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The Canada Company: Reconciliation Action Framework 2026:
“Building Relationships for a Shared Future”

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Drawn from the Yellowhead Special Report, Lifting the Curtain: The Theatre of Corporate Accountability and Indigenous Rights, this resource explains the often misleading narratives found in corporate disclosures, demonstrating how companies use these narratives of reconciliation to project accountability, while simultaneously undermining Indigenous jurisdiction.

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Corporate Accountability by the Numbers: How do Canadian Corporations Talk about Reconciliation?

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This resource is drawn from the Yellowhead Special Report, Lifting the Curtain: The Theatre of Corporate Accountability and Indigenous Rights. It spotlights an analysis of the 220 companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) index between March and May of 2025 compiled from corporate websites, sustainability reports, Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), financial statements, and

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Killing Canada’s Most Colonial Legislation: A Short History of Attempts to End the Indian Act

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In recent Canadian history, there has been a Prime Ministerial pre-occupation with removing the Indian Act. Every 10-20 years, from Liberal or Conservative governments, a new approach to breaking down the Act is introduced. While those approaches have differed by degrees, the philosophy has been remarkably similar through time and rejected by First Nations as

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The Right to Reclaim a Name: The Intersection of Indigenous and Crown Laws & Place-Naming Initiatives

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From the Yellowhead Institute Special Report, The Rematriation of Indigenous Place Names, this resource illustrates the varied and uneven ways Canadian courts and state institutions have responded to Indigenous place-naming initiatives, at times affirming Indigenous legal authority and, in other instances, limiting or refusing its recognition altogether.    

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FAQS – Buried Burdens: The True Costs of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Ownership

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This Frequently Asked Questions resource compiles questions from the Yellowhead Institute Buried Burdens: The True Costs of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Ownership webinar held on October 29, 2025. Hosted by co-authors of the Buried Burdens report, Janna Wale (Gitanmaax First Nation, Cree-Métis) and Michaela McGuire (Haida Nation), the session featured community insight and commentary from

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Applying the Braiding Framework to the TRC Health Calls to Action (18-24): Symbolic Progress Without Structural Change

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Part 2 of this two-part resource applies the Braiding Framework to determine whether government actions and policies represent meaningful progress or are merely symbolic gestures of reconciliation. It provides a summary evaluation of how federal, provincial, and territorial governments have responded to those health-specific Calls to Action over the past decade. Part 1 of two,

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