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What Has Canada Done to Meet the International Human Rights Standards for Indigenous Peoples in 17 Years of UNDRIP?
tansi ninôtemik, This month marks the 17th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), an...

Apologies towards Reconciliation
TW: Mistreatment of Indigenous people in healthcare, Indian hospitals, Sixties Scoop, and residential schools. The Canadian Medical...

Indigenous Perspectives and Wolf Culls
tansi ninôtemik, Since 2005, Alberta has culled wolves—a predator of the caribou—in an effort to preserve the threatened woodland...

11 Days, 6 Indigenous People Dead
tansi ninôtemik, These past few weeks have not been easy for Indigenous folks. Within the span of 11 days, 6 Indigenous people have died...

New (School) Year, New ReconciliACTION Team
tansi ninôtemik, Welcome to the first blog post from the 2024-2025 ReconciliACTION blog team! We are immensely excited and grateful for...

Should the Charter apply to Indigenous communities? Read the first Indigenous Supreme Court Justice’s take in the Dickson dissent
tansi ninôtemik, Today, we conclude our discussion of the March 28th Supreme Court of Canada decision in Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First...

The SCC's New Framework for the Application of s. 25 of the Charter
As discussed in last Friday’s post introducing the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) recent decision in Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First...

ILSA Speaker Series 2024 - Day 5: Judge Sheldon Spotted Elk discusses Indigenous child welfare in the U.S.
tansi ninôtemik, The Indigenous Law Students’ Association’s 2024 Speaker Series continues! On Thursday, March 8th, the Indigenous Law...

New Clarity for Indigenous Self-Governance from the Supreme Court of Canada
tansi ninôtemik, In February of 2023, the ReconciliAction blog discussed Cindy Dickson’s appeal of her First Nation’s decision that she...

ILSA Speaker Series 2024 - Day 4: Darian Baskatawang Discusses Class Action Lawsuits
tansi ninôtemik, The Indigenous Law Students’ Association’s 2024 Speaker Series continues! On Thursday March 7th, the Indigenous Law...

Building Relationships Through Agreements: the Kawaskimhon Moot Part II
Tansi Ninôtemik, As you heard from Bex yesterday, they and I both had the honour of attending the Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Moot...

Arguing using Indigenous law? The Kawaskimhon Moot
Tansi Ninôtemik, Both Megan and myself were honoured to attend the Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Moot this year on the traditional...

ILSA Speaker Series 2024 - Day 3: Judge Gerald Morin Presented with Indigenous Justice Award
tansi ninôtemik, The Indigenous Law Students’ Association’s 2024 Speaker Series continues! On Wednesday March 6th, the Indigenous Law...

ILSA Speaker Series 2024 - Day 2: Eleanore Sunchild
Tansi Ninôtemik, The Indigenous Law Students’ Association’s 2024 Speaker Series continued yesterday. Continuing with the theme of...

ILSA Speaker Series 2024!
Tansi Ninôtemik, This week, we look forward to bringing you along to the Indigenous Law Students’ Association [“ILSA”] 2024 Speaker...

Special Sticker Series: This Really is Harm Reduction
Tansi Ninôtemik, In support of tawâw Outreach Collective, this week's blog posts have all highlighted stickers by Blog Author Olive...

Special Sticker Series: 'Stick' Up for Trans Rights
Tansi Ninôtemik, In support of tawâw outreach collective, this week's blog posts will each highlight a sticker by Blog Author Olive...

Special Sticker Series: Outreach Family
Tansi Ninôtemik, In support of Tawâw Outreach Collective, this week's blog posts will each highlight a sticker by Blog Author Olive...

Special Series: Make Harm Reduction 'Stick'
Tansi Ninôtemik, In support of Tawâw Outreach Collective, this week's blog posts will each highlight a sticker by Blog Author Olive...
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