How Do Canada’s Statues Document Indigenous History?
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
Opinion: Legault’s Denial of Systemic Racism Treats the Symptom, Ignores the Condition
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
Interpreting Treaties in Canada: Mi’kmaq Fishing Rights in Nova Scotia
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
Justice for Joyce: Canadian Health Care Reform or Another Settler Colonial Spectacle?
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
Opinion: Why Defunding the Police is Not Only Possible but Necessary
“Defund the Police”: A Strategy Towards Abolition Written on posters throughout cities around the world, the words “Defund The Police” have been a popular response to systemic racism and police More
Police Violence: A Tool of White Supremacy and North American Nation-Building
On Monday, May 26th, a white woman walking her dog in Central Park called the police to intimidate and threaten Christian Cooper – a Black man bird-watching in the same More
Ecuador’s Crisis: Governing Gone Wrong
Ecuador has reached a resolution to a political crisis after 12 days of protests in the capital, Quito. The crisis started on October 1st, after the administration of Lenin Moreno, More
Cry Me a River: The Sociocultural Impacts of Environmental Personhood
Throughout history, humanity has been marked by an environmental tug of war. From the rapid urbanization of the Industrial Revolution sparking the lush Romanticism movement, to the Cuyahoga River burning More
Incomplete Decolonization: British Occupation of the Chagos Islands
On Monday, February 25th, the International Court of Justice near-unanimously ruled that the British occupation of the Chagos Islands is illegal. Though it was only an advisory ruling, the ICJ’s More
Local Issues, Global Audience
The seemingly paradoxical relationship between globalization and localism is well-known. On the one hand, the intermixing of cultures, products, values, and ideas wrought by globalization can sometimes feel homogenizing, especially More