‘Building alternatives to the colonial relationship’
Interview with UBC First Nations Studies professor Glen Coulthard of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation.
Tag Archives: Racism
Anishinaabe Men Blocked From Renouncing Status Under ‘Apartheid’ Indian Act
Two Anishinaabe men attempting to renounce their Indian Status under Canada’s controversial Indian Act are being rebuffed by the Ontario government.
Alexus Young showcases healing from starlight tour abuses at ImagineNATIVE Fest
The Toronto festival screened a film by a survivor of the infamous “starlight tours” or “midnight rides” whereby Saskatoon police officers abandoned Native men and women outside the city limits in sub-zero winter temperatures, often stealing their shoes and forcing them to walk home in the snow.
Canada unique for lack of xenophobic sentiment in public discourse: Kenney
The immigration minister said that his immigration crackdown — from marriage fraud to human smuggling and what he called the “abuse of Canada’s generosity” — is not driven by ideology or racism.
Campaign to Rename Nepean Redskins Grows in Canada
Controversy over racist sports team names is growing in Canada, sparked by furor that erupted over a Facebook bid to rename the Nepean Redskins, an Ontario youth football team.
New NWAC president brings survival experience to the table
Michele Audette’s journey in the Indigenous women’s movement began right from her birth, she insists, when her mother married a non-Native man and immediately lost her status under now-repealed sections of Canada’s Indian Act.
Keep Drug Law Conversation Alive, Say Advocates
While BC municipalities back marijuana decriminalization, others argue it should go further.
‘Power of Youth’ Unleashed
Rebel page Brigette DePape co-edits myth-busting book. Who says today’s young generation is apathetic?
Cover-ups and controversy
What would justice look like for B.C.’s missing women inquiry?
War on Terror threat to democracy in Canada: American Civil Liberties Union
A top lawyer at the world’s largest civil liberties organization warns that Canada’s increasing participation in the so-called “War on Terror” has jeopardized democracy.
David P Ball 