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The Elbows are Up: Ontario’s “Special Economic Zones” and Indigenous Rights

Hayden King / June 5, 2025

This week, despite clear opposition from Indigenous leaders, Ontario passed Bill C-5, a sweeping piece of legislation that weakens environmental protections and undermines the Duty to Consult. By creating “Special Economic Zones” and exempting major projects like the Eagle’s Nest Mine from assessment, the province has taken a significant step toward sidelining Indigenous rights and public oversight.

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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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The UNDA 101: Canada’s Declaration Action Plan

Hayden King / March 28, 2023

Hayden King addresses the draft action plan for the United Nations Declaration Act. What possibilities and challenges does this new list of actions present?

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Imagining Urban Indigenous Sovereignty & Space Through Canadian UNDRIP Legislation

Kanatase Horn / January 20, 2022

AS CABINET RETURNS to work this January, one item on the agenda should be implementing the new UNDRIP legislation. An outstanding question regarding implementation is the place of urban Indigenous people. What can we expect here? Shortly after Bill C-15, also known as, “An Act Respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”,

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Liberal Red, Conservative Blue, or Something New? A First Nation Voter’s Guide to the 2021 Federal Election

Brock Pitawanakwat / September 16, 2021

As the Canadian federal election approaches, Brock Pitawanakwat offers a comparison of party platforms and analysis of commitments being made to communities in the 2021 Canadian federal election.

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The Failure of Federal Indigenous Healthcare Policy in Canada

Mike Gouldhawke / February 4, 2021

As multiple crisis in Indigenous healthcare mount around the country, the federal government has announced development of Indigenous healthcare legislation. But considering Canada’s previous record here, what can we expect?

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The Elbows are Up: Ontario’s “Special Economic Zones” and Indigenous Rights

The UNDA 101: Canada’s Declaration Action Plan

Imagining Urban Indigenous Sovereignty & Space Through Canadian UNDRIP Legislation

Liberal Red, Conservative Blue, or Something New? A First Nation Voter’s Guide to the 2021 Federal Election

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