The 2024–2025 federal budget includes significant new allocations for Indigenous communities, but chronic shortfalls and a paternalistic financial relationship remain.
A Decade of Disappointment: Reconciliation & the System of a Crown Read More »
ON A DAY designated for talking about mental health, let’s talk about the mental health crisis Indigenous people face resulting from colonialism. While the term itself has been adopted by federal officials, it often seems an effort to manipulate meaning. When “colonialism” or even “genocide” are interpreted in abstract and sanitized ways, it becomes easy
Let’s Talk about Indigenous Mental Health: Trauma, Suicide & Settler Colonialism Read More »
Leslee White-Eye provides a critical analysis of the ‘new’ approach to funding First Nations schooling on-reserve, the Interim Funding Approach (IFA). The brief explicates why this approach remains rooted in colonial ‘Indian’ federal education policies and offers the requirements for a strong First Nation led model of education.
Education and Crown Paternalism: Reviewing the New On-reserve Education Funding Model Read More »