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I-Spy Colonialism: Canada’s History and Ongoing Surveillance of Indigenous People

From the RCMP’s “Native Extremism Program” to modern intelligence units, Canada has a dedicated history of surveilling Indigenous peoples – targeting communities for asserting their existence and laws. In this Brief, Riley Yesno argues for the need to envision resistance and resilience outside settler frameworks, emphasizing that survival and self-determination require confronting ongoing colonial surveillance

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Does the Honour of the Crown Apply to Funding Agreements? Case Comment – Quebec (Attorney General) v. Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan, 2024

In Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held that Quebec breached the honour of the Crown in its negotiation of a funding agreement with the government of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation, and awarded the First Nation damages equal to the amount of the funding deficit created by Quebec’s breach. This case

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Statement from the Braided Warriors on Police And State Violence re: Trans Mountain Pipeline

Indigenous Youth Land Defenders, the Braided Warriors, issue this statement in response to their violent arrest and treatment by Vancouver Police Department on February 19, 2021 when peacefully occupying the corporate lobby of AIG, an insurer of the Transmountain pipeline.

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