February 2016

22 Feb Dark history of Canada’s First Nations pass system uncovered in documentary

Posted at 16:04h in News, Posts

Very little is known about the pass system. It was a troubling piece of Canadian policy, put in place in 1885 to control the movements of First Nation people, and enforced until the 1940s. Go to article...

01 Feb Self-Determination and Indigenous Health: Is There a Connection?

Posted at 12:35h in Articles

The article explores the hypothesis that meaningful self-determination in the form of greater individual and communal life control is a contributing factor to improved levels of indigenous physical and mental health, and, conversely, that control and domination by others is a contributing factor to ill-health...

01 Feb B.C. government failed to properly consult First Nations on Northern Gateway pipeline, court rules

Posted at 12:17h in News, Posts

The B.C. Supreme court has ruled that the province "has breached the honour of the Crown by failing to consult" with the Gitga'at and other Coastal First Nations on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline...