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Centring Indigenous Values in Forest Management

November 18, 2024December 10, 2024 - by Glynis Ratcliffe

How forestry’s Indigenous partnerships can redefine the industry

In a photo illustration, Jani Lauzon appears, slightly blurred, against an orange background with a building

Arts & Culture

An Acclaimed Canadian Playwright Faces Questions of Pretendianism

October 28, 2024November 5, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

Jani Lauzon has maintained she is Métis and her play 1939—now touring Canada—is based on her father’s experience at a residential school. What if none of it is true?

Many people stand on a green field in a large circle, holding hands. Some are wearing "Every child matters" orange shirts

Society

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

September 30, 2024September 27, 2024 - by Various Contributors

A look at stories written and shared by our speakers and contributors

An illustration of a sun shining on a person water a growing tree with deep roots. The background features faint words in different Indigenous languages such as Squamish and Cree

September/October 2024 / Society

ayistôtawin

September 30, 2024October 7, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

TikTok ekwa Instagram kiwîcihikon kâwe kâpacihtâhk iyiniw pîkiskwewina ohci metoni iskweyânihk

September/October 2024 / Society

Social Media Is Helping Bring Indigenous Languages Back from the Brink

September 30, 2024October 7, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

Government funding is dwindling. TikTok and Instagram are filling the gap

A close crop of hands above remnants of a seal hunt. The meat lies on the snow with blood.

Society

Who’s Afraid of Country Food?

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

There’s a way to feed everyone in Nunavut: give hunters a salary, eat more inussiutit

A man in a white shirt and tie stands in front of a podium with a blue Crime Stoppers background behind him

Justice

The Winnipeg Police Service Is Booming—Despite Blatant Failures

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024 - by James Wilt

The force is notorious for targeting Indigenous people. Why does it keep cornering more public spending?

A photo of a newborn baby on a white cot as seen through the thick white bars of a crib

Justice

Women in Canadian Prisons Are Routinely Separated from Their Newborns

September 13, 2024September 13, 2024 - by Robin F. Hansen

The story of one inmate who laboured—in shackles—in fear of being torn apart from her child if they survived

Wanda Nanibush, wearing a blue floral dress, stands in front of a harbour with sun shining off the water

Arts & Culture / November 2024

Why Did Canada’s Top Art Gallery Push Out a Visionary Curator?

August 28, 2024August 30, 2024 - by Jason McBride

The AGO wanted to shake things up with Wanda Nanibush. Then it balked

A black-and-white illustration of two Indigenous with long braids of hair that are intertwined above their heads. A blood red moon is between them.

Health / July/August 2024 / Memoir

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

June 26, 2024July 29, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

My blood and how it speaks to me have become sources of my courage, my decisiveness, my quelling of self-doubt

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An Acclaimed Canadian Playwright Faces Questions of Pretendianism

The Winnipeg Police Service Is Booming—Despite Blatant Failures

Women in Canadian Prisons Are Routinely Separated from Their Newborns

Why Did Canada’s Top Art Gallery Push Out a Visionary Curator?

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

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