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Fall 2017

Gurski, Karlie J

In the decade since the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) went into effect, governments have been promoting, discussing and celebrating the idea of reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the state. However, in many policy arenas, governments are continuing practices that

reinforce the colonial relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state, casting doubt on the potential of the current reconciliation framework in transforming that relationship. This is particularly evident in the criminal justice system, where an Indigenous person living in Canada is ten times more

likely to be incarcerated in a federal penitentiary than a non-Indigenous person. This disproportionate rate of incarceration is dramatically higher in some provinces and has been climbing steadily over the last few decades. This thesis argues that the over-incarceration of Indigenous peoples is a

Fall 2024

McBeth, Renee Erica

an approach to community-engaged scholarship that is grounded in a theory of political relations. As Métis-Cree researcher and lived expert Jesse Thistle (2017) asserts in Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada, “networks of emplaced significance” are essential to healthy communities. If we

Fall 2021

Schober, Kelsey

and the Northwest Territories. This research finds that though policy incentives provide opportunities for oil and gas extraction, rurality and the settler colonial state’s emphasis on extraction as a value create a mandate for oil and gas extraction. Clientelist relationships between Indigenous