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Aerial view of a waterside rural First Nations community.

Court rulings confirm duty to provide housing and safe water for First Nations. Now what?

A dozen pixelated faces are set against a swirl of colours and curving lines.

Métis Nation must be partners in developing artificial intelligence

A small group of reporters surrounds the chief with microphones outstretched toward her. They are standing in a clearing of a wooded area next to a metal electricity tower.

How to combat reconciliatory backsliding

The homes, about a dozen, line both sides of a dirt road that runs parallel to a highway lined with trees.

Beyond checkboxes: why reconciliation requires systems thinking

Hundreds of people fill the street, all of them wearing orange shirts.

Orange shirts aren’t enough when systemic equality is backsliding

Carney stands in front of a painting that is twice as tall as he is. It depicts a bird’s wing in black lines with red and green accents on a white wood surface.

Canada needs to be the partner it keeps claiming to be

Aerial view of the club and its green expanse dotted with evergreens. Adjacent to it are strips of farm land and a cleared industrial area near a body of water.

The Cowichan ruling isn’t a threat to private property

Digital illustration depicting silhouettes of a half dozen people circulating.

Reconciliation in the age of AI and social media

B.C. ban on public consumption of some drugs would harm the vulnerable

Under a white, plastic tent filled with young cannabis plants, a seedling is held by a person wearing a black glove and a white plastic coat.

A course-correction on cannabis equity : the moment is now

Nuclear energy would be a clean win for remote and northern communities

The case for the legislative protection of cash

Under hazy skies, opportunities for ground-up climate disaster policy changes

The little heart is fashioned out of plywood and is attached to a long piece of plastic with purple ribbons a couple of inches long hanging from it. The wooden piece would fit in the palm of your hand. The woman holding it has wraparound sunglasses and a white shirt. She’s standing in a row of women who are holding similar items. The mood is somber, with shadows and sunlight intermingling across the faces of the group.

Historic meeting of ministers needs to look at international human rights

Trois affiches sont visibles sur un poteau qui s’élève en bordure d’une route pavée. Celle du haut invite à circuler à basse vitesse en raison de la présence possible d’enfants, celle du milieu signale que les lieux sont une propriété privée de la nation Squamish et la dernière, plus grande, recommande aux gens de s’isoler chez eux ou, à défaut, de maintenir une distanciation sociale. Un filet de basket-ball est visible derrière les panneaux et l’on aperçoit un village en arrière-plan.

First Nations, federalism and lessons from the fight against COVID-19

Repudiation of Doctrine of Discovery could change the world for Indigenous Peoples

Indigenizing procurement policies must move beyond token gestures

A critical look at critical minerals

Saskatchewan does have a constitution; it’s called treaty

Indigenous-settler relations need bold solutions and strong political will

A grand notion

How to realistically elevate the status of Indigenous languages

An Indigenous public art sculpture by Chris Paul titled Salish Sea is silhouetted at sunrise along the Oak Bay Marina walkway in the greater Victoria municipality of Oak Bay, British Columbia on Vancouver Island on October 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Don Denton

Rights and traditions will define Indigenous governance of the future

The Wolastoqey title claim in N.B., a centuries-old issue and the honourable solution

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