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Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation
To ensure the country’s reconciliation project progresses from rhetoric to reality, ordinary Canadians need straightforward answers to fundamental questions. Bruce McIvor provides the answers and context to support a thoughtful and respectful national conversation about reconciliation and the fulfillment of Canada’s commitment to a better future for Indigenous people.
By Bruce McIvor

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"If ever there was a book that needed to be in every school, library, and bookshop in Canada, it's Indigenous Rights in One Minute. Bruce McIvor’s ability to make the information accessible to a broad, non-legal audience will help dispel myths, clarify misunderstandings, and give Canadians the tools they need to help advance reconciliation.”

—Dr. Pamela Palmater, author of Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence

"According to Treaty Elders the word for ‘truth’ in nêhiyawêwin is tâpwêwin, which means “speaking with precision and accuracy.” While many legal texts are accurate, they lack Bruce McIvor’s precise understanding of what Indigenous peoples need to know about Indigenous rights. This book is tâpwêwin. "

— Dr. Kathy Walker, Treaty Commissioner, Saskatchewan

Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It
Faced with a constant stream of news reports of standoffs and confrontations, Canada’s “reconciliation project” has obviously gone off the rails. In this series of concise and thoughtful essays, lawyer and historian Bruce McIvor explains why reconciliation with Indigenous peoples is failing and what needs to be done to fix it.
By Bruce McIvor

Indigenous Peoples and the Law in Canada 2024
Published by Thomson Reuters
By First Peoples Law

Reconciliation on Trial: Wet'suwet'en, Aboriginal Title and the Rule of Law (PDF) 5.96 MB
To combat forgetfulness, we’ve gathered together our essays on the controversy that erupted in the winter of 2020 when members of the Wet’suwet’en sought to reinforce their own laws in the face of Canadian aggression.
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
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