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Rebuilding Indigenous legal systems strengthens community self-determination and governance, creating more just and responsive structures and aligns with the recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Organizers say the program models collaboration rooted in respect and sovereignty—principles that can guide partnerships and systemic change.
Indigenous data governance and sovereignty frameworks emphasize that Indigenous peoples should have the authority to own, control and access their own data. By design, many software platforms and digital tools do not respect those rights.
Despite 25 years of global commitments, women remain sidelined in peace negotiations—undermining the very strategies proven to prevent renewed conflict. With UN leadership and grassroots women’s involvement, peace agreements are significantly more likely to endure, but funding shortfalls threaten this progress.
Several researchers raised concerns about academia and funders’ slow shift to the right, emulating what is happening in the United States. Many also highlighted that they filled the EDI questions in funding applications on the condition that sensitive personal information will remain confidential, or if aggregated, will remain anonymous.
Reconciliation cannot be achieved through surface-level curriculum tweaks or token acknowledgments. Instead, it demands two transformative shifts: centering Indigenous knowledge systems and dismantling colonial structures embedded in educational institutions.
Canada’s nursing shortage is urgent, and thousands of internationally educated nurses already living here are trained and ready to help—but systemic barriers keep them out of the workforce. Recognizing their credentials and streamlining registration could unlock a vital, community-based solution to a national health care crisis.
