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We are not talking enough about the epidemic of Indigenous deaths during police interactions

28.03.2025 9

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

The Hudson’s Bay Company’s collapse might be another chance to rewrite Canada’s story

14.03.2025 5

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

Ottawa’s Haida Gwaii deal is a beacon for the rest of Canada

27.02.2025 10

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

Donald Trump is making America colonize again

13.02.2025 10

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

With politics on Turtle Island in chaos, Indigenous communities are staying the course

23.01.2025 10

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

The end of Justin Trudeau doesn’t mean the end of important work – including child welfare reform

Justin Trudeau may be stepping down as Prime Minister in the coming months, but until the next federal election is called, a flurry of Indigenous...

08.01.2025 10

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

When resource companies leave a toxic mess, First Nations are stuck with the consequences

Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation Elder Jimmy Johnny no longer fishes in the waters that generations of his family members have relied on since memories...

13.12.2024 5

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

Canada is failing to clear even the lowest bar for residential school survivors

The memorial at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School grew daily in June, 2021, as visitors paid respects after Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc...

21.11.2024 4

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

This is the Murray Sinclair I was privileged to know

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chair Justice Murray Sinclair listens during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada British Columbia...

05.11.2024 20

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

How I find joy amid turmoil and pain

On Monday night in Vancouver, I found myself backstage at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre with a celebrated and motley crew of writers including...

24.10.2024 4

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

Canada must stand against residential-school denialism

After the orange T-shirts worn by Canadians to reflect and remember Indian residential schools (IRS) are washed and put away, there is still...

10.10.2024 3

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga

Unfreedom is in the very fabric of the Hudson’s Bay Company – and the origins of Canada

Tanya Talaga is a columnist for The Globe and Mail and the author of The Knowing, from which this essay is adapted. In 1820, Sir George Simpson...

23.08.2024 2

The Globe and Mail

Tanya Talaga