A creative take on issues affecting Canada’s First Peoples.
Spring 2016

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Darlene Kitty

A prescription for better health

The key to improving the well-being of Indigenous communities, says Darlene Kitty, is to teach medical students the link between Indigenous culture an…
Kiera Brant and Nicholas Ng-A-Fook in a classroom on the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, Que.

Truth and reconciliation in the classroom

Teaching future teachers about the legacy of residential schools is a lesson in opening education to Indigenous world views.
Georges Sioui

Curing the world’s woes

By inviting us to reconnect with Amerindian cosmology, Georges Sioui is pointing the way toward transformative change in modern society.
Laurie Chan and Jules Blais

A toxic legacy

For more than 50 years, the Giant Mine contaminated the air, land and water around Yellowknife with arsenic. Environmental toxicologists Jules Blais a…
Darren O’Toole, Larry Chartrand and Sébastien Grammond

​​​​​​​Forgotten claims

Do the Métis have treaty rights? An unprecedented legal study aims to set the murky record straight.
Sonia Wesche and Tiff-Annie Kenny

Weathering change

The shifting climate is affecting what people eat in Canada’s North. Teaching Inuvialuit and Gwich’in youth how to prepare and share food from the lan…
Audrey Giles

Treacherous waters

Northern Canada has the highest drowning rate in the country. Audrey Giles is working with Arctic communities to reduce that tragic toll.
Ghislain Otis

A close look at Indigenous legal tradition

Ghislain Otis calls for the concerted recognition of Indigenous legal systems around the world.
Karine Vanthuyne

Exploring contradictions deep down

A symbol of conflict or a model of cooperation? Karine Vanthuyne compares the relationship that Indigenous peoples in Canada and Guatemala have with m…
Jackie Dawson

Rites of the Northwest Passage

Shrinking sea ice is triggering a tourism shipping boom in the Arctic. But increased traffic may be a mixed blessing for Northerners.
Angela Cameron

The deeper roots of violence

Angela Cameron urges the public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to look at the links between poverty, economic developmen…
Michael Robidoux and François Haman

Back to the land?

Access to nutritious foods is a growing problem in northern First Nations. Michael Robidoux and François Haman are finding local solutions — with a pr…

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