On Monday, September 20, 2021, a federal election was held across the country. Polling stations were set up in villages, towns, cities and municipalities —…
How the Government of Canada has been responding to the TRC’s Calls to Action on education The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, the largest class-action…
By Kerry Black, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Integrated Knowledge, Engineering and Sustainable Communities, University of Calgary While Canada’s overall water quality is among…
By Lauren H. Henson, PhD Student, Applied Conservation Science, University of Victoria and Jennifer Walkus, Council, Wuikinuxv First Nation Along the central coast of what…
MOOSE FACTORY – Deaths of indigenous students under the care of the Church and the Indian Affairs Departments were a reality throughout the residential school…
By Liam Midzain-Gobin, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Brock University The federal government released the 2021 National Action Plan: Ending Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, And…
OTTAWA – Although there may be evidence pointing to the direct involvement of residential school priests, principals or other staff in the death of Residential…
By Dillon Thomas Browne, Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Waterloo; Heather Prime, Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, York University, Canada; Jennifer Jenkins, Atkinson Chair of…
By Patrick Sullivan, Sr. Research Assistant, Morning Star Lodge, University of Saskatchewan and Heather O’Watch, Research Assistant, Morning Star Lodge, University of Saskatchewan The COVID-19…
By Paul McKenzie-Jones, Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies, University of Lethbridge While Canada began welcoming vaccinated United States citizens and permanent residents across the land border…
By Jonathan Hamilton-Diabo, Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream, Theology) and Special Advisor on Indigenous Initiatives, Victoria University, University of Toronto The recent “discoveries” of unmarked graves…
By Kirsten J. Fisher, Assistant Professor, Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan and Kathy Walker, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan “Transitional justice,”…
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The continued unearthing of Indian children burial sites proves that Canada and the residential school system had malevolent intentions. Detractors point to the “education” or…
By Tiffany Dionne Prete, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow. Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary Indigenous communities have detected hundreds of graves near former Indian Residential…