Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: social sciences, policy development, government, devolution
| Principal Investigator: | Dacks, Gurston (1) |
| Licence Number: | 8140 |
| Organization: | University of Alberta |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1988
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1988 |
| Project Team: | none |
Objective(s): to contribute to an understanding of the process of devolution and its impact upon the larger process of constitutional development in the North; to study the impact of devolution on local governments and aboriginal groups especially in the area of policy development; to transfer information to northerners on devolution and its implications; to examine these questions through two case studies of devolution -- the Framework Agreement on Devolution, and, the Northern Accord; on the Framework Agreement to investigate the interests of each party in the devolution process, the roles of the aboriginal peoples, the method used to ensure program administration
Project Description: Dr. Dacks is part of a group of researchers investigating the process of devolution and its impact upon constitutional development in the North. He will be examining a number of questions relating to devolution through two case studies -- the Framework Agreement on Devolution and the Northern Accord. In each, he will look at the parties involved, their interests, and the elements that will make up the final agreements.
