Premiers’ Embrace of Aboriginal Issues Has Been a Long Time
July 17, 2015
- HUFFINGTON POST - The recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission were on the agenda of Canada's premiers, meeting at Happy Valley-Goose Bay earlier this week. The Premiers did more than discuss the wide-ranging recommendations. They took the unusual step of endorsing the lengthy list, with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier…
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Ken Coates dispels the myths about Aboriginal Canadians
March 6, 2015
- March 6, 2015 - MLI/Reddit - In the latest instalment of Straight Talk, MLI Senior Fellow and Canada Research Chair Ken Coates answers questions posed by readers on Reddit.com during a live chat on Feb. 24th. Coates, who is leader of MLI’s Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy project,…
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Violence against Aboriginal women requires a creative solution, not an inquiry: Coates
August 29, 2014
- MACDONALD LAURIER INSTITUTE - Critics of the Government of Canada have pushed hard for a federal inquiry into the shocking levels of violence against Aboriginal women, sparked by the recent murder of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine in Winnipeg. Superficially, the idea of an inquiry seems logical, particularly if such an investigation…
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Global Governance is a Two Way Street: James Anaya’s Visit to Canada
October 7, 2013
- Internationalization and global governance occupy two-way streets, even for a wealthy country like Canada. For generations, Canadians have viewed the UN and other global governance institutions as operating in a single direction: taking resources from the well-to-do nations and redistributing them to poorer countries or regions in crisis. This country…
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From aspiration to inspiration: UNDRIP finding deep traction in Indigenous communities
September 18, 2013
- Public discussion of UNDRIP has been surprisingly limited, both in Canada and on the international scene. The dramatic two-stage passage of the agreement - the initial positive vote by the UN General Assembly and the subsequent acceptance of the declaration by Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA - seemed to…
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UNDRIP Changes Indigenous Peoples Articulation of Both Problems and Solutions
August 27, 2013
- The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was defined at the time of its passage as an "aspirational document." Those governments that resisted the declaration — Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand in 2007 and which signed on later in 2010 — worried that the creation of…
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UNDRIP: Shifting From Global Aspiration to Local Realization
August 22, 2013
- The Rise of the Fourth World Blog Post, CIGI online…
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Report from a Globe Trotting Social Innovator
May 1, 2013
- Social Prosperity Wood Buffalo Blog Post…
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Forcing New Directions in Government Policy
January 24, 2013
- The Rise of the Fourth World Blog Post, CIGI online…
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