We must recognize and understand the harms that malnutrition and nutrition experiments on Indigenous people caused and the legacy they have left.
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Acts of genocide were strategically implemented by church and the Canadian government to remove Indigenous people from their land and, in turn, their culture.
The MMIWG Inquiry two years later: What’s changed and what still needs to be done?
An Indigenous lawyer makes the case that what happened to Indigenous children who went to residential schools is genocide and the case should be tried by the International Criminal Court.
Inuit living in their traditional territory must travel long distances — often with no personal support — for specialized health-care services like cancer care, obstetrics and dialysis.
A commitment to eliminating racism must be reflected in accountability mechanisms that focus on the impacts of coordinated and consistent anti-racist action.
Plastic versions of igloos show an early example of culturally sensitive housing, abandoned in favour of inadequate southern-style structures.
The federal government needs to amend the necessary regulations of the Indian Act and First Nations Elections Act to allow First Nations to choose their own voting methods.
To combat the biodiversity crisis, we need to fundamentally shift our economy and society and make nature conservation the norm.
Budget 2021 includes significant investment in Indigenous communities. Moving forward, post-pandemic recovery and future budgets need to address systemic inequalities.
Does it really matter that Indigenous people and other racialized people experience microaggressions? The short answer: Yes.
While investments are important, what’s more important is the process and mechanisms through which Indigenous people access funding.
Student respondents to a survey discussed memories of historical trauma of infectious disease and displacement, financial hardship related to Alberta tuition hikes and mental health concerns.
First the Washington Redskins. And now the Edmonton Eskimos. It’s about time professional sports franchises recognized the harm that comes from racist team names.
Despite chronic housing need and persistent health and infrastructural inequities, northern communities are turning to the land and each other to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The next federal budget will be decisive for Canada’s North. Will the government put in the money to achieve its many priorities in the Arctic?
Sportswear is recognized as North America’s contribution to the western fashion tradition — yet its Indigenous and African-American origins are rarely acknowledged.
A drug called palivizumab can keep babies infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) out of the hospital, but many Inuit babies, who have a higher risk of infection, are not getting it.
A ‘shared decision-making’ model enables collaboration with Indigenous communities within Canada’s health-care system - to respond to TRC Calls to Action and address rising cancer rates.
A $12.7 billion investment in hydroelectricity has put Canada’s economic welfare and its moral credibility on the line.
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Associate professor, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University
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Professor, University of Alberta
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Vice-Provost, Labrador Campus & Dean, School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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PhD Candidate in Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
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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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Senior Research Fellow, Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark
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Adjunct Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
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Assistant professor, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université Laval
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Assistant Professor in Aboriginal and Indigenous Law, Dalhousie University
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Ottawa Health Services Network Inc.
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PhD researcher in sovereignty and rhetoric, Carleton University
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Honorary Research Fellow, Human Geographer, University of Exeter
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
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PhD Candidate in Humanities, Concordia University; Honorary Fellow, UWA Faculty of Law, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct professor, U of T Faculty of Law, University of Toronto