A child from the Mayuruna ethnic group stands on a pier on the banks of the Atalaia do Norte River in Amazonas state, Brazil, on June 12, 2022. Federal police and military forces are searching and investigating the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araujo Pereira.
(AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
Carole Lévesque, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
The DIALOG network forms a bridge between scientific and Indigenous knowledge. It renews the relationship between the university and the Indigenous world, which has for too long been one-sided.
Midnight sun over Great Bear Lake, after feeding the lake, a way to honour the water.
(Mylène Ratelle)
Access to safe water means more than building treatment plants: A study sheds light on water consumption and perceptions of water in Indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories and Yukon.
A miner is silhouetted as he passes through a doorway in a mine shaft 100 feet below the surface at the Giant Mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T. in July, 2003.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
In today’s episode, we hear from two women who talk about how diamond mines in the Northwest Territories have negatively impacted women and girls and perpetuated gender violence.
Lorelei Williams, whose cousin Tanya Holyk was murdered by serial killer Robert Pickton and aunt Belinda Williams went missing in 1978, wears a t-shirt bearing their photographs at a National Inquiry event in Vancouver in 2019.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The government needs to implement its proposed action plan. The families of the missing and murdered put their trust in a federal inquiry process, but have yet to receive that justice.
Our analysis revealed the relative attention our news and opinion pieces gave to First Nations peoples began to grow steadily from around 2005, with a huge peak in 2007.
People march in Ottawa during a rally to demand an independent investigation into Canada’s crimes against Indigenous Peoples, including those at Indian Residential Schools on July 31, 2021.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
As the number of unmarked graves found will likely only increase over the months and years to come, we can’t forget that every child matters.
Once described by West Moberly Elders as being as abundant as “bugs on the landscape,” caribou populations are now rapidly disappearing.
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An Indigenous-led effort to increase caribou abundance and cultural practices like hunting is successfully increasing the caribou population
Two people embrace in front of the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa at a memorial for the 215 children whose remains were found at the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
In today’s episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we take a look at what has happened since the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children were found in Kamloops B.C.
We asked six experts to nominate books that might help us avert environmental catastrophe. Here’s what they said.
Drought in Navajo Nation. Indigenous people around the world are dealing with many environmental problems, such as access to water.
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For most Québec residents, there is broad consensus that French should be protected. But many of us believe that multilingualism need not threaten French.
The REDress Project sees red dresses suspended where you would least expect them. The project was created by Jaime Black.
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Incorporating lessons from Ryerson University’s renaming process could help Canadian institutions address colonization.
Final approach on the air charter into the Voisey’s Bay mine, a fly-in/fly-out nickel, copper and cobalt mine located near Nain, Nunatsiavut, in northern Labrador.
(Matthew Pike)
‘Living with COVID-19’ has much higher risks for Nunatsiavut Inuit communities than many other areas. Recognizing those risks is crucial as mining operations resume in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Campaigners have long argued for recognising colonialism as a climate-shaping force.
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While marketing has made diamond rings a symbol of heteronormative happy endings, women from the Northwest Territories tell a different story about their experiences with the diamond mines.
Canadian parliamentarians and guests give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a standing ovation as he.
addresses Parliament on March 15, 2022 in Ottawa.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Canada is arming and supporting Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion. At various points in its history, it’s been everything from an invader to an arms supplier to invaders, not defenders.
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University