We can't protect nature without Indigenous people, leaders at COP15 say
Efforts to protect nature at COP15 will fail without Indigenous people, leaders say
Indigenous rights
25 years on, the battle to enforce a monumental Supreme Court decision rages on
A landmark Supreme Court case recognizes Indigenous Peoples hold a unique property right to their land. A quarter-century later, a countrywide battle on enforcing that decision continues, writes Shiri Pasternak.
Trudeau says he won't pick a fight with Alberta after sovereignty act passes
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith described the legislation during a third and final reading of the bill as a resetting of the relationship with Trudeau and the federal government
Assembly of First Nations passes emergency resolution to oppose Alberta, Saskatchewan sovereignty acts, citing treaty rights challenges
First Nations voiced concern the Alberta and Saskatchewan sovereignty acts could override their treaty relationships with the Crown, which remain federal obligations.
Alberta passes pared-down sovereignty act
The Alberta legislature has passed Premier Danielle Smith’s controversial sovereignty act but not before first stripping out the provision that granted Smith’s cabinet the power to bypass the legislature and rewrite laws as it saw fit.
‘Yes and’: Assembly of First Nations votes to release money for child welfare survivors, return to negotiating table with feds
The Assembly of First Nations voted to press Canada on immediately sending promised funds to survivors of the child-welfare system and agreed to return to the negotiating table on system reforms and additional compensation.
Trudeau comes up against criticism reaching for ‘forefront’ of Indigenous-led conservation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s opening speech at COP15 was interrupted by a group of Indigenous protesters playing drums and singing “Canada is on native land” and “climate leaders don’t build pipelines.”
RBC's Reconciliation Week sponsorship looks different than RBC at Wedzin Kwa
RBC was an “exclusive presenting sponsor” of the annual Truth and Reconciliation Week this year. But as construction crews continue to build Coastal GasLink on Wet'suwet'en territory, Greg Macdougall writes, the problem was in starker view.
A First Nations man reported a police officer abandoned him in a remote location. First Nations leaders want answers — and accountability
An Ontario Provincial Police officer who is the subject of at least three serious complaints by First Nations leaders has not been formally held accountable for her actions or charged with a criminal offence, Canada's National Observer has found.
Wet’suwet’en puts allies on notice against ‘24/7 campaign of surveillance and terror’ as Coastal GasLink readies to drill
As Coastal GasLink prepares to drill under the Wedzin Kwa (Morice River), Wet’suwet’en hereditary leadership and their allies are saying the fight is reaching a flashpoint — and supporters across the country are on notice.
Greenpeace urges enviro minister to protect nature ahead of Montreal biodiversity summit
Greenpeace activists blocked the street outside Steven Guilbeault's constituency office Friday in downtown Montreal, where the federal environment minister — once a Greenpeace activist himself — will help host the UN's biodiversity summit later this year.
Michelle O'Bonsawin appointed to Supreme Court
O'Bonsawin will be the first Indigenous Supreme Court of Canada justice
Few supports for survivors and families of violence against Indigenous women
The Native Women's Association of Canada says the federal government has made little progress in the past year on its plan to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people.
Oil, anti-Indigenous biases and the conduct of officers of the court
Beyond ensuring that judges and prosecutors have minimal training on Indigenous issues, much broader oversight and accountability measures are also evidently needed.
Canada must reduce soaring number of Indigenous people in jails
Last week, we learned Canada has crossed a terrible threshold: 50 per cent of all women in federal prisons are now Indigenous. Lawyer Corey Shefman asks: will this shameful reality continue to be ignored by politicians, policy-makers and the Canadian public?
