduates","authors":"Kevin Mongeon, Janique Dubois","doi":"10.1111/capa.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study uses data from two National Graduate Survey (NGS) cohorts—graduates of 2015 and graduates of 2020—to investigate how educational credentials impact differences in early career income between Indigenous and non-Indigenous post-secondary graduates in Canada and whether these differences are conditional on the labour market returns to education credentials. The results suggest that increasing educational attainment (i.e., university, and more specifically graduate, degrees) as well as increasing Indigenous presence in certain fields of study could contribute to reducing early career income gaps. The empirical findings support calls for broad-based policies aimed at expanding Indigenous university attainment and raising labour market returns to Indigenous graduates' credentials as well as distinctions-based policies tailored to local contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 4","pages":"622-652"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145772626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front-Liners on the Sidelines: The Credential Recognition Experiences of Filipino Internationally Educated Nurses","authors":"Micah Leonida, Tamara Krawchenko, Nancy Clark","doi":"10.1111/capa.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Communities across Canada face a shortage of medically trained professionals, the majority of which are nurses, as domestic supply has not kept pace with increasing demand for services. Alongside rising inflation, housing costs, and living expenses, persistent educational and accreditation inequities have created barriers and challenging contexts for internationally educated nurses (IENs) who aim to settle, integrate, and complete professional recertification processes to become registered nurses. This study explores the lived experiences of educational and accreditation factors from the perspective of fifteen recently migrated Filipino IENs in Victoria, British Columbia. Findings suggest that Filipino IENs experience financial and time barriers and deskilling which are part of an overarching theme of their credential recognition experience. The study offers policy recommendations for more equitable recertification pathways including provision of accessible information support pre- and post-arrival and increased collaboration between clinical practice programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":46145,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique Du Canada","volume":"68 4","pages":"582-602"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/capa.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145772546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}