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The Dene, a traditionally nomadic people, have no word for homelessness, a rare condition in the Canadian North prior to the 1990s.

Since the 1990s, there has been an upsurge in renewable electricity co-operatives across Canada as hundreds of community organizations have turned to the sun, wind, and rivers as sources of local p

Survivors of terrible events are often portrayed as unsung heroes or tragic victims but rarely as complex human beings whose lives extend beyond the stories they have told.

Debating Hate Crime examines the language used by parliamentarians, senators, and committee witnesses to debate Canada’s hate laws.

After years of negotiation, the territory of Nunavut was established in Canada’s Eastern and Central Arctic on April 1, 1999.

Homelessness is not a historical accident. It is the disastrous outcome of policy decisions made over time and at several levels of government.

For centuries, some of the world’s largest empires fought for sovereignty over the resources of Northeast Asia.

“I am not afraid to be called a politician,” declared Paul Martin Sr., defending his life’s work in politics.

In the late 1970s, feminists urged us to "rethink" Canada by placing women's experiences at the centre of historical analysis.

What options did Paul Bernardo’s lawyer have when his client directed him to retrieve hidden evidence?

The introduction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 was accompanied by much fanfare and public debate.

Canadian legislatures regularly assign what are truly court functions to non-court, government tribunals.

Northern British Columbia has always played an important role in Canada’s economy, but for many Canadians it has existed as an almost forgotten place: a vast territory where only a few roads and a

Just as Canada’s population has changed in the past four decades, so has its prison population.

The passage of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007 focused attention on the ways in which Indigenous peoples are adapting to the pressures of globalization and developmen