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Residency and identity: Bringing the Senate problem “home”

With the squeeze on Senators to identify themselves based on where they live, I'm reminded of how identity-by-residency quandries play out among Aboriginal people

Number 64: Waiting for the next Aboriginal Affairs Minister appointment

Looking back at the Ministers who've held the portfolio over the decades, one wonders how much it really matters who's next

Get out your wallets: Ottawa appeals ruling on Métis and Non-Status Indians

The Federal Court rules Canada must live up to its responsibilities to certain Métis and Non-Status Indians; the federal government says it can't afford to

Read All About It! Métis and Non-Status Indians Win Recognition at Federal Court

Federal Court rules that metis and non-status indians fall under the definition of "indians" under section 91 (24) of the Canadian Constitution.

Unequal and Indifferent: Why access to quality education isn’t coming any time soon

Doing the math on the cost of education on reserves

Quake Sends Ripples Beyond Haida Gwaii

Quakes and pipelines and risks and rhetoric.

Now that’s funny

The problem with funny.

REVIEW: “Gordon Winter,” a play by Kenneth T. Williams

Inspired by the life and public shaming of former chief David Ahenakew.

Aglukkaq’s anger towards UN food security envoy is political, not personal

Canada's Health Minister's protests about UN criticism of how the federal government ensures the right to food for all in Canada ring a discordant note.