In this Brief, Cassandra Blondin Burt examines the consequences of interrupting Residential School mental health supports on Indigenous communities, showing how reconciliation remains contingent on unstable administrative decisions, rather than sustained, long-term commitments.
Reconciliation on Hold: The Impact of Pausing Residential School Survivor Funding Read More »
In this Brief, Omar Elsharkawy examines the social, environmental, and political costs of hosting the World Cup, from its impacts on Indigenous communities to football’s entanglement with colonialism, capitalism, and exclusion, while highlighting how Indigenous and grassroots football movements are reclaiming the game as a tool for resistance, healing, and decolonization.
In this Brief, Scott Franks examines the significance of Cook et al v Manitoba (Misipawistik), where the Court recognized that First Nations in Manitoba hold an Aboriginal right to self-government over child welfare and child and family services under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
In this Brief, Azeezah Kanji argues that Palestine should be understood not as an exception, but as an emblem of the contemporary colonial condition. Kanji examines how colonialism, dispossession, and racial violence have been normalized within global systems of governance, and challenges us to confront the structures that make such violence possible.
The Palestine Example: The Problem of Gaza Genocide Exceptionalism Read More »
In this co-authored Brief, Serena Mendizabal, Aubrey-Anne Laliberte-Pewapisconias, Bushra Asghar, Farron Rickerby-Nishi, and Doug Hamilton-Evans examine the federal government’s proposed Youth Climate Corps pilot and what it would take for the program to support Indigenous-led climate solutions. They argue that the Corps could create meaningful employment opportunities for Indigenous youth and strengthen community resilience – but, only if it is grounded in Indigenous sovereignty, governance, and knowledge systems, and designed to support existing Indigenous-led work rather than impose new solutions.
The Youth Climate Corps and the Indigenous Green Jobs Revolution Read More »
In this Brief, Minh Do examines the legal and political fallout of Gitxaała v. British Columbia, tracing how B.C.’s mineral claims system permitted companies to acquire rights to Indigenous lands without consultation or consent – all while the province continues to defend state control over decision-making processes and ask what remains in UNDRIP if governments alone decide, when, how, and whether it applies.
The Politics of Process: B.C.’s Mineral Claims Regime and the Threat of an FPIC Freeze Read More »