Indigenous children’s book `Little Louis’ aims to curb COVID 19 vaccine hesitancy with a culturally relevant story

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…

The U.S. Canada border may have partially reopened, but intrusive travel restrictions still exist for Indigenous Peoples

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…

Indian Residential School findings: How diverse Indigenous communities deal with grief and healing

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…

Transitional justice for Indigenous Peoples should be a key federal election issue

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,”…

People who feel more connected to the natural world are more likely to support reconciliation

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TRAUMA PORN AND MAINSTREAM SOLUTIONS

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…

How donors from Canada and Europe helped fund Indian Residential Schools

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…

ISWO’s Virtual Programming Creates Wellness Community for all Ages during the pandemic

Submitted to TRT Staff MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO — When the COVID-19 global pandemic was declared last March, Indigenous Sport & Wellness Ontario (ISWO) knew that the…

Dr. Peter Bryce; residential school whistleblower

OTTAWA – Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce, Chief Medical Officer of the Indian Department, may not have been the first to publicly expose the horrible conditions…

Reconciliation continues to follow colonial paths

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has just appointed their first “indigenous” person, as the Governor-General of Canada. Under Trudeau’s Liberal leadership, Canada continues to make a…

Why the outdoors should be an integral part of every early learning and child care program

By Christine Alden, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Bilateral negotiations are underway to move the historic federal commitment to…

Suburban monumentalism: How do we change Indigenous settler relations when there are no statues to destroy?

By Patricia Landolt, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto and Paloma E. Villegas, Assistant Professor, Sociology, California State University San Bernardino Across Canada’s cities, protesters…

Letter to the Editor, RE: Father’s Day Golf Event 2021

On Friday, June 25,  38 golfers participated in 1st Annual Father’s Day Golf tournament at Monthill Golf & Country Club. They Are Coming Home, Carmen…

Reconciliation and Residential Schools: Canadians need new stories to face a future better than what we inherited

By Kent den Heyer, Professor of Secondary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta Indigenous leaders have advised Canadians to brace themselves for findings of…

Honour those found at residential schools by respecting the human rights of First Nations children today

By Anne Levesque, Assistant professor, Faculty of Law, L’Universite d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa   The discovery of more than 1,000 Indigenous children’s bodies in unmarked graves…