Recent discussions surrounding Canada's Aboriginal Residential Schools have ignited fierce debates over allegations of widespread abuse against Indigenous children. In a new report released by the Frontier Centre, retired anthropology professor Hymie Rubenstein and...
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When Did Canada Become “Turtle Island” – And Why?
Changing a country’s name never raised any eyebrows when it involved third world colonies transitioning to sovereignty, as occurred when many in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere after World War II did so. But such transformations have been virtually non-existent when...
Radio – When Did Canada Become Turtle Island? – With Rodney Clifton
Listen to Senior Fellow Rodney Clifton discuss an emerging trend from CBC Radio and various other groups; of renaming,or referring to, Canada as 'Turtle Island', on SAUGA 960 AM (Toronto) with Richard Syrett. (8 minutes) March 19,2024 ...
Masterful COVID Guide Book for Policy Makers
A Review of: Canada’s COVID: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic, Expanded Edition by Barry Cooper and Marco Navarro-Genie (2 of 2)
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Weaponizing the Law
The indictment of former U.S. president Donald Trump for crimes invented by his political opponents is the most egregious example yet seen of the weaponizing of the law. The United States is now full of examples. However, in Canada, we also see the law being...
“Looking At” Seizing Control Over Western Canada’s Natural Resources
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
Ottawa’s and BC’s Plans for Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples will Destroy Canada
“A government’s most basic function is the protection of its sovereignty.” – Simon Schama Internal attacks by our political and judicial elites against the sovereignty of our country’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments are placing the existence of...
Bill 35 Doesn’t Go Far Enough
In a recent op-ed (Winnipeg Free Press, May 2, A7), my colleague from the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, John Wiens, argued that Bill 35, The Education Administration Amendment Act, goes too far. He claims that “it begins to look like just one...
Debate Needed on Claim Children were Buried at Residential Schools
Only when the truth is known can an honourable reconciliation be forged On Jan. 31, Dr. Michael Mahon, president of the University of Lethbridge, cancelled a talk that Dr. Frances Widdowson was scheduled to present. Like all scholars, Dr. Widdowson has nuanced views...
Can We at Least Debate the Claim That Children Were Buried in Residential School Yards?
On Jan. 31, Dr. Michael Mahon, president of the University of Lethbridge, cancelled a talk that Dr. Frances Widdowson was scheduled to present. Like all scholars, Dr. Widdowson has nuanced views on many issues, and she was going to speak on “How Wok-ism Threatens...
Sleeping Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Everyone knows that Canada is in trouble. Like other countries, this country has been racked by various waves of COVID-19 for almost two years. But COVID-19 is not the most troubling issue. Let me explain. Remember at the beginning of the pandemic, we didn’t expect...
Book Review – Nothing Less Than Great: Reforming Canada’s Universities, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021 by Harvey P. Weingarten
Personal experiences breed and nourish intellectual views. Harvey P. Weingarten tells his readers about the benefits he and his wider family received from Canadian universities. He evokes the past with a sense of gratitude, but turns to the present and the future with...
Indigenous Women and Canadian Institutions
As you read the title of this article, your mind probably flashes to a few negative media stories. Perhaps you think of a young Indigenous woman’s bad experience with a Winnipeg taxi driver. Or you think of Joyce Echaquan’s suffering and death in a Quebec hospital and...
Bill 64 is Dead, but Reform still Required
BILL 64 is dead. There is little doubt that many Manitobans were delighted when interim Premier Kelvin Goertzen tolled its death knell. Instead of dancing around the bill’s funeral pyre, government members need to seriously review the Manness/MacKinnon commission...
Was there a cultural genocide in Canada as claimed in the Truth and Reconciliation Report? Mass graves at residential schools? An interview with Professor Rodney Clifton, co-editor of “From Truth Comes Reconciliation: Assessing the Truth and Reconciliation...