The goal of this guidebook is to help make the fundraising task easier for you. Through discussions with practitioners and funding agencies from across Canada, we have compiled a short -list of funding programs that might provide support for your cultural research projects.

This guidebook also includes links to other funding reference tools, links to wage subsidy and employment programs that can help off-set the costs of your research, and an appendix of names of practitioners that have done a land use and occupancy research project or are engaged in this type of activity.

A Voice on the Land is a practical guide to forest certification, with a particular focus on the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). We focus on the FSC because its Principles and Criteria have the most detailed guidelines for bringing Indigenous Peoples into forestry planning processes. The promise of the FSC is strong, but Indigenous Peoples need good information in order to ensure that FSC lives up to this promise.

Written for Indigenous leaders, technicians and community members, our book features a step-by-step description of FSC certification, a series of illustrative case studies, and includes a list of important questions for different parties to consider throughout the certification process.

To buy a copy of this book, please either contact Ecotrust Canada or the National Aboriginal Forestry Association. The cost of the book is $18.50 + GST and $10.00 shipping & handling.