It may be possible to expand people’s circle of moral concern and, in turn, promote reconciliation through connecting people to nature.
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Large and out-of-control wildfires can seriously damage ecosystems, but Indigenous fire practices can keep ecosystems healthy and resilient, and even increase biodiversity.
Is this decision a real ‘bombshell,’ as it has been depicted? Or does it represent an important step towards the implementation of UNDRIP within provincial and federal legal framework?
Mass unemployment is not a result of people choosing to remain on welfare. Attempts to close the “employment gap” ignore the real cause: unemployment is structural, not behavioural.
Outnumbered 200 to one and using traditional weapons, Tongerlongeter and his warriors drove the colony to desperate measures. In other wars his self-sacrifice would have earned him a medal.
Residential school denialism is the rejection or misrepresentation of basic facts about residential schools to undermine truth and reconciliation efforts.
Variations on the myth of “good intentions” are invoked as a tool against the truth that the legacy of the IRS tells. Here’s why that needs to stop.
Which languages get to “count” as bilingual in Canada? And who gets to be the “right” kind of bilingual?
Walking in the footsteps of First Nations peoples provides an alternative to overseas travel and an opportunity to reflect.
Secret burials are the stuff of gothic fiction, but these gothic events actually happened to Indigenous children.
The suburban-built environment whitewashes the violence and theft on which Canada is built.
Being Canada’s next governor general will be Mary Simon’s most challenging diplomatic mission yet.
Considering our relationships to stories about the past and looking at learning as a process of encounter can help Canadians to become better treaty partners.
Native Americans have long struggled to practice their spiritual rituals and protect their landscapes. Crackdowns on Indigenous protests could further erode the free exercise of their religions.
Canadians who wish to pay tribute to the children who died at Indian Residential Schools should demand the government stop fighting First Nations children in court.
Summer 2021 is too soon for southern-based researchers and travellers to return to northern, Indigenous communities in the wake of COVID-19, for research fieldwork or leisure.
People often decry words and call for action after tragic events. But words are action and they’re fundamental to Canadian democracy.
Pictures of boats and ships in rock art at the northwestern tip of Australia show the European incursions from the 1800s — but also the much earlier and lesser known sea trade with southeast Asia.
We must recognize and understand the harms that malnutrition and nutrition experiments on Indigenous people caused and the legacy they have left.
Non-Indigenous Canadians are right to feel shame about Indian Residential Schools. But what comes next?
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Departments of History and Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba
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Associate professor, McGill University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
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Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor, Indigenous Methodologies, Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies, Trent University
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Executive Co-Director, UNU Hub on Empowering Communities to Adapt to Environmental Change, United Nations University; University of Calgary
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto