Yale Belanger
Dr. Yale D. Belanger (Ph.D.) is professor and chair of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta), and a former Member, Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists (2017-2024). His doctoral work at Trent University focused on the emergence and evolution of Aboriginal political organizations in late 19th- and early 20th-century Canada.
Dr. Belanger is widely published in various edited compilations and in journals such as Canadian Public Policy, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Canadian Foreign Policy, Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, UNLV Gaming Research and Review, Gaming Law Review & Economics, International Journal of Canadian Studies, International Gambling Studies, Canadian Geographer - Le Géographe canadien, Business & Politics, Canadian Journal Of Criminology And Criminal Justice, American Review of Canadian Studies, Canadian Journal of Native Studies, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, and American Indian Quarterly.
In 2006, he produced Gambling with the Future: The Evolution of Aboriginal Gaming in Canada (Purich Publishing), the first book-length treatment tracing the emergence of casino gaming among Canada’s First Nations seeking improved economic development opportunities. He followed this in 2011 with First Nations Gaming in Canada (University of Manitoba Press). In 2008, he edited the third edition of Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues. In 2010, he published Ways of Knowing: An Introduction to Native Studies in Canada with Thompson-Nelson, the fourth edition of which was published in 2021 (co-authored with Maura Hanrahan).
Dr. Belanger has contributed to the Canadian and international media, having appeared on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) National News serial Contact, The National with Peter Mansbridge, CBC Radio International, and in The Globe and Mail and The National Post, among others.
Dr. Belanger currently resides in Lethbridge with his wife Tammie-Jai, and Loki, Etta, and Bourbon the dogs.
Phone: +1(403)382-7101
Address: Department of Political Science
University of Lethbridge
4401 University Dr
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Dr. Belanger is widely published in various edited compilations and in journals such as Canadian Public Policy, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Canadian Foreign Policy, Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, UNLV Gaming Research and Review, Gaming Law Review & Economics, International Journal of Canadian Studies, International Gambling Studies, Canadian Geographer - Le Géographe canadien, Business & Politics, Canadian Journal Of Criminology And Criminal Justice, American Review of Canadian Studies, Canadian Journal of Native Studies, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, and American Indian Quarterly.
In 2006, he produced Gambling with the Future: The Evolution of Aboriginal Gaming in Canada (Purich Publishing), the first book-length treatment tracing the emergence of casino gaming among Canada’s First Nations seeking improved economic development opportunities. He followed this in 2011 with First Nations Gaming in Canada (University of Manitoba Press). In 2008, he edited the third edition of Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues. In 2010, he published Ways of Knowing: An Introduction to Native Studies in Canada with Thompson-Nelson, the fourth edition of which was published in 2021 (co-authored with Maura Hanrahan).
Dr. Belanger has contributed to the Canadian and international media, having appeared on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) National News serial Contact, The National with Peter Mansbridge, CBC Radio International, and in The Globe and Mail and The National Post, among others.
Dr. Belanger currently resides in Lethbridge with his wife Tammie-Jai, and Loki, Etta, and Bourbon the dogs.
Phone: +1(403)382-7101
Address: Department of Political Science
University of Lethbridge
4401 University Dr
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
T1K 3M4
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The adoption of direct action tactics like blockades and occupations is predicated on the idea that something drastic is needed for Aboriginal groups to break an unfavourable status quo, overcome structural barriers, and achieve their goals. But are blockades actually "breakthroughs"? What are the objectives of Aboriginal people and communities who adopt this approach? How can the success of these methods be measured? This collection offers an in-depth survey of occupations, blockades, and their legacies, from 1968 to the present. Individual case studies situate specific blockades and conflicts in historical context, examine each group’s reasons for occupation, and analyze the media labels and frames applied to both Aboriginal and state responses.
Direct action tactics remain a powerful political tool for First Nations in Canada. The authors of Blockades or Breakthroughs? Argue that blockades and occupations are instrumental, symbolic, and complex events that demand equally multifaceted responses.
Contributors include Yale D. Belanger, Tom Flanagan, Sarah King, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, David Rossiter, John Sandlos, Nick Shrubsole, and Timothy Winegard.
The adoption of direct action tactics like blockades and occupations is predicated on the idea that something drastic is needed for Aboriginal groups to break the unfavourable status quo, overcome structural barriers, and achieve their goals. But are blockades actually “breakthroughs”? What are the objectives of Aboriginal people and communities who adopt this approach? How can the success of these methods be measured? This collection offers a comprehensive survey of occupations and blockades, and their legacies from 1968 to the present. Individual case studies situate specific blockades and conflicts in historical context, examine each group’s reasons for (re)occupation, and analyze the media labels and frames applied to both Aboriginal and state responses.
Direct action tactics remain a powerful political tool for First Nations in Canada. The authors of Blockades or Breakthroughs? argue that blockades and occupations are instrumental, symbolic, and complex events that demand equally multifaceted responses.
Contributors include: John Sandlos, Tom Flanagan, David Rossiter, Sarah King, Timothy Winegard, Nick Shrubsole, Yale Belanger, and Whitney Lackenbauer.
Yale D. Belanger is associate professor, Political Science, and adjunct associate professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge.
P. Whitney Lackenbauer is associate professor and chair of history at St. Jerome’s University."
At the heart of the book is an examination of the development of First Nations gambling across Canada, the resultant political battles fought in each province to establish Indian run casinos, and the kinds of agreements that were reached with provincial authorities to legally establish First Nations gambling institutions. Factors including the importance of casino location and management arrangements – which have led some casinos to become very successful and others economically problematic – are discussed in full. Finally, the author looks at challenges First Nations gambling institutions face in the future and the question of the extent to which such institutions are an important engine for economic development of First Nations communities.