By Marcia Anderson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba “We didn’t know what he was on.” That’s what the emergency room physician…
By Jila Ghomeshi It does not take a degree to notice that the names for groups of people sharing a common skin colour, ethnicity, gender…
In BC, the first residential school ever constructed was the St. Euguene Mission school. This building was designed by Canadian architect Allan Keefer in 1911.…
OTTAWA — Federal lawmakers have passed legislation to create a national day for truth and reconciliation. MPs unanimously agreed to wrap debate on Bill C-5…
Quebec’s Indigenous Affairs Minister said Monday that the province is open to searching the grounds of former residential schools for graves, if survivors and their…
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Two women who were sentenced in tribal court and jailed on misdemeanor charges in the case of a Native American girl…
By Nick Perry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ Children’s advocate Cindy Kiro said Monday she hopes to inspire Maori girls after becoming…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. _ A Native American lawyer wants Harvard University to return a tomahawk once owned by his pioneering ancestor, Chief Standing Bear of the…
By Amie Tsang, Dalla Lana Fellow, University of Toronto Research conservatively estimates that 35,000 Canadians experience homelessness on any given night, with an average of…
By Scott Dumonceaux, Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North Postdoctoral Fellow, School for the Study of Canada, Trent University The COVID-19…
By: Jace Koblun The theme for Paramedic Services Week 2021 is Paramedic as Educator – Citizen Ready and demonstrates the important role that paramedics play…
Myles Leslie, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary New parents have many decisions to make soon after their baby is born. One…
By Kaelan Doyle Myerscough, OCAD University Thinking through alternatives to life under capitalism, the vestiges of colonialism or the catastrophic impacts of climate change is…
By Kerry Black, University of Calgary Indigenous Services Canada has announced it won’t end long-term advisories until 2023 at the earliest. In 2015, Prime Minister…
By Kerry Black There is no denying that the landscape of our collective reality has shifted dramatically since the pandemic began. Budget 2021 reveals significant…