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“Fast-Track” to Disaster: BC’s Bill 14/15, Indigenous Rights & the Climate Crisis

Janna Wale / June 24, 2025

As Provincial and Federal laws to expedite resource development proliferate across the country, Indigenous people are being told they will be involved — and to just be patient. However, Janna Wale and Michaela McGuire review BC’s Bill 14 and 15, finding much to be concerned about and an urgency to address it. These concerns relate to Indigenous rights but also the health of the environment — both of which appear to be sacrificed for “fast-tracked” industrial development in the province.

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The Indigenous Justice Strategy: “Progressive and Transformative Reform”?

Kanatase Horn / May 21, 2025

In this Brief, Patricia Johnson-Castle examines how capitalist policy frameworks continue to shape life in Inuit Nunangat — often at odds with Inuit ways of living and community responsibility. She asks what it would mean to stop adapting Southern “solutions” and instead imagine public policy that reflects the realities, values, and scale of the North..

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Oil on the Sahtú: Imperial(ism), Resource Regulation & Modern Treaties

Cassandra Blondin Burt / March 12, 2025

Ja’miil Millar reflects on her experience at Yellowhead’s Radical Policy School (Misko Aki Knowledge Exchange), sharing that hope is not passive—it’s a powerful practice, a survival instinct, and a collective force.

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Constitutional Crisis at the Métis Nation of Alberta

Wesley Simpson-Denig / February 9, 2023

Wesley Simpson-Denig discusses the recent ratification of the Métis Nation of Alberta Constitution and its reception in Alberta.

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Wet’suwet’en: Why are Indigenous rights being defined by an energy corporation?

Shiri Pasternak / February 7, 2020

An unsigned agreement between a Wet’suwet’en First Nation and Coastal GasLink along with financial documents, obtained by Yellowhead Institute, provide reinforcement to Yellowhead’s assessment of the ways these private contracts can dramatically undermine First Nation rights and jurisdiction

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Indigenous in Alberta: Considering the First 100 Days of UCP Rule

Creezon Iamsees / August 27, 2019

It has been a whirlwind 100 days for the United Conservative Party (UCP) in Alberta following the formal return of conservatism in April. Indigenous individuals and communities will be impacted greatly by the ongoing repeals and impending policy shifts arising from campaign promises. This brief considers what our communities stand to lose and what it will mean to be Indigenous in Alberta into the future.

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“Fast-Track” to Disaster: BC’s Bill 14/15, Indigenous Rights & the Climate Crisis

Oil on the Sahtú: Imperial(ism), Resource Regulation & Modern Treaties

Constitutional Crisis at the Métis Nation of Alberta

Indigenous in Alberta: Considering the First 100 Days of UCP Rule

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