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Hayden King

Hayden is Anishinaabe from Beausoleil First Nation on Gchi’mnissing in Huronia, Ontario. He is the Executive Director of the Yellowhead Institute, Advisor to the Dean of Arts on Indigenous Education and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University.
  • Policy Brief | The Indian Department
The Elbows are Up: Ontario’s “Special Economic Zones” and Indigenous Rights
by Hayden King
  • June 5, 2025
  • Policy Brief | The Indian Department
Reforming First Nation Child and Family Services: A Critical Review of the Final Agreement
by Hayden King
  • September 12, 2024
  • report | Social Policy
Twenty-Five Years of Gladue: Indigenous ‘Over-Incarceration’ & the Failure of the Criminal Justice System on the Grand River
by Hayden King and Paula Hill
  • July 27, 2024
  • Policy Brief | The Indian Department
Federal Budget 2024:
An Indigenous Accounting
by Hayden King and Riley Yesno
  • April 22, 2024
  • Policy Brief | The Indian Department
The UNDA 101: Canada’s Declaration Action Plan
by Hayden King
  • March 28, 2023
  • Policy Brief | The Indian Department
Accountability Mechanisms for Child Welfare Advocacy: An Interview with Naiomi Metallic
by Hayden King and Kelsi-Leigh Balaban
  • January 12, 2023
  • report | Indigenous Governance
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Lessons from B.C.
by Hayden King, Christina Gray, Dr. Judith Sayers, Shiri Pasternak, John Borrows, Darcy Lindberg, and Bracken Hanuse Corlett
  • December 29, 2021
  • Policy Brief | The Indian Department
CIRN-ACK! Leaked Government document outlines the Indian Department’s “Indigenous Agenda” and “Accomplishments” for 2019-2020
by Hayden King
  • August 11, 2020
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  • Policy Brief | Indigenous Governance
The Rise of the Anishinabek Nation, Part II: The Fiscal Agreement
by Hayden King
  • February 6, 2020
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  • Policy Brief | Indigenous Governance
The Rise of the Anishinabek Nation: Self-Government for the Status Quo?
by Hayden King
  • January 15, 2020
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  • Policy Brief | Treaties, Rights and Title
Election 2019: Which Party will Return the Land?
by Hayden King
  • October 16, 2019
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  • Policy Brief | Treaties, Rights and Title
Canada’s Indigenous Rights Framework: A (Bad) Proposal Emerges
by Hayden King
  • September 19, 2018
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  • Policy Brief | The Indian Department
Wholesale Rapid Removal of the Indian Act without Alternatives will be Met with Resistance
by Hayden King
  • June 16, 2018
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  • report | The Indian Department
Canada’s Emerging Indigenous Rights Framework: A Critical Analysis
by Hayden King and Shiri Pasternak
  • June 2, 2018
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