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Canada's pointless prime minister is a vacuous, self-aggrandising, borderline despot incapable of even keeping up the pretence he cares a jot about the people unfortunate enough to be governed by the privileged charlatan.

Director of the McMaster Indigenous Research Institute (MIRI) is taking a lead role in helping hundreds and thousands of people better understand Indigenous history in Canada.

Why Latinas should question monogamy and be open to other types of romantic relationships, because questioning monogamy isn't just about sex.

The inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is taking place Thursday across the country and Canadians are being encouraged to use the day to recognize truth and work towards reconciliation.

Long-time newspaper and broadcast reporter Kevin Woster is fond of solid reporting and provocative ideas. Lately, he's been thinking about what it would mean to rethink the naming of Custer State Park.

Invigorated by recent social movements calling attention to marginalized voices, a new crop of history buffs has emerged eager to revisit the past to draw a more inclusive portrait of Canada. 

Like peer institutions around the country, William & Mary seeks formally to acknowledge the original Indigenous inhabitants of the state-owned land on which the Williamsburg campus resides, and has partnered with their present-day descendants to create appropriate language. After consultation and input from VA Tribal leaders in August 2020, President Rowe approved the following statement: William & Mary acknowledges the Indigenous peoples who are the original inhabitants of the lands our campus...

Is this the beginning of Canada’s reckoning over Indigenous relations? by Courtney Theriault and Joey Chini Posted Jun 25, 2021 9:22 am PDT Last Updated Jun 25, 2021 at 8:28 am PDT CALGARY (660 NEWS) — The ongoing discovery of unmarked graves near residential schools has sparked a reckoning for Canada, but Indigenous leaders say this knowledge is not new. Niigan Sinclair is an Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba, and he says the federal government was invited to investigate re...

After many Canadians reacted in shock over the discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 children at a former residential school site, experts are calling out the lack of Indigenous education in the Canadian curriculum.

The University of Alberta offers a free 12-part Indigenous history course online. Schitt's Creek star Dan Levy took it last summer.