A Supreme Court refusal to hear an appeal to the Wolastoqey case doesn’t affect the B.C. ruling that has sparked dubious political grandstanding.
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Can Aboriginal title truly co-exist with fee simple title — the ownership of full, permanent property rights? Recent First Nations agreements show no one has complete control over their land.
The B.C. Court’s dismissal of Chief Dsta’hyl’s justification that he was following Wet’suwet’en law points to the need for broader discussion regarding rights and jurisdiction.
The agreement between the Haida Nation and B.C. is laudable. However, Canada’s history of false promises means the federal government is unlikely to enact similar deals any time soon.
Twenty-five years after the landmark Delgamuukw case, Canada is still failing to fulfil its legal obligations to Indigenous Peoples.
The agricultural workforce is changing but a worryingly unsophisticated understanding of workforce diversity lingers in the sector – especially in terms of Indigenous involvement in agriculture.
The minutiae of bureaucratic policy and procedure perpetuates colonialism and undermined a fully Tŝilhqot’in-led pandemic response.
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Associate Professor of First Nations Studies; Adjunct Professor of Education, University of Northern British Columbia
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Professor of Criminology, Associate Member of Dept. of Indigenous Studies, Simon Fraser University
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Researcher
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Researcher (Indigenous Policy) Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
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PhD Candidate, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
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PhD Candidate, Anthropology, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor of Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Research Professor of Agriculture, Charles Sturt University