Indigenous peoples
The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A “Pretendian” investigation
She was hired by Emily Carr University in an effort to recruit Indigenous faculty. Then questions arose about her identity.
Indigenous leadership is crucial to protecting the planet
Murray Sinclair: Indigenous peoples have lived in balance with ecosystems since time immemorial. Our wisdom does not privilege humans above all other beings—a spirituality of humility, not dominion.
Canada’s climate-change inaction violates Indigenous human rights: report
Two Human Rights Watch experts describe how First Nations people are struggling to sustain traditional diets, as fish and wildlife become more difficult and dangerous to reach
‘As a First Nations MPP in Ontario…I cannot deny my loneliness.’
Sol Mamakwa: Every day I enter Queen’s Park, I see paintings of Queen Elizabeth, the faces of former premiers, and speakers of the house. I see them, but they don’t see me.
Brenda Lucki must go
Pam Palmater: The problem isn’t Indigenous culture, it’s RCMP culture, where racial profiling, harassment, brutality and the killing of Indigenous peoples is somehow justified
By including Indigenous peoples, the USMCA breaks new ground
Opinion: Perry Bellegarde on why the ‘new NAFTA’ is the most inclusive international trade agreement for Indigenous peoples developed to date
Justin Trudeau offers the lowest of low-hanging fruit to Canada’s Indigenous peoples
Andrew MacDougall: A holiday marking the residential schools tragedy is an easy—if overdue—gesture. But picking a date on a calendar won’t be enough to solve our collective history problem
Few Canadians ever set foot on a First Nations reserve, and that’s a problem
An in-depth survey finds the vast majority of non-Indigenous Canadians live sealed away from First Nations people and their communities. Is it any wonder we’re so divided?
On First Nations issues, there’s a giant gap between Trudeau’s rhetoric and what Canadians really think: exclusive poll
From self-government to public apologies, a comprehensive survey by the Angus Reid Institute suggests Canadians and their government are on completely different pages when it comes to the future of Indigenous peoples
Trans Mountain and First Nations along the pipeline route: It’s not a dichotomy of ‘for’ or ‘against’
Some First Nations have picked sides in the battle over the Kinder Morgan pipeline but many groups haven’t. Now their leaders are feeling the heat.
The Edward Cornwallis statue is stuck in (top secret) limbo
Authorities in Halifax are keeping the monument’s location under wraps—purportedly for its own protection. For some, it might as well stay wherever it is.
Trudeau promises legal framework for Indigenous rights: Transcript
On Wednesday, Feb. 14, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government plans to introduce a new legal framework to recognize Indigenous rights. Here is a transcript of what Trudeau told the House of Commons. “I would like to begin by recognizing that we are as we are every day in this House on the ancestral…