“Canada is a test case for a grand notion – the notion that dissimilar peoples can share lands, resources, power and dreams while respecting and sustaining their differences. The story of Canada is the story of many such peoples, trying and failing and trying again, to live together in peace and harmony. But there cannot…
Category: Decolonisation
Canada, it’s time. We need to fix this in our generation.
Today is December 16, 2012 and Chief Theresa Spence has been on a hunger strike for six days. Contrary to what some media outlets are reporting, she is not doing this only to protest Bill C-45 or even the deplorable treatment her community has received since declaring an emergency last year. She has vowed to…
The natives are restless. Wondering why?
Picture this. You and I are sitting at my local laundromat slash fair trade café, and while you warily wait for me to get my first caffeine fix of the day, you lean in and prepare to ask the question that’s been on your mind since you first read the hyperbolic headline, “Native Leaders Try…
Caught in the Crossfire of blood quantum and fallacious reasoning.
I read voraciously. While for a time my love of reading was suppressed somewhat, by the demands of keeping up with my legal studies, I’m happy to report that it’s come back with a vengeance! (There is light at the end of the tunnel, law students! Your literary libido is not lost!) I particularly enjoy…
Indigenous resurgence has a sense of humour
If you don’t know the name Ryan McMahon yet, then we can’t be friends. But don’t worry! It’s the kind of thing that can be fixed! Our friendship can be saved! Now that we’ve dodged that bullet, I’d like to share something pretty special with you. I got to watch the man eat crepes at…