Getting the Insight Out
Despite occurring nearly thirty years apart, two Indigenous demonstrations – the 1990 Oka Crisis and the 2020 Wet’suwet’en protests – share many similarities. The Oka Crisis began in Québec in More
On February 24th, Bill C-6, presented by Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Marco Mendicino, moved to its second reading with the support of the New Democratic Party (NDP), the Bloc More
Despite frigid temperatures, members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their allies have not been deterred in conducting days of blockades on CN railway lines in B.C. and Ontario. The blockades More
On September 16th, 2019, climate change activist and the Fridays for Future movement leader, Greta Thunberg, was honoured with Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award. She was awarded for her More
This election, Indigenous policies have gained prominence as reconciliation becomes a national debate. The parties’ policies on Indigenous issues have not been presented with all the pomp of affordability plans. More
Last month, after nearly three years, the National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls came to an end. The first article in MJPS’ two-part series gave an More
On August 24, 2016, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Commission (MMIWG) was created as a response to the 41st Call to Action of the More
In exactly four months, Canadians will head to the polls for the 43rd federal election. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are fighting for re-election against Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives, currently in opposition. Also More
The gravest social injustices that plague our societies cannot be explained by the actions of individual agents. Wage gaps across genders and ethnic lines are not explained by personal deficiencies More
Since the first European settlers arrived in 1534, Crown-Indigenous relations have been tumultuous. Marked by centuries of colonialism, imperialism and forced assimilation, the relationship has been tense at its best. Only More