Justice O’Bonsawin: Carrying the Burden of Four Centuries
“No matter where we are in society, no matter how far we move up, we always have to remember where we come from.” – Michelle O’Bonsawin (The Globe and Mail,...
Tagged: reconciliation
Appeal Watch: Crown must increase annual payments to its Anishinaabe treaty partners in Restoule v Canada
In 1850, the Anishinaabe of the upper Great Lakes agreed to share their vast territory in exchange for hunting and fishing rights, as well as an annual payment (“annuity”) from...
Southwind v Canada: Assessing Equitable Compensation for Taken Indigenous Land
In 1929, the creation of electrical power for Winnipeg, Manitoba resulted in the destruction of land, livelihood and community for a nearby Indigenous group. Nearly a century later, this government...
Book Review: Peace and Good Order
Peace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada by Harold R. Johnson McClelland & Stewart, 160 pages, $24.75 Peace and Good Order is part autobiographical tale of...
