Implement the special interlocutor’s final report on unmarked graves now for a new path forward
As long as we don’t know for certain what happened to the children who never returned from residential school, Canada is in no position to investigate itself.
Future of the North’s ecosystems depend on links between Indigenous Peoples, private sector and governments
Repairing the Crown-Indigenous relationship will not be done overnight, and it will not be done unilaterally.
New UN report another ‘tool’ for advocates in fight for justice for Indigenous women
‘I am literally imploring the government to have those conversations with us, and to bring us forward,’ says NWAC’s Josie Nepinak, as C-38 remains stagnant.
New group seeks to determine national scope of forced sterilization of Indigenous people in Canada
Although the new Survivors Circle’s registry work has just begun, it’s already counted 15,000 affected people. ‘How far do you think this will go?’ says Senator Yvonne Boyer.
What a museum on residential schools could do for us
Canada needs a museum that tells the Indigenous history no-holds-barred, and shares the Indigenous art and culture with pride.
Now is the time for Canada to assume its infrastructure responsibilities to First Nations
The original peoples of this land deserve the dignity of accessing infrastructure that they can count on, all the time.
The Liberal infrastructure record is nothing to be proud of
Infrastructure gaps have major social, health, and economic impacts on Indigenous Peoples.
True reconciliation requires tangible, impactful change, writes Sudbury reader
I’m writing to express my frustration with the disconnect between symbolic gestures of reconciliation and the real, ongoing needs of Indigenous communities in Canada. While the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is an important recognition of past wrongs, it’s troubling that approximately $98-million is spent annually paying federal employees for this day off, while […]
Reconciliation that works for all in Canada’s fisheries
The principles of the Marshall decisions must be translated into into meaningful policies that respect Indigenous rights, the livelihoods of non-Indigenous fishers, social acceptability, and regional harmony.
Dying from police intervention in an era of reconciliation
On this National Day of Reconciliation, we need police in Canada to make a historic apology for the loss of Indigenous lives at their hands, the lack of service in the face of Indigenous need, and the delay it took for police to even realize their role in it all.
