Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, vol. 169, no. 1, 2018, pp. 54-64
Description
Argues that sexualized violence against Indigenous women is both gendered and racialized and originates in ongoing colonialism. Examines social media (SM) narratives that perpetuate violence; discusses how Indigenous online communities are working to mitigate these narratives. Uses Sysomos MAP analytic software to gather information on posts containing #MMIW, #MMIWG and #inquiry between 1 September 2016 and 29 July, 2017.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 31, no. 2, 2019, pp. 232-265
Description
An analysis of the discussion regarding Indigenous sex workers during deliberations for Bill C-36, calling for the eventual abolition of prostitution in Canada. Both those for and against the proposed bill acknowledged the issue of Indigenous women in the sex trade.
Brief discussion of ten areas which have been underdeveloped in the urban context: consultation, community access and decision-making; community ethical review; intellectual property rights and data management, data gathering, storytelling and consent-seeking; capacity building and mentorship; nurturing authentic research relationships; multi-sited and multi-jurisdictional research; and self-determination, sovereignty and community empowerment.
Discusses the case in which a White farmer was acquitted of both murder and manslaughter in the killing of a 22-year-old Cree man. The accused's lawyer used peremptory challenges to exclude 4-5 visibly Indigenous potential jurors, while the prosecution failed to question White candidates about any racial bias which would prevent them from making an impartial decision. Looks at the systemic racism in the judicial system starting with the execution of "the Battleford Eight" in 1885.
Barriers to Access to Justice for First Nation, Métis and Inuit Women
Building Service Capacity: Supporting Access to Justice for Aboriginal Women Dealing with Violence
Placing Violence against First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women in Context
Understanding the First Nation, Métis and Inuit Context
Violence Against Women Information Resource
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
VAW [Violence against Women]
Description
Intended for service staff working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit women. Provides basic information on law, legal issues, processes and relevant options.
Looks at the concepts of gendered disposability and Indigenous dysfunction which underlie acts of violence, analyzes how this manifests itself in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, and discusses the story of Sara de Vries, a woman who was murdered by Robert Pickton.
Social Studies of Science, vol. 48, no. 1, 2018, pp. 80-100
Description
Looks at the role genetic testing has played in the trend for increasing numbers of Québécois to identify themselves as métis and the subsequent proliferation of organizations representing their interests.
Can Canadian Literature Help Us Explain the Boushie Tragedy?
How Property and Place Were Key Issues in the Stanley Trial
Indigenous Law Can Help Confront Intergenerational Injustice
Jury Reform Will Contentious and Limited after the Stanley Trial
Legal and Systemic Issues Left Unexamined in Stanley Trial
Policy Options ; September 24, 2018
Safeguarding Trials from Racial Bias
The Forensic Failures of the Stanley Trial
Transparency around Jurors, Verdicts Would Help Trail Fairness
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hadley Friedland
Kate Sutherland
David M. Tanovich
Robin McKechney
Emma Cunliffe
Estair Van Wagner
Alexandra Flynn ... [et al.]
Description
Contains links to articles by members of a legal think tank called the Project Fact(A), who were examining the trial in which Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Cree man, Colton Boushie, and was subsequently acquitted.
Disinformation and Digital Democracies in the 21st Century
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elisha Corbett
Description
Argues that the way women are framed in mainstream news suggests that they are to blame for the violence against them because they indulge in "high-risk" lifestyles and discusses how initiatives like #MMIWG are combating stereotypical representations and raising awareness.
Paper from Disinformation and Digital Democracies in the 21st Century edited by Joseph McQuade, Tiffany Kwok, and James Cho.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 19.
White Backlash against Indigenous People in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Proulx
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 75-101
Description
Author uses critical whiteness theory, Indigenous and non-Indigenous legal theory, and coloniality theories to examine the practices and role of mainstream governments, legal institutions, and white activists minimizing and perpetuating colonial discourses.
Timeline from the General Enfranchisement Act to the Indian Act and pertinent court cases and decisions which resulted in legislation to amend the Act.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 181-196
Description
Article extends Lorraine Brooke’s 1995 study of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) and its effectiveness in creating a wildlife co-management regime; concludes that little progress has been made since 1995, and the power relationships between Inuit and non-Inuit Government agencies remains problematic.
BC Studies , no. 202, Arts, Crafts, and Healing: Understanding Social Citizenship in British Columbia, Summer, 2019, pp. 21-40
Description
Article uses the Work 2 Give program—which gives incarcerated men the opportunity to create goods and harvest for the Tŝilhqot’in First Nation—as a case study to examine the “healing potential of the arts and therapeutic craft in BC prisons.”
Lawyer and author of The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story Of Louis Riel's People, The Métis Nation discusses the Métis Nation's history of law-making.
Duration: 1:01:02.