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.
Asinabka Festival: Creating spaces for Aboriginal arts in Ottawa
Amidst the tulips, tourists, and perfectly landscaped government spaces of Ottawa, lives an understated yet growing independent arts scene. Though sometimes hard to spot for those casually passing through, this scene — rife with small galleries, film collectives, indie music shows, and festivals — has helped to transform the side streets of the nation’s capital […]
Tracking the Cross-Canada Cuts to Aboriginal Affairs
Media reports indicate that hundreds of employees with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (née Indian Affairs) have recently received letters telling them that their jobs could be “affected” as part of a larger wave of federal budget cuts seeking to eliminate just over 19,000 public sector jobs by 2015. Based on “figures released by […]
The Politics of Skin Colour
If only it’d been a colour-blind date, bemoans Dawn Dumont
No Colonialism Here: An all-too-easy journalists guide to Canada’s aboriginals
So simplistic, you’ll finish your articles in no time!
