In theis brief Fallon Simard proposes how Zaagi’diwin Inakinogewin (“love law”) may reorient legal, political, and human rights mechanisms and inspire a culture shift that honours Indigenous freedoms of gender and sexuality expression and identity.
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ final report, “Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into MMIWG,” has been released. Now what? Courtney Skye discusses the importance of implementation and some requirements for that promised National Action Plan in this brief.
Given the challenges the Inquiry has faced to date, a number of issues need to be addressed in order to restore confidence in the Inquiry’s ability to affect change.
Based in the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University.