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Indigenous Women in Community Leadership case studies : Membertou, Cape Breton

Donnelly, Gabrielle

This study explores the process of Membertou's transformation from a welfare reserve dependent on government funding to one of Cape Breton's economic bright spots through the mobilization of its people. The skills and capabilities of community members combined with traditional Mi'kmaq values and forms of governments created the condtions for change. DOWNLOAD REPORT.