Shiri Pasternak
writer
English
About Shiri Pasternak
Shiri Pasternak is the co-founder and former research director at Yellowhead Institute. She is an associate professor in criminology at Toronto Metropolitan University.
The campaign to abolish the RCMP unit called C-IRG
The emergencies the RCMP's Community-Industry Response Group manages have been primarily the enforcement of corporate injunctions against Indigenous people and environmental activists at extractive sites.
25 years on, the battle to enforce a monumental Supreme Court decision rages on
A landmark Supreme Court case recognizes Indigenous Peoples hold a unique property right to their land. A quarter-century later, a countrywide battle on enforcing that decision continues, writes Shiri Pasternak.
Canada’s takeover of First Nations finances left a legacy of substandard homes and contaminated water
A federal financial intervention program created new water and housing hardships for at least 65 First Nations while it was in place, a Canada's National Observer investigation finds.
Forget TMX, we need a pipeline to a better world
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is what it looks like when we privatize the profits and socialize the risk of energy production.
