Indigenous Rights

Trans Mountain pipeline “will not be built,” vow First Nations and allies

First Nations and their allies in Canada vow to stop the climate polluting $9.3 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, approved by the Trudeau government a day after the House of Commons had passed a non-binding resolution declaring climate change a national emergency.

Obert Madondo
June 24, 2019

Canada’s MMIWG report spurs debate on the shifting definitions of genocide

The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), which labeled the ongoing violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada a "Canadian genocide" caused by "state actions and actions rooted in colonialism and colonial ideologies", calls on Canadian society "to address the intersecting settler colonial and hetero-patriarchal wrongs that have led to the injustice of MMIWG," argues Andrew Woolford, a former president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Manitoba.

The Canadian Progressive
June 17, 2019

Indigenous-led Tiny House Warriors build homes to stop Kinda Morgan’s Trans Mountain project

Indigenous-led Tiny House Warriors are building homes in the path of the Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline to protest the project, which would increase the flow of Alberta tar sands to the Vancouver coast from the current 300,000 barrels a day to 890,000.

The Canadian Progressive
March 15, 2018

Why is a quarter of Canada’s prison population Indigenous?

The recent decision by an all-white jury to acquit Gerald Stanley, the killer of Colten Boushie calls on us all to confront systematic racism and demand reforms to Canada's justice system, which "works against Indigenous people at every level".

The Canadian Progressive
February 23, 2018

Lessons from the front lines of anti-colonial pipeline resistance

The recent Standing Rock standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline and eight-year Unist’ot’en resistance camp in northern British Columbia are a manifestation of "indigenous resurgence" against colonialism and fossil fuel developments, including pipelines.

The Canadian Progressive
October 17, 2017

Judge’s Ruling on Standing Rock a Second Chance for Justice

The federal court's recent ruling on the Dakota Access Pipeline saga could start a new chapter guaranteeing the rule of law and protection of water protectors, argues Mark Trahant, the Charles R. Johnson Endowed Professor of Journalism at the University of North Dakota.

The Canadian Progressive
June 20, 2017

Obert Madondo is an Ottawa-based digital artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer, web designer, digital rights enthusiast, digital storytelling enthusiast, aspiring filmmaker, and online publisher.

Obert is a former political aide to a prominent former Zimbabwean lawmaker, human rights defender and former freedom fighter. Obert has previously worked as an international development administrator in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, and Canada.

Obert is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Canadian Progressive, an independent political blog dedicated to producing fearless, evidence-based, adversarial, unapologetic, progressive and activism-oriented journalism situated right at the intersection of politics, technology and human rights.

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