Indigenous reconciliation

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Planting the seeds for healing and reconciliation

The Healing Place is a green space that provides a location for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to heal with the land, and for Indigenous people to hold ceremonies and promote reconciliation through a land back notion.

By Ashley Stefureak | News | November 15th 2021

We owe it to all students to bring truth and drive reconciliation in classrooms

It's our responsibility to make sure teachers are equipped to teach the truth and acknowledge the important role schools play in reconciliation, write Linda Isaac and John Estabillo.

Opinion

By Linda Isaac & John Estabillo | Opinion | September 16th 2021

Erin O'Toole, Justin Trudeau, Annamie Paul, Jagmeet Singh and Yves-Francois Blanchet participate in the federal election French-language leaders debate in the Grand Hall of the Museum of History, in Gatineau, Que., on Sept. 8, 2021. The Canadian Press

Climate and foreign policy key touchpoints in leaders debate

Federal party leaders jousted over climate change, health care, foreign policy, the economy and Indigenous reconciliation during Thursday's, September 9, 2021, English-language debate — their last, best chance to sway voters before the Sept. 20 election.

Election 2021

By Joan Bryden | News, Politics | September 10th 2021

Annamie Paul wants voters to back a ‘green rush’ to climate action

Canada’s National Observer asked federal Green Party Leader Annamie Paul about hot-button issues in the upcoming election, and what Canada needs to focus on to tackle the climate crisis.

Election 2021

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | August 25th 2021

Lynn Beyak has retired, but residential school denial remains a barrier to reconciliation

Retired Conservative senator Lynn Beyak made residential school denialism a cause célèbre in Canada, writes Sean Carleton.

Opinion

By Sean Carleton | Opinion | January 28th 2021

train tracks, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory,

Trudeau at the centre of clash over energy, environment, Indigenous demands

The competing demands of natural resource development, environmental protection and Indigenous reconciliation appear poised for a head-on crash — with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority government caught in the middle as Parliament resumes on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.

By Joan Bryden | News, Politics | February 17th 2020

Ten steps to sustainability

Given the climate emergency, can Canadians overcome the political obstacles to dramatically reducing their dependence on fossil fuels? Former environmental commissioner Dianne Saxe provides a roadmap.

By Dianne Saxe | Analysis, Energy | September 17th 2019

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief: 'Reconciliation is not at the barrel of a gun'

“I kept thinking of the prime minister and how he said there was no more important relationship than the one with Indigenous people. And then here come all these guns…Reconciliation is not at the barrel of a gun.”- Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’moks reflects on the RCMP raid of a resistance camp blocking construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in January, 2019.

First Nations Forward

By Brandi Morin | News | April 16th 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, students, high school, Kapuskasing,

National youth policy a matter of 'managing expectations'

Three years after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised a national youth policy, the federal government is still trying to determine what it should include.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | February 12th 2019

Independent candidate, Jody Wilson-Raybould, election win, Vancouver,

Social media could be a tool of success for Independent Jody Wilson-Raybould: experts

In the early years of Confederation, there were members of Parliament known as "loose fish," who floated free from parties but swam back and forth between allegiances.

By Laura Kane | News, Politics

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