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A study in one Alberta school board found racism contributes to poor attendance of on-reserve Indigenous students in public schools, despite educators not recognizing this as a barrier.
In each of his novels, he explored questions that shifted South Africa’s cultural debates, especially about memory and race.
His appearance on behalf of the families of mine workers shot by the police at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry was just one of his efforts to seek justice for the poor and marginalised.
Mandela left at the right time in 1999, when the country still seemed in a healthy state, after which he consolidated his international reputation.
Reconciliation cannot be achieved by the brute force of the RCMP or the self-interests of energy companies.
Decolonized education means working with settler teachers to overcome guilt and find the courage to acknowledge privilege, racism and colonialism to work in partnership for a better future.
The Timol ruling will not only have implications for crimes under apartheid, but also put the focus on torture within the South African Police Service.
In South Africa’s criminal justice system post-1994, the Timol case is the first to enact what can be properly understood as restorative justice.
Criminal trials await those found responsible for the most serious crimes in The Gambia.
Why a broad amnesty for Northern Ireland’s Troubles remains unlikely.
It’s time to engage with Indigenous people through the governance systems built prior to European settlement.
Hugh Lewin is best known for two books that arose from his early involvement in the anti-apartheid underground.
Twenty years after the final report of South Africa’s Truth Commission, dealing with the past will always remain “unfinished business”.
South African editors and journalists failed in their ethical contract with society.
It’s been three years since the TRC released its report on the lasting impact of residential schools in Canada but responses to the 94 Calls to Action have been slow. A new framework hopes to change that.
Removing statues of historical figures may be important symbolic statements when it comes to reconciliation, but action on important Indigenous issues like land claims and education are needed more.
Ontario’s move to ignore the calls of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to add Indigenous content to its history and social studies curriculum is foolish and dangerous.
South Africa marks 24 years of freedom amid continuous contests over over governance, economic justice as well as reconciliation and inclusion.
The role of universities in the shameful Indian residential school system needs to be addressed. The president of one of Canada’s leading universities explains why it’s time to apologize.
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