ILO Convention 107
…help Indigenous peoples enter the (settler-based) market economy. Regarding land rights, Article 12.1 of the convention states that Indigenous populations “shall not be removed without their free consent from their…
Land & Rights
…means more than property– it encompasses culture, relationships, ecosystems, social systems, spirituality, and law. For many, land means the earth, the water, the air, and all that live within these…
Berger Inquiry
…and First Nations leaders who were involved in the earliest Indigenous rights cases heard in Canadian courts. Vancouver lawyer Thomas Berger, a graduate of UBC, was a key figure in…
Government Policy
…crucial to early European explorers’ survival in unfamiliar territories, and later were valuable military allies in wars between Canada and the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries. When…
Global Indigenous Issues
…the United Nations (UN), which has responded to these groups by creating new bodies and policies to support Indigenous peoples worldwide. Early attempts to recognize the rights of Indigenous peoples…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…northern Manitoba. Swampy Cree is our dialect. I was raised there, but am currently living in Winnipeg, after an eleven year hiatus in Vancouver, BC. When creating a new piece,…
R. v. Guerin Press
…The Province, May 8, 1973 The Province, September 16, 1979 The Vancouver Sun, September 19, 1979 The Vancouver Sun, September 20, 1979 The Province, September 24, 1979 The…
Canadian Press, June 14, 1983
…16, 1979 The Province, September 24, 1979 The Province, September 30, 1981 The Vancouver Sun, December 22, 1982 The Vancouver Sun, July 4, 1981 The Vancouver Sun, September 20, 1979…
Mapping Tool: Kitsilano Reserve
…1965, the entire reserve had been sold off. In 2002, the Squamish Nation regained a small section of the earlier reserve: today’s Kitsilano Indian reserve No. 6. The following…
About Jaime Black
…of Manitoba and has an Education degree from The Ontario Institute of Studies in Education. She has taught in Opaskwayak Cree Nation in the Pas, Manitoba, has worked developing art…
