In this Brief, Connie Walker explains what will be lost when Surivors’ IAP records are destroyed and proposes the creation of a new archive to protect the truth.
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A 2017 Supreme Court ruling authorized the destruction of 38,000 Indian Residential School Survivor’s records, including their testimonies after September 2027. As September 2027 approaches, Mohawk lawyer and co-lead of the Indian Residential School Records Project asks, what truths must we protect to ensure that the gross violations of human rights and other atrocities that occurred against Indigenous children never happen again?
Protecting the Record: Indian Residential School Litigation and the Right to Truth Read More »
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
I-Spy Colonialism: Canada’s History and Ongoing Surveillance of Indigenous People Read More »
Manitoba’s Bill 48 empowers police to target individuals of perceived drug intoxication and detain them for 3 days in solitary confinement. How does the expansion of involuntary detention and forced detox, made possible through Bill 48, deepen colonial harm? In this Brief, Sage Broomfield and Sidney Leggett argue that Bill 48 advances carceral colonialism under the guise of care – expanding police power, sanctioning confinement and displacing Indigenous-led harm reduction with punitive, ineffective, and life-threatening interventions.
Care not Cages: Involuntary Detox Treatment is Carceral Colonialism in Winnipeg, MB Read More »
In this Brief, Anton Clark highlights the role of the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), which was built on decades of Indigenous advocacy, to enact these principles by supporting Indigenous creators and shaping international diplomacy and the circulation of their stories.
In the midst of a toxic drug crisis, how does Ontario’s Bill 6 continue colonial traditions of violent displacement and criminalization of Indigenous people in the city?