Urban Indigenous peoples: A conceptual hazard for Canada’s whole of society approach

Shelagh Roxburgh, PhD; Dan Peters, BA

doi:10.5055/jem.0516

Authors

Shelagh Roxburgh, PhD
Dan Peters, BA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.0516

Keywords:

Indigenous peoples, Canada, society

Abstract

It is widely accepted that the world is facing increasing risk of environmental emergency yet at the same time, there is also increasing vulnerability.

Author Biographies

Shelagh Roxburgh, PhD

Research, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dan Peters, BA

Graduate Diploma Environmental Education and Communication, Research, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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