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Tecumseh's Ghost
This is a guest post by Allan R. Gregg, one of Canada's most recognized and respected senior research professionals and social commentators. Gregg is Chair of the Walrus Foundation and is a member of...
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Idle No More Global Day of Action Inspires Solidarity Across Canada and...
From blockades in New Brunswick to highway slow-downs in Quebec to hundreds of youth marching on the legislature in BC, connections between communities reverberated across Canada and in countries all...
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“Canada Faces A Crisis” In Situation with Indigenous Peoples, Says UN Special...
James Anaya, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples, upon completion of his 8-day visit to Canada said the country “faces a crisis when it comes to the situation of indigenous...
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#MIKMAQBLOCKADE: RCMP Respond to First Nations Fracking Protest with Arrests,...
The RCMP responded to a First Nation’s protest against shale gas fracking in New Brunswick with arrests and pepper spray this morning. Reports from the clash show images of a highly-militarized police...
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The Mine Next Door Part 3: An Interview With Ryan Day Of Secwépemc Nation
Part 3 of the series The Mine Next Door, an in-depth look at the proposed Ajax mine near Kamloops, British Columbia. Read Part 1 of this series: KGHM Open-Pit Mine Proposal Within Kamloops City Limits...
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Federal Government Failed to Consult with First Nations on Line 9
The federal government has failed to fulfill its legal duty to consult First Nations in Ontario and Quebec about Enbridge’s Line 9 project that would see oilsands bitumen shipped through a 37-year old...
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Baffin Island Communities Unanimously Opposed to Offshore Oil Exploration
Opposition to oil and gas exploration in the eastern arctic, around Baffin Island and the Davis Straight, may not be making headlines across the country, but it continues to grow.Recently the Baffin...
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"Our Fate Rests With This Appeal": First Nation Takes National Energy Board...
The Chippewas of the Thames First Nation have launched a legal challenge against the National Energy Board’s (NEB) decision to approve Enbridge’s Line 9 oil pipeline project in southern Ontario and...
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B.C. Pulls About-Face After First Nations Call Removal of Gas Development...
B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak has reversed and apologized for excluding First Nations from two amendments that would eliminate the province’s mandatory environmental assessment of gas...
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Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Granted Leave By Federal Court to Appeal...
Yesterday (June 11th) the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal granted the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation leave to take their challenge of the Line 9 pipeline decision to court. The National Energy...
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Tsilhqot'in First Nation Wins First Canadian Land Claim in History
In a case that faced three courts and spanned more than two decades, the Tsilhqot’in First Nation of British Columbia’s interior won an unprecedented Supreme Court of Canada decision last week granting...
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Site C Dam is Final Straw for B.C.'s Treaty 8 First Nations
The B.C. government cannot expect support from First Nations for its much-touted liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects if the province insists on steamrolling ahead with the Site C dam, a First Nations...
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Former Grassy Narrows Chief Endures Hunger Strike in Face of Ongoing Mercury...
Former Chief of the Anishinaabe of Grassy Narrows, Steve Fobister Sr., is enduring a hunger strike to “call for justice for mercury survivors” suffering from the negative health effects of a mercury...
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Harper Government’s Economic Development Ignores Human, Indigenous Rights:...
“Responsible Resource Development.”“World-Class Environmental Monitoring.”“Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity.”These are just some of the titles to emerge from the Harper government in recent years...
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B.C. First Nation Sues Province for 'Unprecedented Industrial Disturbance' in...
The Blueberry River First Nation from northeastern B.C. has filed a lawsuit against the province for allowing “unprecedented industrial disturbance” to threaten “their way of life,” according to a...
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Truth and Reconciliation Recommendations Could Change 'Business-As-Usual' in...
Residential school survivors, their families, indigenous and non-indigenous Canadians alike packed the ballroom of the Delta Ottawa hotel on Tuesday for the release of the Truth and Reconciliation...
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First Nations Legal Fight Against Jumbo Glacier Ski Resort Struck Down in...
The Ktunaxa Nation is deeply disappointed with a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling on a challenge to the province’s approval of Jumbo Glacier Resort’s development plans, says Kathryn Teneese, Ktunaxa Nation...
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Salmon Farmer Cermaq Dismantles Ocean Pen Near Tofino Following Two-Week...
A new salmon farm in Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island was dismantled and hauled away this week after being occupied by members of Ahousaht First Nations and local supporters from Tofino.“This is the...
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Canada’s Implementation of UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights Raises...
After years of refusal by the Conservative government, Canada is preparing to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) — a decision that could herald the...
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Canada Intervenes To Keep Human and Indigenous Rights in Climate Treaty...
On Wednesday a group of international ministers and delegations worked through the night refining a fresh draft of the text that will form the world’s first global climate treaty.Major redline issues...
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