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"Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future" looks to both the past and the future as it examines the foundational work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the legacy of its 1996 report. It assesses the Commission's influence on subsequent milestones in Indigenous-Canada relations and considers our prospects for a constructive future.

"Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future looks to both the past and the future as it examines the foundational work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the legacy of its 1996 report. It assesses the Commission's influence on subsequent milestones in Indigenous-Canada relations and considers our prospects for a constructive future. RCAP's five-year examination of the relationships of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples to Canada and to non-Indigenous Canadians resulted in a new vision for Canada and provided 440 specific recommendations, many of which informed the subsequent work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). Considered too radical and difficult to implement, RCAP's recommendations were largely ignored, but the TRC reiterates that longstanding inequalities and imbalances in Canada's relationship with Indigenous peoples remain and quite literally calls us to action. With reflections on RCAP's legacy by its co-chairs, leaders of national Indigenous organizations and the Minister of Indigenous Crown Relations, and leading academics and activists, this collection refocuses our attention on the groundbreaking work already performed by RCAP. Organized thematically, it explores avenues by which we may establish a new relationship, build healthy and powerful communities, engage citizens, and move to action."--

The evaluation field's understanding of Indigenous ontologies and epistemologies must improve in ways that do not serve to privilege Western ways of knowing, and governmental priorities for accountability. The literature has not identified ways to bridge these in practical ways, nor move the field to balance community and government needs. The paper describes Indigenous ontology and epistemology related to evaluation, then identifies practical challenges bridging Western and Indigenous approaches using the example of the Indigenous Youth Futures Partnership project (IYFP), a seven-year SSHRC sponsored grant. We suggest that there are approaches that work well in these contexts, but that agency is vitally important to establish reciprocity. ; La compréhension des ontologies et épistémologies autochtones dans le domaine de l'évaluation doit s'améliorer de manière à ne pas privilégier les modes de connaissance occidentaux et les priorités gouvernementales en matière de responsabilisation. La documentation n'a pas trouvé de moyens pratiques de combler ces lacunes, ni de trouver des moyens d'équilibrer les besoins de la collectivité et ceux du gouvernement. Le document décrit l'ontologie et l'épistémologie autochtones liées à l'évaluation, puis identifie les défis pratiques qui font le pont entre les approches occidentales et autochtones à l'aide de l'exemple du projet Partenariat pour l'avenir des jeunes autochtones (PAJA), une subvention de sept ans du CRSH. Nous suggérons qu'il existe des approches qui fonctionnent bien dans ces contextes, mais cet organisme est d'une importance vitale pour établir la réciprocité.