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Why Canada is jailing more Indigenous people despite Trudeau's promises

SASKATOON (Reuters) - Like a growing number of formerly incarcerated Indigenous people, Marvin Starblanket's life is still governed by Correctional Service Canada rules. They determine where he sleeps ...

B.C. will revise DRIPA legislation to scale back court power over Indigenous rights, Eby says

Premier David Eby says he is committed to reconciliation as a way to drive investment, but will challenge claims to private ...

Indigenous leaders oppose B.C. premier's plan to amend DRIPA

Some Indigenous leaders in B.C. are expressing frustration with Premier David Eby’s plans to amend the Declaration on the ...
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Building Canada Act a 'troubling threat' to Indigenous rights, says Amnesty International Canada

A global human rights organization has added to calls condemning federal legislation that many say will impact Indigenous rights in Canada. In a news release Tuesday, Amnesty International Canada said ...

Chris Selley: Indigenous crime victims get 'less justice' by government design

Our friends at the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) published some important data over the weekend with respect to ...
The New York Times

Gas Could Mean Billions for Indigenous People in Canada. Some Fear a Cost.

New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship. New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline ...
The Conversation

As Canada’s economy faces serious challenges, the Indigenous economy offers solutions

Mylon Ollila is a Senior Strategist for the First Nations Financial Management Board. Hugo Asselin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...
The New York Times

Murray Sinclair, 73, Who Reframed Indigenous Relations in Canada, Dies

He headed a commission that documented widespread abuse in Canada’s boarding schools for Indigenous children and sought to correct the history of Indigenous people. By Ian Austen Reporting from Ottawa ...
Mongabay

Indigenous communities make clean energy drive work for, not against, them

Indigenous peoples have been steadily warning about the impacts of renewable energy development on their lands and communities, but some see a way to harness this trend for the positive. Experts say ...
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In Canada, Indigenous advocates argue that mining companies violate the rights of nature

In Western legal systems, arguments against pollution or the destruction of the environment tend to focus exclusively on people: It’s wrong to contaminate a river, for example, because certain humans ...
The Conversation

As Canada is threatened, it’s urgent to revisit Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood

Frank Deer has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Manitoba provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of ...
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Permission shouldn’t be radical. It's time to rethink mining in BC

Canada's obligations under United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples create legal, financial and ...