In this Brief, Ashley Kyne and Justin Piché challenge the “Indigenization” of prisons – often framed as collaborative initiatives with Indigenous communities – arguing that these efforts reproduce colonial space through carceral policies to create ‘culturally meaningful spaces’ that misrepresent Indigenous histories, worldviews, and lived realities, normalizing confinement .
In this Brief, Anton Clark highlights the role of the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), which was built on decades of Indigenous advocacy, to enact these principles by supporting Indigenous creators and shaping international diplomacy and the circulation of their stories.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech in Davos earlier this month received a rare standing ovation from the World Economic Forum. But in his comments to build an alternative system, insulated from great powers, he inadvertently described the Crown-Indigenous relationship, echoing the long-standing dynamics of power and exclusion that shape that relationship. In this Brief, Janna Wale and Michaela M. McGuire (Jaad Gudgihljiwah) expose this connection and ask what this means for Indigenous Peoples (who have long demanded a seat at the table – as opposed to being on the menu) to create a different kind of rupture in our own relationships, within and among Indigenous nations.
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Kalaalliit Nunaat (so-called Greenland) is once again at the centre of global geopolitics — amid renewed American imperialism and fraying international alliances. But as states debate power, territory, and security, Inuit voices are once again pushed to the margins.
In this Brief, Vivi Vold and Kunku Inutiq ask an urgent question – where are the voices of Kalaallit?