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From self‐determination to service delivery: Assessing Indigenous inclusion in municipal governance in Canada
Author(s) -
Heritz Joanne
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
canadian public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1754-7121
pISSN - 0008-4840
DOI - 10.1111/capa.12277
Subject(s) - indigenous , government (linguistics) , corporate governance , inclusion (mineral) , population , service delivery framework , local government , political science , public administration , representation (politics) , service (business) , economic growth , geography , business , sociology , law , politics , social science , demography , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , economics , biology , finance , marketing
Over half of Canada's Indigenous identity population reside in urban centres. Despite their growing numbers, Indigenous Peoples remain under represented in municipal government. While it has been argued that all levels of government have responsibility for urban Indigenous Peoples, neither the federal government nor the provinces have provided direction regarding their representation in urban centres. The local response to urban Indigenous input has emerged over the past ten years in the form of Aboriginal advisory boards in some municipalities. While these nascent entities provide a bridge to Indigenous Peoples to access municipal government, they fall short of providing them with governance models recommended in various consultations with Indigenous Peoples over the past twenty years. This article argues that over time models of representation are being overshadowed by policies of service delivery for urban Indigenous Peoples in Canada.