Few Canadians know about the doctrine of coverture and how it stripped Indigenous women of their agency.
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The “blackout period” was a time when the Canadian government banned lawyers from representing Indigenous Peoples.
The common misconception among Canadians that Indigenous people do not pay any taxes perpetuates harmful stereotypes and hinders reconciliation.
Challenging Indigenous identity fraud in academia must name and focus explicitly on structures of whiteness, white entitlement and settler colonialism so we don’t recreate the harms of past policies.
An Indigenous lawyer makes the case that what happened to Indigenous children who went to residential schools is genocide and the case should be tried by the International Criminal Court.
Canadians need to understand the basic harms and violences that continue to be experienced by Indigenous people across the land we call Canada.
The federal government needs to amend the necessary regulations of the Indian Act and First Nations Elections Act to allow First Nations to choose their own voting methods.
Built on historical research, this article tells the resilient, fascinating and rarely told history of Indigenous women’s organizing and resistance in Saskatchewan.
No project for reconciliation can succeed unless the federal and provincial governments roll back their power and create space for Indigenous control over their own self-determining futures.
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Associate professor, Indigenous Studies Program, McMaster University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
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Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples and Global Social Justice, University of Regina
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Associate professor, Political Science, Brock University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Concordia University
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Acting Dean and Associate Professor, Law, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor & Queen’s National Scholar in Indigenous Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Associate Professor, Political Science and Director of the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Western University
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Assistant Professor in Aboriginal and Indigenous Law, Dalhousie University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
