20 mars 2020
Priority pandemic response needed for First Nations
It is too early to tell what the coronavirus infection rates will be in First Nations, Inuit communities or amongst Métis people – but if we use past government...
4 mars 2020
A tale of two fundamentally different crises in Canada
Over the past few weeks, Canadians have been seized by two crises: the spread of the coronavirus and the blockades set up across the country to protest construction of...
2 mars 2020
The shifting lens through which Canadians see the Wet’suwet’en crisis
Canadians have lived through many confrontations over Indigenous rights and resource development, but few have had such high stakes as the one that erupted last month and is still...
24 février 2020
Quelles leçons tirer du conflit sur le gazoduc Coastal GasLink?
Quels enseignements peut-on tirer du conflit actuel entourant la construction du gazoduc Coastal GasLink en Colombie-Britannique ? Alors que l’attention médiatique et politique est tournée vers les solutions à...
24 février 2020
Give the Wet’suwet’en space to conduct their law-making, away from barricades
In 1986, in preparation for the Delgamuukw land rights trial that would be held in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, an all clans feast was held in in...
21 février 2020
Indigenous DNA database should be managed by its people
Canada’s use of DNA collection and analysis was expanded in March 2018 through the creation of five new DNA databases. Three were created for humanitarian purposes, and the other...
17 février 2020
The breathtaking hypocrisy of the howls for “rule of law”
Last October, an international celebration occurred in the verdant coastal community of Bella Bella, BC. Members of the Heiltsuk Nation finally opened their Gvakva’aus Hailzaqv, their Big House, a...
27 janvier 2020
Despite soaring Indigenous incarceration, minimum sentencing persists
It is impossible to know how hard the federal government is working to address Indigenous over-representation in Canada’s federal prisons, but it is clear it is not working very...
3 décembre 2019
A chance to forge a fiscal relationship with Indigenous peoples
History tells us that minority governments in Canada can be shaky and unpredictable. But along with volatility and risk, there’s also an upside for political leaders who choose cooperation...
7 novembre 2019
Une approche novatrice pour résoudre des problèmes sociaux
(Cet article a été traduit de l’anglais.) Une pratique encore peu connue que l’on appelle l’« approvisionnement axé sur les résultats » peutelle créer des solutions pour aider à résoudre des...