Indigenous peoples

First Nations back in court to fight TMX, defend land

(PV Staff, with files from Tsleil-Waututh Nation Sacred Trust) Representatives of Indigenous communities fighting the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project (TMX) in the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) gathered on December 16, the day before [...]

Indigenous peoples want their #LandBack

On December 31, the BC Supreme Court ruled in favour of Coastal GasLink (CGL), which has never obtained consent from the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs to work on un-surrendered traditional Indigenous territories in the north-central part of the [...]

BC’s UNDRIP legislation charts new path in continuing struggle

Four years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on all levels of government in Canada to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). With the introduction of Bill 41, the [...]

Trudeau’s Nunavut Housing Plan Made of Straw

On August 2, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a trip to Iqaluit for a photo-op during which he laid out his government's alleged commitment to building new housing in Nunavut. The territory is in the midst of a severe and worsening housing crisis [...]

WHY CANADA IS ALL INDIGENOUS TERRITORY

No Surrender: the land remains Indigenous, by Sheldon Krasowski, foreword by Winona Wheeler, University of Regina Press, 2019, 368 pages. A growing number of ground-breaking academic publications in recent years are giving important new insights [...]

Indigenous peoples

First Nations back in court to fight TMX, defend land

Indigenous peoples want their #LandBack

BC’s UNDRIP legislation charts new path in continuing struggle

Trudeau’s Nunavut Housing Plan Made of Straw

WHY CANADA IS ALL INDIGENOUS TERRITORY

CPC: MMIWG FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DESERVE FULL SUPPORT

LIBERAL “FRAMEWORK” MEETS GROWING RESISTANCE

Ottawa’s Indigenous Policies in Shambles

Governments Still Failing, Blackstock Tells MMIWG Inquiry

National Indigenous Peoples Day: June 21