The Residential School System
…They knew what was coming, but we have had so much impact from colonization and that is what we are dealing with today. Women have taken the brunt of it…

The Residential School System
…They knew what was coming, but we have had so much impact from colonization and that is what we are dealing with today. Women have taken the brunt of it…
ILO Convention 107
…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 habitual…
The Residential School System (2009)
…the opportunity to be here at this moment in time to talk about those realities that we are dealing with today. What is it that this government is going to…
Bill C-31
…1982, the Canadian constitution was amended to include the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Section 15 of the Charter states that that “every individual is equal before and under…
ILO Convention 169
…right to veto such projects,” and as such, Gerard Schulting points that“ many Indigenous representatives feel that their lack of veto power allows governments too much freedom to do as…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…and well-being of the indigenous peoples of the world.” The UNDRIP protects collective rights that may not be addressed in other human rights charters that emphasize individual rights, and it…
Reserves
…pretense that Aboriginal people did not need so much land and that white settlers would make better use of it—an ethnocentric view that defined “productive use” as resource extraction and…
Government Policy
…prevalent today. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is perhaps the first colonial policy to mention Aboriginal peoples in what would become Canada. The Proclamation continues to influence policy and Aboriginal…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…groups that live under it. It is important, however, to understand that the Indian Act has produced powerful discourses of Aboriginal identity that have deeply affected Aboriginal people and communities…