Reconsidering Canada

Episode 9 – Recognition at Last? How the Nisga’a Nation changed Canadian law—and why recognition wasn’t enough. In 1973, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark ruling in Calder v. British Columbia , a case that brought...

Unceded and Unsettled: The Empty Promises of the Douglas Treaties What does it mean when land is called “unceded”? And what happens when treaties weren’t real agreements at all? In this episode, we travel to Vancouver Island ...

Episode 7: Staring Down the State What does real decolonization look like? In this episode, we return to the summer of 1990—to the barricades at Kanehsatà:ke and the standoff that came to be known as the Oka Crisis. Through a...

“I didn’t settle anything.” It’s one of the most common things settlers say when the topic of colonialism comes up. But the truth is, being a settler isn’t about what your ancestors did. It’s about where we stand now—and how ...

When two BC MLAs dismissed Indigenous sovereignty as “unfounded” and described reconciliation as an “industry,” they weren’t just engaging in political rhetoric; they were defending colonialism. In this episode of Reconsideri...

Content Warnings: This episode discusses residential schools, systemic neglect, child death, colonial violence, and genocide. Listener discretion is advised. They Didn't Mean to Kill Them... "They died of tuberculosis." "No o...