After six years, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada held closing events from May 31 to June 3rd, and issued its executive summary of a report which will run to six volumes, and will be translated into six Indigenous languages. The summary itself is 388 pages, and while not Read more…
In 2009, John Ralston Saul tried to whip together a cohesive Canadian identity in A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada, using the Métis as a synecdoche for ‘a unique people’ (i.e. Canadians). He argued that Canadian culture was less a result of English and French Enlightenment values, and more Read more…
“What do you do when you wake up on a daily basis and the news around you, the media, music, movies & the television you consume does not represent you & you can’t connect with it? You make your own media.” – Ryan McMahon The costs associated with creating independent, Read more…
Generally, once people become aware of Indigenous issues in a clear sense, the first question is “how can I help”? Having faced this question so many times with only vague answers in my head, I have thought a lot about how best to answer this question with something concrete. After Read more…
Tomorrow, September 4th, there will be a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa for the launch of a group called Canadians For a New Partnership (CFNP). The website www.cfnp.ca will go live at 10 am EST. You will be able to watch the press conference live online Read more…