Keeping Our Word
A Principled Canada-First Peoples' Constitutional Framework
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4597-3918-5 (ISBN)
Description
A compelling solution to heal the rift between Canada and First Peoples Communities.
Canada prides itself on being a nation to whom a troubled, conflicted world can look for inspiration. Tolerance, diversity, equality, honesty, and compassion ... all are virtues Canada claims are parts of its cultural DNA. Yet Canada's relationships with its First Peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis) are badly fractured, with distrust and profound disharmony their defining features. Whether Canada acts to honour the promises exchanged in the 1764 Treaty of Niagara, promises that have been violated, ignored, or forgotten for 250 years, will define us forever.
Keeping Our Word offers a clear way forward. Canada could never have existed without its formative First Peoples' partnerships. Our word must be kept, and our bargains honoured, or Canada will be exposed as a failed experiment built on a broken promise.
Canada prides itself on being a nation to whom a troubled, conflicted world can look for inspiration. Tolerance, diversity, equality, honesty, and compassion ... all are virtues Canada claims are parts of its cultural DNA. Yet Canada's relationships with its First Peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis) are badly fractured, with distrust and profound disharmony their defining features. Whether Canada acts to honour the promises exchanged in the 1764 Treaty of Niagara, promises that have been violated, ignored, or forgotten for 250 years, will define us forever.
Keeping Our Word offers a clear way forward. Canada could never have existed without its formative First Peoples' partnerships. Our word must be kept, and our bargains honoured, or Canada will be exposed as a failed experiment built on a broken promise.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
notes; Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4597-3918-5 (9781459739185)
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Michael Coyle is an internationally renowned expert in aboriginal law and dispute resolution scholarship. A Western University Law faculty Associate Professor and mediator, he has authored numerous works exploring Indigenous peoples' legal issues. He lives in London, Ontario.
Bryan Davies is a writer, historian, and creative consultant. He has written widely on law, history, and politics, and is the co-creator of the documentary film Clergue's Phoenix. He lives in Whitby, Ontario.
Andrew Traficante teaches high school with the Algoma District School Board in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. He is the author and researcher of an online exhibit exploring the Sault's industrial heritage for the Virtual Museum of Canada.
Bryan Davies is a writer, historian, and creative consultant. He has written widely on law, history, and politics, and is the co-creator of the documentary film Clergue's Phoenix. He lives in Whitby, Ontario.
Andrew Traficante teaches high school with the Algoma District School Board in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. He is the author and researcher of an online exhibit exploring the Sault's industrial heritage for the Virtual Museum of Canada.