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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.
To fully implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Canada must engage in genuine and inclusive law reform.
To fully understand what led to the stabbings in James Smith Cree Nation, we need to look at how the legacy of settler colonial violence impacts Indigenous communities.
Settler Canadians have a responsibility to build respectful, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous nations on our shared geographic space. This relationship starts with land restitution.
Indigenous filmmakers are changing the world by telling their own stories in their own ways.
Linguistic rights are human rights that apply to majorities and minorities alike, not just at the discretion of those who hold power.
Reconciliation can help address the interrelated global problems of climate crisis, interspecies displacement, gendered and racialized violence and white supremacist structures.
Those quick to call-out are often not clamouring for Indigenous nations’ jurisdiction over citizenship, nor are they demanding “pretendians” be held accountable to Indigenous nations.
Is this decision a real ‘bombshell,’ as it has been depicted? Or does it represent an important step towards the implementation of UNDRIP within provincial and federal legal framework?
Indigenous land defenders: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 6 transcript.
In this episode of our podcast, we take a look at Indigenous land rights and the people on the frontlines of these battles.
Canada is at a critical crossroads. The Wet’suwet’en conflict brings us to a deciding moment in Canada, one that will shape the future of the nation.
Indigenous land stewardship, resource extraction and corporate interests remain critical issues to addressing large-scale environmental concerns such as pollinator loss in Canada and beyond.
British Columbia recently introduced groundbreaking legislation to implement the rights of Indigenous Peoples. It’s impossible to overstate the importance of this historic achievement.
It’s the 12th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Canada has yet to implement this declaration even though the TRC says the road to reconciliation needs to start here.
An Indigenous-led initiative to acquire partial ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline could be a step towards reconciliation.
The We'suwet'en First Nation is fighting the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, which would stretch nearly 700 kilometres across northern B.C. through their unceded land.
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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Canada Research Chair in Global Indigenous Rights and Politics and Associate Professor in Political Science, Public Policy and Indigenous Studies, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law, University of Saskatchewan
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Associate professor of Francophone and Intercultural Studies, University of Regina
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Research Associate, History and Classical Studies, McGill University
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Professor & Suncor Chair in Strategy & Sustainability, Haskayne School of Business; Research Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
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Professor; Director, Indigenous Rights and Resource Governance Research Group; Faculty at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Research Associate, Finding Flowers Project, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Canada
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Associate Professsor, Women's and Gender Studies, History, University of Manitoba
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PhD Candidate, Anthropology, Durham University
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor in Aboriginal and Indigenous Law, Dalhousie University
