Reading Time: 3 minutes Separating one racial group of people from the rest of the nation and expecting a good result was madness then and is madness now
Tag: Aboriginal Politics
Indigenous communities see ocean of opportunity in oil and gas
Reading Time: 6 minutes Road to Reconciliation: treating First Nations people as equal partners in projects advances economic and social causes
First Nations face deep pandemic risks
Reading Time: 3 minutes The terrible COVID-19 experience of Native American communities clearly carries lessons for Canada’s First Nations
Indigenous communities take COVID-19 measures into own hands
Reading Time: 3 minutes Local responses to pandemic are a necessity to protect people at higher risk of infectious diseases – and a strong assertion of sovereignty, says U of A expert
How First Nations communities can balance governance
Reading Time: 4 minutes The future of democracy for the Wet’suwet’en depends on harmonizing the roles of hereditary chiefs and elected leaders
First Nations particularly vulnerable to COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutes All levels of governments need to work together to develop a detailed strategy for dealing with COVID-19 among Indigenous communities
Killing resource projects hurts Indigenous communities
Reading Time: 3 minutes For economic reconciliation with Indigenous communities, we need consistent and stable policies for the resource sector
When reconciliation defies the common good
Reading Time: 4 minutes In a democracy, politicians need to balance various interests. Indigenous needs can’t always come first
Finding a workable path to Indigenous reconciliation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Taking shortcuts becomes a fast track to ending the conversation and starting the shouting. We need to build a workable partnership
Energy industry a pipeline to Indigenous prosperity
Reading Time: 4 minutes The link between oil sands development and First Nations prosperity is clear and profound. Project delays can be devastating