Shiri Pasternakis the co-founder and former Research Director at Yellowhead Institute, currently on a research leave from the Institute. She is an Assistant Professor in Criminology at X University. Her book, Grounded Authority, is an in-depth critique of the federal land claims policy in Canada from the perspective of Algonquin law, and was published in 2017. She is also the co-author of three major reports published by the Yellowhead Institute and many other newspaper and academic articles. Shiri writes about resource extraction, Crown-First Nations fiscal relations, police, and the relationships between capitalism and colonialism, and can be found here on Twitter.
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.
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.
