Getting the Insight Out
Child welfare services in Canada are designed with the intent of protecting children and encouraging family stability. However, state-sponsored child welfare services respond to reports of children in physical or More
Governor General Julie Payette, who was appointed in 2017 by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stepped down from her position as of January 21, 2021. This unprecedented decision came after the More
In August 2020, a group of protestors toppled and destroyed a statue of John A. Macdonald located in downtown Montreal. Canada’s first prime minister is memorialized in statues across the More
During a press conference on October 2nd, Quebec Premier François Legault acknowledged that racism exists in Quebec, but stated that he does not believe the same can be said regarding More
Tensions continue to rise in Nova Scotia between Mi’kmaq Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous groups. The conflict stems from a dispute over lobster fishing between commercial fisherman and Mi’kmaq fisherman, which More
Once again, systemic racism confronts the Canadian conscience, challenging Canada’s professed value of multiculturalism. The death of Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman from the community of Manawan, has resulted More
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