Between 1997 and 2000, they were ten times more likely to be accused of homicide than non-aboriginal people. The rate of natives in Canadian prisons climbed 22 per cent between 1996 and 2004 ...
Students are not permitted to count a course towards more than one certificate. The study of Aboriginal and Indigenous law allows students to gain a crucial perspective into Indigenous legal issues ...
Aboriginal law refers to “settler law”, that is, the law made by Canadian legislatures and courts that applies to Aboriginal peoples, and embodies all situations where the Aboriginal status of an ...
The term Aboriginal Peoples refers to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit within the meaning of the Canadian Constitutional Act of 1982. On this page, Aboriginal and Indigenous are used interchangeably as ...
As Vancouver marked Aboriginal Veterans Day at Victory Square, veteran Kelvin Bee describes being shot at in the air while on a mission in Afghanistan and the struggles he endured to get his ...
He served as co-chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba ... schools amounted to a "cultural genocide" reshaped Canadians' understanding of the government-run boarding schools that ...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his United Nations platform to address Canada's historic failings regarding indigenous people. He said the country's legacy of colonialism and its ...
He was the composer in residence for the Chinook Winds Aboriginal Dance Program from 1996-2003 at the Banff Centre for the Arts. He has produced CD’s that have been nominated for awards at the Junos, ...