National Aboriginal Lands Managers Association
National Aboriginal Lands Managers Association
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Level One: Post Secondary TrainingPost Secondary Training Information Certificate of Proficiency in IPRM IPRM 100.3 - Introduction to Legal Concepts in Resource Management IPRM 101.3 - Introduction to Management Issues IPRM 102.3 - Environmental Studies: Economics and Law IPRM 103.3 - Resource and Environmental Studies IPRM 200.3 - Legal Instruments and Process in Resource Management IPRM 210.3 - Resource Management Project Assessment
Post Secondary Training InformationDelivered by the University of Saskatchewan College of Agriculture, a participant will gain level one certification once they have completed the Certificate of Proficiency in Indigenous People Resource Management. The six courses required for the Certificate of Proficiency will provide students with general concepts and principles applicable to resource management in the various regions of Canada. In addition to the substantive material of management, environment and law, the courses are designed to teach aspects of written and oral communication, numeracy, computer skills, time management and leadership skills through examples and exercises. Land Managers will receive a Certificate from the University of Saskatchewan indicating proficiency in land management. The University credits earned in the Program will be eligible for recognition as credit in learning institutions across Canada. Certificate of Proficiency in Indigenous Peoples Resource Management Program (IPRM)A Certificate of Proficiency is used to signify the completion of a recognized program of degree-level courses and implies the attainment of a degree-level standard of proficiency, achievement or promotion. The IPRM Certificate is achieved through the completion of all of the six IPRM degree-credit courses and attaining a 60% average in the Program overall. StructureThe six courses will be delivered in three sessions with two courses each session. Each session will begin with two weeks of intensive instruction, field trips and laboratory work, with students meeting during the evening and weekend. These contact hours will exceed the thirty-nine contact hour requirement for a three credit unit course. Following the in-class period, students will return home for ten weeks of off-campus web-based study, where they will be responsible for weekly assignments and participation in class chat sessions. Final exams will be held at the end of each course, prior to beginning the next pair of courses. IPRM 100.3 - Introduction to Legal Concepts in Resource ManagementA study of the land systems used in Canada historically, contemporarily and comparatively, as well as a look at the development and impact of legislation on Aboriginal people in Canada and recognition of traditional law. This course is designed to introduce students to various legal systems, international, national and local. Students will learn the basics of legal systems and structures and how jurisdiction and consultation have emerged as legal doctrines in Canada as well as how they impact on decisions and processes used by land and resource managers. IPRM 101.3 - Introduction to Management IssuesThis course will combine a number of management issues regarding leadership, community and managerial skill as well as study the economic filter for project assessment. This course is designed to introduce students to various components of decision making for resource managers to enable them to make informed, competent decisions over the resources entrusted to them. The materials include information on community factors, decisions through leadership, economic considerations. A survey of management systems will expose the students to concepts of leadership, managing government relations and conflict management. The economic portion of the course will concentrate on teaching students how to manage and interpret financial and economic information. IPRM 102.3 - Environmental Studies: Economics and LawThis course focuses on the economic and legal components of environmental studies including stewardship, sustainability, and internal and external influences on resources. The students will be introduced to basic biophysical and economic theory underlying natural resource management and the legal rules enabling or constraining these management decisions. To facilitate learning, instruction will focus on specific natural resource case studies and will involve an extensive field trip component. Economic and legal theory will be integrated with the study of physical, biological and ecological components of resources studied. In addition, students will have the opportunity to share and compare the indigenous regimes for resource management in their own communities. IRPM 103.3 - Resource and Environmental StudiesThis course focuses on the environmental science aspects of resource management looking at specific examples of problems and prevention. This course relies heavily on field trips with accompanying laboratories and lectures. Students will learn the general principles of environmental science through the study of four general areas of resource management; soils, agricultural systems, eater and forestry. This course and IPRM 102.3 are co-requisites. IPRM 200.3 - Legal Instruments and Process in Resource ManagementA study of real property law in Canada using some specific examples that land mangers have to deal with regularly, including instruments in real property on and off reserve. Students will examine a number of real property issues and instruments in detail, including ways of holding property, property transfer, property rights and property responsibility and obligations. This course will examine the land registry systems and court decisions on land holding. IPRM 210.3 - Resource Management Project AssessmentUsing a culturally sensitive approach to resource management, this integrative course draws on the student’s expertise and acquired skills to create a profile of the student’s reserve, or a resource project based on his or her First Nations resources. The final course of the Indigenous Peoples Resource Management Program is designed to incorporate all of the information learned into a final capstone course. The capstone course will require the student take a project from their reserve and produce all of the information necessary to evaluate and assess the proposed project, legally, economically, and environmentally through the cultural lens and they, as Land Managers, use. The project will have the students research the land, its history, the market, and the impact of the proposal. Through this exercise the student will determine the pros and cons of the proposal, prepare written presentations and a power point presentation which accompanies an oral presentation.
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