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Federalism Structures and Relationships with Indigenous Peoples – IRPP
February 16, 2023 This episode of the podcast explores how federalism interacts with Indigenous governance. Moderated by Danielle White, Assistant Deputy Minister of Strategic Policy and Partnerships and ISC Evaluation, the conversation features Darcy Gray, Former Chief of Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation; Catherine MacQuarrie, Fellow at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy & Administration; and Martin Papillon, […]
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Expanding immigration will not erase racism in Canadian society – IRPP
February 13, 2023 In its latest immigration plan, the federal government says it hopes to welcome almost 1.5 million new permanent residents between 2023 and 2025, up from approximately one million in the immigration targets for 2020-22. The economic benefits of increased immigration aside, there remains a major elephant in the room that Canada is […]
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A young man’s death and the wider systemic problems with jail, bail and detention – IRPP
February 6, 2023 Pre-trial detention of legally innocent people has quadrupled in 40 years. Rights violations, abuses of power and deaths in custody must be addressed. In late December, Nicous D’Andre Spring, a 21-year-old racialized man, should have been released from custody on bail. Instead, Quebec’s Ministry of Public Security confirmed he had been “illegally […]
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Why not replace the monarchy with a monarchy of a different kind? – IRPP
December 12, 2022 Here’s a compromise for our monarchal catch-22: Cut ties with the Crown, keep the royal accoutrements and have future heads of state be Indigenous. The ascension of King Charles III has predictably revived the question of Canada’s ties with the monarchy. Quebec’s National Assembly just adopted a bill making the oath of […]
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A grand notion- IRPP
November 23, 2022 The troubled relationship between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians sometimes snaps into focus. A young Indigenous woman who is supposed to be in protective care is abandoned in a motel and then found dead after being raped and thrown from a bridge. A carload of Indigenous teens seeks help with a flat […]
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Policy Forum: Establishing An Urban Reserve—Property Tax Challenges And Opportunities
November 3, 2022 ABSTRACT: Urban reserves offer a unique economic development tool for First Nation governments by providing access to markets and infrastructure unavailable on most reserve lands in Canada. Asimakiniseekan Askiy is Canada’s first urban reserve established on land previously owned by a city. The urban reserve was established in Saskatoon by the Muskeg […]
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Canada needs to get on with tackling racism in concrete ways – IRPP
Stop setting up anti-racism secretariats and start passing laws specific to Charter rights. Stop land acknowledgements and give back Indigenous land. July 8, 2022 Anti-racism is the call of the day in the Global North. In addition to their earlier push to introduce a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) culture, institutions are now also hurriedly […]
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Inuit Nunangat needs a community public safety officer program – Policy Options
Increased funding for emergency management, and search and rescue is vital in a time of climate change. June 27, 2022 This spring, the pan-northern leaders’ statement on climate change highlighted that increased funding for emergency management must be a key part of climate change response in the North. We couldn’t agree more. Over the last […]
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Apologies and promises are not enough to end TB in the North – IRPP
May 10, 2022 To finally end tuberculosis in Indigenous communities, the federal government needs to take lessons from the Global South and make a major investment. In the midst of a raging global pandemic, it is easy to forget that tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading infectious killer after COVID-18 and that ending the TB […]
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Transfer authority of child welfare to Indigenous communities – IRPP
April 20, 2022 The colonial child-welfare system needs more than a set of fixes. Indigenous communities should be running these services themselves, a study finds. Recent reminders of the over-representation of First Nations children in child welfare services and of those services’ shortcomings and harms have come from the courts, a public inquiry in Quebec […]
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