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1 – 10 of 219The discovery of the bodies of hundreds of children at Canada’s former Indian Residential Schools has unleashed a wave of anger and mourning across Canada’s growing Indigenous…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262651
ISSN: 2633-304X
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After four years of rising deforestation and international criticism, the new government is showing a strong commitment to environmental issues. Leading activists Marina Silva and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275464
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The Queen’s death has brought many Canadian tributes to her personally, not least during the national commemorative ceremony in Ottawa also held on September 19, but in the coming…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272866
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The visit will be his fourth to the Americas (following trips to Brazil in 2013, Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay in July 2015 and Cuba and the United States in September 2015) and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208251
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During last month’s UN General Assembly, President Jair Bolsonaro unsuccessfully argued that his government was controlling deforestation in the Amazon region. Reports indicate…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265043
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The ineffectiveness of the government's strategy for helping the indigenous poor in either tackling inequality or raising them out of poverty.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205642
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The ruling upholds the right of parliament to pass laws on Indigenous issues and to incorporate Indigenous laws into federal law. The act in question is one of many passed over…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285575
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Under pressure from growing indigenous militancy, the government is taking belated steps to meet demands for better protection, including steps to stem the flow of extractive…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253836
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Government-indigenous relations.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243719
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The deal matters for indigenous Canadians’ jurisdiction over land; the pipeline, in northern British Columbia, had provoked damaging economic blockades and political protests…