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Bill Five: Risky Business in Ontario
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | Part 1
On April 17, 2025, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 20251,…
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TRC@1: Ontario takes good first step toward better treaty relationships, but more required
On May 30, 2016, Ontario released The Journey Together which sets out Ontario’s “Commitment to Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.” It largely details new and existing funding commitments…
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TRC@1: A new relationship with Aboriginal peoples demands economic reconciliation
“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit.” – Gordon Gekko (Michael…
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TRC@1: Gratitude for the invitation to the Treaty relationship
In the 1990s, for people like myself, who immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong, there was an expression that people used to talk about their feelings about their transition to…
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Traditional Knowledge collection, confidentiality, and ownership: some issues to consider
When traditional knowledge is collected in the context of the study, who owns it? And does the knowledge stay confidential?
There is no doubt that collecting traditional knowledge is crucially…
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TRC@1: Pop goes the weasel words? Translating UNDRIP into action
On May 9, Canada ceded its lonely position on the global stage as the sole nation state that still refused to adopt the United Nations Declaration on…
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OKT presents: a series of blog posts in honour of the 1st anniversary of the TRC calls to action
On a bookshelf in OKT’s library is a tattered copy of the 1996 report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. We have tried to get a new copy but…
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