Kris Millett

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Members of the Huu-ay-aht First Nation burn a copy of the Indian Act in April 2011 after signing the Maa-nulth Final Agreement, which restored self-government to the First Nation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

How Canada used the Indian Act to target Indigenous leaders

Amy Swiffen, Concordia University; Keith Cherry, University of Victoria, and Kris Millett, Mount Saint Vincent University

Section 141 of the act was used to surveil and intimidate Indigenous leaders and weaken Indigenous political organizing.
People protest against the white supremacist movement and racism outside the United States consulate in Toronto in August 2017 after racism-fuelled violence in Charlottesville, Va. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Terrorism laws target racism, but what about racism in the legal system?

Amy Swiffen, Concordia University and Kris Millett, Concordia University

Critics of new terrorism laws argue they do not necessarily eradicate hate-fuelled violence — and they could make structural and institutional violence seem more palatable.

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