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The birds shall return: Imagining Palestinian feminist futurities
Envisioning a liberated Palestine means imagining liberated Palestinian women. What is a Palestinian feminist future, and how do we get there?
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Can you do good work in Indigenous communities with bad money?
When settler non-profits take bad money and attempt to use it to do good things in Indigenous communities, they reduce reconciliation to something imagined and managed by settler governments, non-profits, and corporations.
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Sharing treaty land
In rural Saskatchewan, a network of settler landholders and Indigenous people are finding a new way to share land.
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“Built on a foundation of white supremacy”
Coverage of Indigenous land defence reveals journalism’s symbiotic relationship with settler colonialism. Can we chart a path forward for decolonial and anti-colonial journalism?
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Leaked draft of federal UNDRIP legislation fails to inspire on first look
Is UNDRIP legislation just another way for settler governments to delay action and maintain the status quo, or can this legislation truly transform relationships for the better?
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To Wood Buffalo National Park, with love
After a long legacy of power and control by Parks Canada, this story imagines how Lands and Peoples could once again live in healthy reciprocity.
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The theft of the present
Winnipeg has been shaped by settler city planners and capitalists who sidelined Indigenous plans for decolonized urban development. Emily Leedham reviews Stolen City: Racial Capitalism and the Making of Winnipeg by Owen Toews.
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Pinkwashing Settler Colonialism
Settler colonial states like Israel and Canada use homonationalism to position gay-friendly narratives and legislation as the justification of occupation and oppression.
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The Toxic Contamination of Manitoba First Nations Communities
According to a federal inventory, the vast majority of Manitoba’s most highly contaminated sites are in First Nations communities.
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Land-based Resistance at the Unist’ot’en Camp
The Unist’ot’en continue to square off with pipeline companies and the RCMP.
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“To Take the Land Away From the Children”
The Klabona Keepers are a small group of Tahltan families and Elders in northwestern B.C. who have been taking direct action to defend their traditional territories from mining and drilling projects since 2005.
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Truth, then reconciliation: Aboriginal Peoples and Canada’s future
The Canadian government continues to block steps toward reconciliation even as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s interim report is released.
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Struggling for Food Security in Nunavut
Northerners are organizing to address the crisis of food insecurity in their communities.
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The Meaning of Elections for Six Nations
The conflict between the hereditary leadership and the elected band council on the largest reserve in Canada provides an education in colonialism.
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Talkin’ Back to Johnny Mac
Bicentennial celebrations for Canada’s first prime minister are being met with artistic interventions.
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“Those Drunk Indians”
The partner of a First Nations woman reflects on the Canadian racism that dehumanizes Indigenous women and perpetuates violence and injustice.
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Canada’s Indian Policy is a Process of Deception
From changes in status recognition to land claims agreements, Canada’s Indian policy demonstrates the cunning of a colonial state.
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“The more they oppress, the less safe they feel”
Bridging Palestine solidarity work with Indigenous struggles in Canada.
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What’s missing in the Maclean’s article on racism?
Racism is a systemic problem rooted in settler colonialism, not individual attitudes.
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On the Front Lines of the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes region is the most important hub for tarsands projects outside of Alberta. Climate activists are working to connect local resistance in front-line communities with the broader movement to halt tarsands expansion.