Number 64: Waiting for the next Aboriginal Affairs Minister appointment
Looking back at the Ministers who’ve held the portfolio over the decades, one wonders how much it really matters who’s next
Tag: Aboriginal affairs
Ghosts of Indigenous activism past, present, future: #IdleNoMore’s transformative potential
Earlier this week, from Goose Bay to Yellowknife, thousands of Nehiyaw, Dene, Metis peoples (joined by Canadians supportive of them) gathered in front of provincial legislatures, constituency and Aboriginal Affairs offices. They sang honour songs, danced jigs, and waved their flags and homemade protest signs out in the cold and the wind. This hash-tag movement […]
An Aboriginal Who’s Who of Canadian Politics
Your guide to Aboriginal Parliamentarians and Senators Interested in politics? Sure you are! And because you are, you’ll love this ‘Who’s Who’ of Aboriginal politicians in Canada’s Parliament. (I hope to do the same for other levels of government at some point.) I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it… The House […]
