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Members of the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en First Nations hug to celebrate the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to recognize Indigenous land rights. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody

December 11, 2022

Delgamuukw 25 years on: How Canada has undermined the landmark decision on Indigenous land rights

Shiri Pasternak, Toronto Metropolitan University

Twenty-five years after the landmark Delgamuukw case, Canada is still failing to fulfil its legal obligations to Indigenous Peoples.

The direct confrontational tactics adopted by environmental activists over the past decade have transformed the global climate movement. (Shutterstock)

March 10, 2021

‘Blockadia’ helped cancel the Keystone XL pipeline — and could change mainstream environmentalism

Sibo Chen, Toronto Metropolitan University

A web of local environmental action campaigns launched against oilsands pipelines a decade ago helped bring an end to Keystone XL.

A case against Sylvia McAdam for ‘trespassing’ on ancestral lands in a provincial park was dismissed. McAdam

March 25, 2019

Law professor put on trial for ‘trespassing’ on family’s ancestral lands

Sylvia McAdam, University of Windsor; Jillian Rogin, University of Windsor, and Reem Bahdi, University of Windsor

A co-founder of Idle No More was put on trial for ‘trespassing’ on her family’s ancestral lands. Canada has much to learn about institutionalizing respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous women’s activism in Canada has a long history. The organizing work of Isabelle McNab, first president of the Saskatchewan Women’s Indian Association, can be seen as the precursor to later activism like this First Nations Idle No More protest for better treatment of Indigenous peoples at the Douglas-Peace Arch near Surrey, B.C., on Jan. 5, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

January 13, 2019

Hidden from history: Indigenous women’s activism in Saskatchewan

Allyson Stevenson, University of Regina

Built on historical research, this article tells the resilient, fascinating and rarely told history of Indigenous women’s organizing and resistance in Saskatchewan.

Steve Courtoreille, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, is seen on Parliament Hill in January 2013 after speaking about legal action against the federal government. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against the First Nation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

October 12, 2018

What the Supreme Court ruling means for Indigenous consultation

Dwight Newman, University of Saskatchewan

The headlines suggest the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against Indigenous consultation. But its recent ruling is much more nuanced and complex than that.

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