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Justice

The Need to Protect Free Speech on First Nations Reserves

February 25, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Robert Jago

It’s unclear if the Charter applies to First Nations governments. This leaves band members extremely vulnerable

Tenille Campbell, the poet, smiles at the camera while wrapped in a shawl against a forest-green background.

October 2019 / Poetry

Thick Indigenous Women

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 - by Tenille Campbell

we are curves spilling stories / against your lips

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March 2020 / Society

The Search for Mackie Basil

February 12, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Annie Hylton

Seven years ago, a young Indigenous woman from Tache, BC, went to a party and never came back. Her family won’t stop looking for her

Ghanimat Azhdari, a young woman in a blue dress, poses and smiles against a backdrop of nations' flags.

Current Affairs / World

What We Lost When Ghanimat Azhdari Was Killed in the Iran Plane Crash

January 13, 2020January 16, 2020 - by Jimmy Thomson

The University of Guelph PhD student was one of 175 who died on Flight 752. Friends remember a conservationist who fought to put Indigenous needs first

Uncategorized

The Decade in Long Reads

January 1, 2020February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From a debonair grifter to Canada’s peacekeeping mission in Mali, these are the conversations that helped define Canada

Arts & Culture

The Decade in Food

December 25, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Canada’s farming crisis to our love of Kraft Dinner, here are the ideas, people, and conversations that helped define Canada

Environment

The Decade in Environment

December 19, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From natural disasters and extreme weather to the last tree left standing in a forest, these are the environment conversations that helped define Canada

Arts & Culture

The Decade in Arts & Culture

December 12, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Leonard Cohen’s darker legacy to art’s obsession with dead young women, here are the culture conversations that helped define Canada

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Society

What Does Healing Look Like for the Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women?

December 9, 2019January 8, 2020 - by Brandi Morin

For many who testified, government support was inaccessible. Instead, they turned to smudging, prayer, and community

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Society

The New Road in the North

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 - by Crystal Gail Fraser

The government framed the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway as a nation-building project. But, for Indigenous people, the road is about connecting with ourselves

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The Need to Protect Free Speech on First Nations Reserves

Thick Indigenous Women

The Search for Mackie Basil

What We Lost When Ghanimat Azhdari Was Killed in the Iran Plane Crash

The Decade in Long Reads

The Decade in Food

The Decade in Environment

The Decade in Arts & Culture

What Does Healing Look Like for the Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women?

The New Road in the North

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