Two law professors at Dalhousie University say the school's proposed process of verifying Indigenous heritage won't prove anything with absolute certainty, and risks retraumatizing staff and students who are subjected to it.
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we share the news with you that Phyllis (Phyl) Swagel passed away peacefully the morning of August 28th, 2023. She was surrounded by her 5 children.
Historian Christopher Moore and Mi’kmaw legal scholar Cheryl Simon discuss how these two separate, sometimes conflicting, legal traditions have affected everything from fishing rights to property ownership in Canada s smallest province.
Residents of Abegweit First Nation in central P.E.I. have elected Roddy Gould Jr. to a second consecutive four-year term as chief, with both on-reserve and off-reserve members casting votes on Friday.