Mandate without meaning: UNDRIP, the RCMP, and the right not to be beaten on one’s own land

On July 27, 2026, a video circulated showing an RCMP officer repeatedly punching Indigenous woman Rose Georgina Angus during an arrest on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First…

Where Thunder Speaks and Forests Burn: Reflections on Ontario’s Summer of Fire

I’ve been watching the news out of northwestern Ontario with a heavy heart these past weeks. Nearly 200 wildfires are burning. This isn’t just another…

Birkett Lane and the Riverwalk Expansion

Beneath the $5.1 million contribution lies a documentary history spanning more than two centuries.

Canada Day Special: What the Constitution says about the land that was never surrendered

The constitutional trigger that releases an outstanding Indian interest has never been pulled along the Grand River.

From Indian to Aboriginal to Indigenous: What Changed—and What Endures?

Terminology has shifted, but the underlying constitutional framework has remained remarkably consistent.

They Did Not Just Survive Canada. They Built It.

National Indigenous Peoples Day feature: Indigenous nations were architects, not merely survivors.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGED, HISTORY FORGOTTEN: The Golden Thread of Unverified Narratives

Opinion examining land acknowledgments and the need for historical verification.

The Season of Transition: From Paranoia to Metanoia

Opinion on the transition from defensive paranoia to transformative metanoia.

What Lies Beneath The Title

Opinion on the duty to act regarding unresolved Haldimand title and jurisdiction questions.

Honour Without End: how the Crown rewarded Mohawk Loyalists—and how that promise still binds Canada

Opinion on the unfinished Crown system for identifying and honouring Mohawk Loyalist posterity.

Rolling the Right Dice: Why Haldimand Rights aren’t just about Clanology or Band membership

Opinion clarifying the distinct categories of standing required for Haldimand rights.

‘Grey owl syndrome’ carries on the Settler tradition of “playing Indian”

Opinion on cultural impersonation and the Grey Owl Syndrome in contemporary Indigenous identity debates.

Opinion: Indigenous men’s health

Jazz Fuller on the importance of mental, physical and emotional self-care for Indigenous men.

Posterity Forever: The Loyalist Mohawk title Canada forgot

Opinion on the forgotten hereditary framework of Loyalist Mohawk posterity under Haldimand and Dorchester.

The Lost Institute: How the Mohawk Hereditary Right Was Replaced by a Manufactured ‘Six Nations’ Narrative

Opinion arguing the Haldimand grant was hereditary to Mohawk posterity, not a collective Six Nations right.