Insights and Stories on Truth And Reconciliation

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OPINION: ‘Cows and plows’ settlement over a broken Indigenous treaty shows the urgent need for more transparent governance

May. 27, 2025 at 11:47 am CDT

Members of the Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve (TTR) in Manitoba recently voted to ratify the Treaty 4 Agricultural Benefits Settlement Agreement. This cows-and-plows settlement is a step toward rectifying historical wrongs. The process has also highlighted several ongoing governing challenges. This includes exposing a flawed Crown/Indigenous consultation process as well as the need for trust-building with Indigenous leadership.

Agribition 2024: Indigenous Ag Summit focuses on community, partnership

Nov. 28, 2024 at 5:45 pm CST

By Janelle Rudolph

Canada, First Nations agree on unmet agricultural claims

Oct. 21, 2024 at 1:30 pm CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Editor’s note: Truth and reconciliation is more than a day or slogan

Sep. 23, 2024 at 9:10 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Every child matters

Sep. 19, 2024 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Shelley Cook

Reconciling the painful past creates hope for a more promising future

Sep. 19, 2024 at 4:36 pm CDT

More than a century after its creation, there is no visible sign remaining of the File Hills Farm Colony in southern Saskatchewan. But the painful memories of an experiment that epitomized the culture of assimilation permeating that era’s attitudes towards Canada’s Indigenous peoples still live in the collective memories of residential school survivors. Likewise for some of the racist attitudes and policies that still exist today.

By D.C. Fraser

Sharing the countryside

Sep. 19, 2024 at 4:14 pm CDT

The launch of the Treaty Land Sharing Network was about people who share the countryside, together setting a different course than the one scripted for them.

By Roger Epp