May 6 - 12, 2026

We are excited to once again offer our annual $10,000 Indigenous Law Student Scholarship to an Indigenous law student with a demonstrated commitment to serving and advancing the interests of Indigenous Peoples.

Applications are now open until July 31.

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This decision reinforces that standing up for Survivors and speaking the truth about residential schools is not only necessary, it is protected...UBCIC has a responsibility to our member Nations and to Survivors to challenge misinformation that causes harm, and we will continue to do so without hesitation.
- Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of BC Indian Chiefs

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But just because stories are unwritten for a time, it doesn’t mean they’ll be unwritten forever. And just because stories don’t get written down, it doesn’t mean they’re ever lost.
Alicia Elliott "Foreword", in Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm's This Place: 150 Years Retold (2019)

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Bruce McIvor

Dr. Bruce McIvor, lawyer and historian, is senior partner at First Peoples Law LLP. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law where he teaches the constitutional law of Aboriginal and Treaty rights. A member of the bar in British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario, Bruce is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading practitioner of Aboriginal law in Canada. Bruce's ancestors took Métis scrip at Red River in Manitoba. He holds a law degree, a Ph.D. in Aboriginal and environmental history, is a Fulbright Scholar and author of two books on Indigenous rights: Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation (2025) and Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It (2021). He is a member of the Manitoba Métis Federation.

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May 6 - 12, 2026

This week’s edition includes Red Dress Day, environmental protection, child welfare funding, healthcare collaboration and more.

IN THE NEWS

National news included events marking Red Dress Day and the second-generation cut-off

Residential school denialism, environmental protection, gender-based violence, and environmental restoration made the news in BC

In Saskatchewan, flooding was front and center

Child welfare funding and healthcare were top stories in Ontario

In Prince Edward Island, an emergency services agreement made headlines

In Nova Scotia, jurisdiction over cannabis remains a top story

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