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Transactional: The Canadian Approach to Indigenous Lands
tansi ninôtemik, On October 2nd, four Ecuadorian-Indigenous women leaders visited Ottawa to express concerns about a proposed free trade...
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Oct 6, 20242 min read
Sisters in Spirit: Honouring the Lives of MMIWG2S+
tansi ninôtemik, On October 4th, we honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people (MMIWG or...
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Oct 3, 20244 min read
Trudeau and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
tansi ninôtemik, In a live press conference after the signing of the Inuvialuit Coordination Agreement (the “Agreement”) on September 30,...
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Oct 2, 20243 min read
Orange Shirts for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
tansi ninôtemik, Phyllis Webstad, a residential school survivor and member of the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation, is the founder of the...
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Sep 30, 20242 min read
5 ReconciliACTIONs You Can Take on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
tansi ninôtemik, Are you looking for ways to get involved with reconciliation? Here are 5 actions you can take to support and learn from...
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Sep 26, 20242 min read
Charter Challenge: Lake Winnipeg as a Living Entity
tansi ninôtemik, How do you define a person or a living entity? Are all such entities entitled to the rights laid out in the Charter of...
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Sep 24, 20243 min read
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...
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Sep 22, 20244 min read
Apologies towards Reconciliation
TW: Mistreatment of Indigenous people in healthcare, Indian hospitals, Sixties Scoop, and residential schools. The Canadian Medical...
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Sep 19, 20243 min read
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...
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Sep 17, 20243 min read
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...
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Sep 15, 20243 min read
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...
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Sep 12, 20244 min read
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...
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Apr 9, 20243 min read
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...
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Apr 5, 20244 min read
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...
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Apr 2, 20242 min read
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...
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Mar 29, 20242 min read
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...
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Mar 27, 20242 min read
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...
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Mar 14, 20243 min read
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...
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Mar 11, 20243 min read
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...
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Mar 7, 20242 min read
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...
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Mar 5, 20242 min read
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