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Canadian campuses working toward reconciliation have their work cut out | Jan 19 2017 | Emily Blake | Post-secondary institutions have been working to support the Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- but some are concerned if colonial institutions can ever achieve that end.
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'Rule of law' racism, C-51 and the coming resistance wave | Jan 19 2017 | Matthew Behrens | Those who wish to honour and preserve life on the planet are up against government and private sector players who view actions to protect the land, air and water as terrorist acts.
Image: Facebook/Arthur Manuel
Until Canada gives Indigenous people their land back, there can never be reconciliation | Jan 18 2017 | Arthur Manuel | The world lost a fierce Indigenous warrior, philosopher and writer this month when Art Manuel passed. Here he is at his best.
WATCH: Art Manuel on the struggle for Indigenous rights and sovereignty | Jan 17 2017 | Democracy Now! | Art Manuel speaks with Democracy Now! journalist Amy Goodman about the struggle for Indigenous rights and sovereignty in the context of the G20 summit in 2010.
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Joseph Boyden controversy sheds light on community and belonging | Jan 13 2017 | Rick Salutin | What makes you part of a community is those concrete connections, known to you and acknowledged by others. It isn't the stories you hear or tell, pace Boyden.
Dr. Dawn Memee Lavelle-Harvard. Photo via queensu.ca
Native women's multi-generational struggles in Canada | Jan 4 2017 | Frieda Werden | A talk by Dr. Dawn Memee Lavelle-Harvard, past president of the Native Women's Association of Canada.
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Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to challenge Enbridge Line 3 pipeline approval in Federal Court | Jan 3 2017 | Brent Patterson | On the day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, he also announced his government's approval of the lesser-known Enbridge Line 3 pipeline.
Photo: Tony Webster/flickr
It's been 150 years of Canadian politics. What comes next? | Jan 3 2017 | Duncan Cameron | Whatever the public relations designs for marking this 150th year for Canada, it should also allow for extended critical reflection on what history has to suggest for Canadian politics today.
RCMP in Alberta participate in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, a participatory re-t
KAIROS Blanket Exercise deepens RCMP Alberta Division's cultural awareness | Jan 3 2017 | Cheryl McNamara | KAIROS Blanket Exercise becomes part of the RCMP's Alberta Division's mandatory Indigenous cultural training for all officers and employees.
Image: Andrew Tolson
Joseph Boyden and the identity trap | Dec 30 2016 | J. Baglow | The Joseph Boyden imbroglio raises fundamental questions about identity.
Image: Wikimedia Commons/John Clark
Water is life language project | Dec 24 2016 | Krystalline Kraus | This project showcases 84 different ways to say "water is life."
Fracking the Bakken Formation in North Dakota
US EPA finds that fracking can have a major impact on the quality of water | Dec 23 2016 | Final report is a useful tool for those of us fighting against fracking

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