The Metis Of Projects

Author : J.B. Berndt
Publisher : IAP
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781623967376

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The Metis of Projects by J.B. Berndt Pdf

“The Metis of Projects” addresses veteran project manager Ben Berndt’s unease with the use of established (project) management frameworks given their general inefficacy. Despite the use of these frameworks, it is estimated that some 30% of projects still fail because they deliver too late, cost more than expected and/or lack quality. Often, projects and their environments are too complex to be controlled by rather linear frameworks. Where most practitioners define complexity as "complicated," most academics define complexity (more correctly) as interrelatedness. In recent years, the academic community has developed several "level-of-complexity frameworks;" however, these frameworks are not commonly known to practitioners and are therefore not regularly used. And, when examined further, these frameworks appear to be merely environmental scans, used to assess the level of complexity in the project management environment. But projects also carry inherent complexity; they are socially complex, and it is this social complexity that—paradoxically—needs management. Combined with personality assessments, social network theory is used here to glean a better understanding of the social complexity in a project. Berndt believes that, following Hugo Letiche and Michael Lissack's emergent coherence concept, managers should steer clear of frameworks in order to come to grips with the complex, and so he introduces whole systems methodologies, in which group understanding is used to continually set a next step. Berndt concludes his study by describing his multi-view, multi-tool participative project management style, which he thinks best aligns with (managing) the complex.

Author : Evelyn Peters,Matthew Stock,Adrian Werner
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887555664

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Rooster Town by Evelyn Peters,Matthew Stock,Adrian Werner Pdf

Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Coule. These were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in Manitoba. Rooster Town, which was on the outskirts of southwest Winnipeg endured from 1901 to 1961. Those years in Winnipeg were characterized by the twin pressures of depression, and inflation, chronic housing shortages, and a spotty social support network. At the city’s edge, Rooster Town grew without city services as rural Métis arrived to participate in the urban economy and build their own houses while keeping Métis culture and community as a central part of their lives. In other growing settler cities, the Indigenous experience was largely characterized by removal and confinement. But the continuing presence of Métis living and working in the city, and the establishment of Rooster Town itself, made the Winnipeg experience unique. Rooster Town documents the story of a community rooted in kinship, culture, and historical circumstance, whose residents existed unofficially in the cracks of municipal bureaucracy, while navigating the legacy of settler colonialism and the demands of modernity and urbanization.

Author : Frank Tough
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774842150

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As Their Natural Resources Fail by Frank Tough Pdf

In conventional histories of the Canadian prairies, Native people disappear from view after the Riel Rebellions. In this groundbreaking study, Frank Tough examines the role of Native peoples, both Indian and Metis, in the economy of northern Manitoba from Treaty 1 to the Depression. He argues that they did not become economically obsolete but rather played an important role in the transitional era between the mercantile fur trade and the emerging industrial economy of the mid-twentieth century.

Author : Chris Andersen
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774827232

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Métis by Chris Andersen Pdf

Ask any Canadian what "Métis" means, and they will likely say "mixed race." Canadians consider Métis mixed in ways that other Indigenous people are not, and the census and courts have premised their recognition of Métis status on this race-based understanding. Andersen argues that Canada got it wrong. From its roots deep in the colonial past, the idea of Métis as mixed has slowly pervaded the Canadian consciousness until it settled in the realm of common sense. In the process, "Métis" has become a racial category rather than the identity of an Indigenous people with a shared sense of history and culture.

Author : Bradley Scott Henry,Dorothy Anderson,Metis Settlements General Council
Publisher : Canadian Forest Sector, Science Branch
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Community development
ISBN : 0662683757

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Northern Alberta Métis Project by Bradley Scott Henry,Dorothy Anderson,Metis Settlements General Council Pdf

Author : Catherine Lynn Richardson,Jeannine Carrière
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1926476107

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Calling Our Families Home by Catherine Lynn Richardson,Jeannine Carrière Pdf

Author : Brenda Macdougall
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774859127

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One of the Family by Brenda Macdougall Pdf

In recent years there has been growing interest in identifying the social and cultural attributes that define the Metis as a distinct people. In this groundbreaking study, Brenda Macdougall employs the concept of wahkootowin � the Cree term for a worldview that privileges family and values interconnectedness � to trace the emergence of a Metis community in northern Saskatchewan. Wahkootowin describes how relationships worked and helps to explain how the Metis negotiated with local economic and religious institutions while nurturing a society that emphasized family obligation and responsibility. This innovative exploration of the birth of Metis identity offers a model for future research and discussion.

Author : Yvonne Boyer,Larry Chartrand
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774865999

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Bead by Bead by Yvonne Boyer,Larry Chartrand Pdf

Bead by Bead examines the parameters that current Indigenous legal doctrines place around Métis rights discourse and moves beyond a one-size-fits-all approach. Contributors to this volume address the historical denial of Métis concerns with respect to land, resources, and governance. Tackling such themes as the invisibility of Métis women in court decisions, identity politics, and racist legal principles, they uncover the troubling issues that plague Métis aspirations for a just future. By revealing the diversity of Métis identities and lived reality, this critical analysis opens new pathways to respectful, inclusive Métis-Canadian constitutional relationships.

Author : Christopher Adams,Gregg Dahl,Ian Peach
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888647221

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Métis in Canada by Christopher Adams,Gregg Dahl,Ian Peach Pdf

These twelve essays constitute a groundbreaking volume of new work prepared by leading scholars in the fields of history, anthropology, constitutional law, political science, and sociology, who identify the many facets of what it means to be Métis in Canada today. After the Powley decision in 2003, Métis peoples were no longer conceptually limited to the historical boundaries of the fur trade in Canada. Key ideas explored in this collection include identity, rights, and issues of governance, politics, and economics. The book will be of great interest to scholars in political science and Indigenous studies, the legal community, public administrators, government policy advisors, and people seeking to better understand the Métis past and present. Contributors: Christopher Adams, Gloria Jane Bell, Glen Campbell, Gregg Dahl, Janique Dubois, Tom Flanagan, Liam J. Haggarty, Laura-Lee Kearns, Darren O'Toole, Jeremy Patzer, Ian Peach, Siomonn P. Pulla, Kelly L. Saunders.

Author : Josee Normand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Métis
ISBN : 0660155990

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A Profile of the Métis by Josee Normand Pdf

Author : Métis Nation of Alberta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Métis
ISBN : 0973689501

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Métis Memories of Residential Schools by Métis Nation of Alberta Pdf

Author : Michel Bouchard,Sébastien Malette,Guillaume Marcotte
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774862356

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Bois-Brûlés by Michel Bouchard,Sébastien Malette,Guillaume Marcotte Pdf

We think of Métis as having Prairie roots. Quebec doesn’t recognize a historical Métis community, and the Métis National Council contests the existence of any Métis east of Ontario. Quebec residents who seek recognition as Métis under the Canadian Constitution therefore face an uphill legal and political battle. Who is right? Bois-Brûlés examines archival and ethnographic evidence to challenge two powerful nationalisms – Métis and Québécois – that interpret Métis identity in the province as “race-shifting.” This controversial work, previously available only in French, conclusively demonstrates that a Métis community emerged in early-nineteenth-century Quebec and can be traced all the way to today.

Author : Catherine Lynn Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05
Category : Métis
ISBN : 1926476077

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Belonging Métis by Catherine Lynn Richardson Pdf

"This book tells a story of what it means to be Métis through various voices and experiences. In the Indigenous spirit of inter-connectedness, these accounts are woven together through the various common threads and intersecting life experiences. As author, I assume the task of weaving together the experiences of the Métis people who have aligned themselves with this project, shared their experiences and stories related to "being Métis". The gift and art of being Métis is not straightforward, and I strive to bring forth the complexities, joys and struggles therein. This book is written for Métis people seeking to find hope in the shared identity experience. As well, it is for allies, activists, Indigenous scholars, parents, teachers, researchers, counsellors and those in the helping professions. I hope this book will speak to everyone who is interested in holistic well-being, Métis emancipation and decolonization in this northern part of Turtle Island."

Author : Michel Bouchard,Sébastien Malette,Siomonn Pulla
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793605443

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Eastern Métis by Michel Bouchard,Sébastien Malette,Siomonn Pulla Pdf

In Eastern Métis, Michel Bouchard, Sébastien Malette, and Siomonn Pulla demonstrate the historical and social evidence for the origins and continued existence of Métis communities across Ontario, Quebec, and the Canadian Maritimes as well as the West. Contributors to this edited collection explore archival and historical records that challenge narratives which exclude the possibility of Métis communities and identities in central and eastern Canada. Taking a continental rhizomatic approach, this book provides a rich and nuanced view of what it means to be Métis.

Author : Hilary Jones
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780253006738

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The Métis of Senegal by Hilary Jones Pdf

Examines the politics and society of an influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism, becoming middleman traders for European merchants and ultimately power brokers against French rule.