For centuries, colonial powers have used starvation as a tool to control Indigenous populations and take over their land and wealth. A look back at two historic examples on two different continents.
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Lori Campbell, a ‘60s Scoop survivor, challenges the CBC’s motives in their exposé on the questionable Indigenous roots of legendary singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Indigenous people shouldn’t have to fear police who are supposed to protect them but instead still act as judge, jury and executioner.
Some have claimed the proposed new Indigenous names for Winnipeg streets are too difficult to pronounce. But what does it mean when we say a word is hard to pronounce?
This National Indigenous Languages Day, let’s celebrate the community-led initiatives that focus on building capacity and sustainability for future generations.
Our food systems are failing to feed all of us.
In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we pick apart what is broken and ways to fix it with two women who battle food injustice.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the problem of food insecurity for many people, especially racialized and Indigenous households.
The conversation around the U.S.-Canada land border reopening should include Indigenous people and the restrictions they’ve faced since the international border was created.
Years of research show that Indigenous, Black and racialized people experience over-policing but also, under-policing, as was the case with the RCMP investigation into Colten Boushie’s death in 2016.
The American conglomerate has been innovating in lighting since the days of Thomas Edison. Here’s the story of a light that did go out.
Indigenous women had far more personal freedom than European women did before Europeans arrived.
What can the events surrounding Colten Boushie’s death, the trial verdict and its media coverage tell us about the role of journalism and journalists in relation to Indigenous concerns in Canada?
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President, Food Secure Canada
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
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Professeur Agrégé, Institut d'études féministes et de genre, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Language Interactions, University of Manitoba
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Associate Professor of Gender, Religion and Critical Studies, University of Regina
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Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor of History, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina
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Doctoral Researcher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
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Executive Director, Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization, Office of the Vice-Provost - Indigenous Programming and Research, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing and Media, University of British Columbia
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Associate Vice President (Indigenous Engagement), University of Regina
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Associate professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, and Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia
