Liam Midzain-Gobin

New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with members of the local indigenous community during a campaign stop in Ladysmith, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

September 6, 2021

Federal election: Canada’s next government should shift from reconciliation to decolonization and Indigenous self‑determination

Liam Midzain-Gobin, Brock University

This federal election, think about which parties are proposing to give power to Indigenous Peoples and their governments.

By identifying the need to tackle systemic discrimination instead of colonialism, Trudeau is reinforcing an established idea in Canadian politics: that colonialism is history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

March 28, 2021

Not in the past: Colonialism is rooted in the present

Liam Midzain-Gobin, Brock University and Heather Smith, University of Northern British Columbia

Narratives that historicize colonialism are not new. Canadians and our leaders have a long history of denying our settler colonial present.

Supporters of the Unist'ot'en camp and Wet'suwet'en walk along a bridge over the Wedzin kwa River leading towards the main camp outside Houston, B.C., on Jan. 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

January 20, 2019

Unist’ot’en and the limits of reconciliation in Canada

Brian Budd, University of Guelph and Liam Midzain-Gobin, McMaster University

It’s time to engage with Indigenous people through the governance systems built prior to European settlement.

3

0

Federal election: Canada’s next government should shift from reconciliation to decolonization and Indigenous self‑determination

Not in the past: Colonialism is rooted in the present

Unist’ot’en and the limits of reconciliation in Canada

Contact Liam for