Indigenous peoples

8 Minutes

Canada Indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples want their #LandBack

PV January 9, 2020

On December 31, the BC Supreme Court ruled in favour of Coastal GasLink (CGL), which has never obtained consent from the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs to work on un-surrendered traditional Indigenous territories in the north-central...

5 Minutes

Canada Indigenous peoples

BC’s UNDRIP legislation charts new path in continuing struggle

PV November 13, 2019

Four years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on all levels of government in Canada to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). With the introduction of...

3 Minutes

Canada Indigenous peoples

Trudeau’s Nunavut Housing Plan Made of Straw

PV August 23, 2019

On August 2, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a trip to Iqaluit for a photo-op during which he laid out his government’s alleged commitment to building new housing in Nunavut. The territory is in...

5 Minutes

Canada Culture Indigenous peoples

WHY CANADA IS ALL INDIGENOUS TERRITORY

PV June 28, 2019

No Surrender: the land remains Indigenous, by Sheldon Krasowski, foreword by Winona Wheeler, University of Regina Press, 2019, 368 pages. A growing number of ground-breaking academic publications in recent years are giving important new...