Last week the Federal Government released the 2024-2025 budget, with new funding allocations for Indigenous communities. While these allocations are significant and there are even new policy approaches to be found in the budget, chronic shortfalls and the historically paternalistic Crown-Indigenous financial relationship remain.
A Decade of Disappointment: Reconciliation & the System of a Crown Read More »
In mid-July, after years of Human Rights Tribunal Rulings, litigation and negotiation, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) announced an agreement with Canada aiming to end discrimination against First Nation children in the child welfare system. AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak hailed the agreement as a turning point and thanked the “Government for coming
Last week the Federal Government released the 2024-2025 budget, with new funding allocations for Indigenous communities. While these allocations are significant and there are even new policy approaches to be found in the budget, chronic shortfalls and the historically paternalistic Crown-Indigenous financial relationship remain.
Federal Budget 2024:
An Indigenous Accounting Read More »
The long-discussed Nunavut devolution was suddenly finalized. What can this devolution mean for Nunaviummiut?
Devolution in Nunavut: Is this Really Namminiqsurniq (Self-Determination)? Read More »
How can Bill C-53 come to undermine Anishinaabe rights in Ontario?
Bill C-53: An Act (dis)Respecting First Nations Inherent Rights Read More »
Bill C-29 holds the potential to fulfill the TRC’s Call to Action to establish a National Council for Reconciliation. But will this Council have the tools necessary to hold the government — and Canadians — accountable?
A National Council for Reconciliation: Challenges and Opportunities of Bill C-29 Read More »
Based in the Faculty of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University.