The Relationship Between Canada and Indigenous Peoples: Where Are We?
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2020
Keywords
Aboriginal Law, Decolonization, Reconciliation, Indian Act, Section 35, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Abstract
For this new edition, James Bickerton and Alain-G. Gagnon have organized the book into six parts. Part I covers the origins and foundation of Canada as a political entity while Part II focuses on government, parliament, and the courts. Part III examines matters pertaining to federalism and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Part IV casts some new light on electoral politics and political communications and Part V examines citizenship, diversity, and social movements. Part VI, the final section of the book, concentrates on a number of political issues that merit special attention on the part of political actors and decision makers, namely the evolving relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples, immigration and refugees, environment and climate change, and relations between Canada and the United States.
This seventh edition of Canadian Politics includes 12 new chapters, with ten new contributing authors and coverage of six new subjects, and is essential reading for students and specialists studying Canadian politics.
Recommended Citation
Naiomi Walqwam Metallic, "The Relationship Between Canada and Indigenous Peoples: Where Are We?" in James Bickerton & Alain-G. Gagnon, eds, Canadian Politics, 7th ed (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020) 423.
