Indigenous Rights

The Supreme Court of Canada's Chief Justice, Beverly McLachlan, raised many virtual eyebrows on January 31 when she expressed concern about the impacts of social media on Canada's justice system.

The panel reviewing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline seems unable to comprehend or consider the Indigenous concepts being brought before them.

How can sex workers organize? This episode looks at legal rights, community building and stopping street sweeps, plus an interview from Ottawa sex workers' union POWER.

Without consent or consultation, God's Lake Resources, a junior gold exploration company, trespassed by exploring on Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) lands and is now threatening to drill.

On day three, our truck is loaded on a train bound for Moosonee. We board the Polar Bear Express.

Clear evidence contradicts the commentators who insist that the problems of remote First Nations can never be solved, that no amount of money will make things better.

Leonard Peltier was wrongfully convicted in the deaths of two FBI agents, following his false extradition from Canada to the U.S. in 1976. Join us in our search for justice.

The yurt from Occupy Toronto is loaded on the truck. After a last-minute call from Attawapiskat for more supplies, we spend the night in Cochrane.

War and Peace -- those were the two symbols that kept popping into my mind as I watched the Canada-First Nations Gathering in Ottawa on January 24, 2012.

As the federally appointed panel reviewing the proposed Enbridge tar sands pipeline convened in Fort St. James, B.C., the Dakelh people joined with supporters to rally in opposition.

Day one of the trek from Toronto to Attawapiskat: the truck is loaded with goods requested by the community.

OPSEU is part of Design Points North, a group heading up to Attawapiskat on Saturday, February 4 with a transport truck to deliver a Mongolian yurt -- the same yurt that stood in St. James Park.

Coalition-building, the International Day of Solidarity for Leonard Peltier, unionizing your university, taking on non-violent street actions, workshops and more!

Leonard Peltier has been in jail since 1976, convicted of killing two FBI agents at the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.