New agreements in B.C. provide economic compensation for land restoration activities to several First Nations and limit new oil and gas development projects.
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As protected and conserved areas increase, an equity-based approach that respects Indigenous rights can help bring the transformative changes we need to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
The “blackout period” was a time when the Canadian government banned lawyers from representing Indigenous Peoples.
Ending the Canadian genocide of Indigenous peoples is a legal obligation, requiring honest, active decolonization. The lawyer who wrote the MMIWG’s inquiry’s legal analysis of genocide explains.
Joyce’s Principle seeks to shift the way health services are provided to Indigenous communities and ensure they are free of discrimination.
The passage of laws in Alberta and Saskatchewan granting police greater powers and weapons are seen as a direct attempt to stifle protests by Indigenous Peoples.
Measures to control the spread of COVID-19 within Indigenous communities represent less than one per cent of Canada’s funding to limit the impacts of the virus.
Reconciliation cannot be achieved by the brute force of the RCMP or the self-interests of energy companies.
British Columbia’s new law requires its parliament to align all laws with the UN declaration on indigenous rights. New Zealand and Australia should watch closely to see what it could mean for them.
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Guelph
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Professeure agrégée, Département de médecine familiale et de médecine d'urgence, Chercheuse à VITAM, centre de recherche en santé durable, Université Laval
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Professeure titulaire en droit et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la justice internationale pénale et les droits fondamentaux , Université Laval
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