The Importance of The Path: Culturally Responsive Lawyering
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, For the month of January, ReconciliACTION YEG has been talking about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls....
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Tansi Nîtôtemtik, For the month of January, ReconciliACTION YEG has been talking about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls....
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, This week, the blog examines the concept of deficit discourse and how we can move away from damage-centered narratives...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, This week, we have been talking about deficit discourse. As discussed in the posts from earlier this week, “deficit...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, To understand deficit discourse as it relates to Indigenous peoples in Canada, we must look to the history of...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, This week on the blog we will be introducing the concept of “deficit discourse” and how it relates to Indigenous...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, As I prepared to write my post this week, I found myself looking out the window at all the people passing by my...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today, we talk about Canada’s new impact assessment legislation and its potential to positively influence the missing...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, This week, we continue our discussions about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) in Canada, as well...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, In today’s post, we will continue to explore organizations that are contributing to the National Action Plan to end the...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, For decades, Indigenous people have continued to experience the fallout of the Canadian colonial project. The national...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, It is barely three weeks into 2023, and families across Canada are already desperately searching for missing women....
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Over the last two weeks, the ReconciliACTION team has been discussing the ongoing genocide that is Canada’s murdered...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Today’s post is about Leah Anderson. She was a 15 year old girl, home from school for the holidays. She was off to go...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Last week, a national roundtable convened on missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTIQQIA+ people. On...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, The victimization of Indigenous women and girls in Canada, coupled with the failure by police to investigate these...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, On December 1st, Winnipeg police announced murder charges against Jeremy Skibicki, who is alleged to have murdered...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Dear readers, I am honoured to introduce myself as the newest writer for ReconciliACTION YEG blog 2022/23. I’ll be...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, There is an extremely large and disproportionate number of Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Canada who...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, *Content Warning*- This post discusses sensitive and upsetting topics. Every effort has been made to provide only the...
Tansi Nîtôtemtik, Welcome back readers! The Reconcili-ACTION YEG Team is back (with one new member to be introduced on Thursday). We all...
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