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Tasty law, gorgeous law: can you eat it with a fork?
Photo Credit: Markus Thompson (Haka Magazine) https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-americas-first-ecosystem-managers/ Tansi Nîtôtemtik,...

The Beauty in the Law, and a Warm Welcome Back
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today, as we close out the 20th Indigenous Law Students Association Speaker Series, we have the great pleasure of...

Blake Desjarlais - A New Kind of Politician
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today on the blog we are talking about day 4 of the 20th Annual Indigenous Law Student’s Association Speaker Series....

Kim Murray - Recovering the Missing Children and Unmarked Burials
Tansi Nîtôtemtik/Negha Dagondih, Today’s post will preface the 2022 Indigenous Law Students’ Association (ILSA) guest speaker Kim Murray....

The Trauma Informed Approach to Relationship Building
Learning from Myrna McCallum today means a lot to me, and I hope you will join ILSA at 12 pm MT to hear from her! You can join via...

Indigenous law is alive in the community today: John Borrows
Photo Credit: John Borrows, Monday Feb 28th Speaker at the ILSA Speaker Series 2022 (photo courtesy of John Borrows) Tansi Nîtôtemtik,...

The promise of death in the balance of convenience
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, You may have heard that Alberta is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. In 2021, more than 100 people died...

That House That Built Us: Addressing Addiction & Poverty Through Family Togetherness
It’s all about the children. ReconciliACTION has covered a lot of overarching themes in the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions’ ‘Calls...

Healing Indigenous Minds and Bodies - A Northern Perspective
Tansi Nîtôtemtik/Negha Dagondih, Healing lodges and centres are a crucial element in Indigenous healthcare, and today’s post will be...

Healing within the Criminal Justice System: Is it Even Possible & How Can Lawyers Help?
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, What does it mean to show someone mercy? To some, it means to treat others with leniency or compassion.[1] To others it...

If the answer is healing, how do we get there?
Photo Credit: Inset of ILSA Speaker Series 2022 Poster Artwork by Amanda Wagar Tansi Nîtôtemtik, good morning everyone, The word healing...

Personhood of the North Saskatchewan River
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Typically we refer to the life cycle of people, animals and plants when we consider something to be alive. But have you...

Striking a delicate balance: protecting water, protecting Indigenous interests
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, On January 28th, the Alberta Court of Appeal dismissed the actions brought by the Stoney Nakoda and Piikani Nations as...

Violence Begets Violence: Women & Water
“We are water – we come from water and when the water is sick – we are sick.” – Autumn Peltier, Indigenous Advocate, United Nations,...

Shutting Down Assumptions: The Cost of Clean Drinking Water
Tansi Nîtôtemtik/Negha Dagondih, Clean drinking water. An expected right for most Canadians, and something we don’t often even think...

A love letter to the snow - and the spring - and you
Photo Credit: From We Are the Water Protectors written by Carol Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goode [1] Tansi Nîtôtemtik, good...

When is a broken bone not a broken bone? When it belongs to a Indigenous person, apparently.
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Nearly a month ago, a study of Alberta emergency visits was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. [1]...

Motherisk: Science Gone Bad
What do you do when the system is against you? What should you do when you’re the only one that knows the truth? What can you do? This...

Racism in Health
Tansi Nîtôtemtik/Negha Dagondih, Racism in health exists on many plains and in various ways. Conscious and unconscious bias, stereotypes,...
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