By Connor Guyn, Climate Policy Researcher, University of British Columbia; Sophia Alex Walters, PhD Candidate, Anthropology; Graduate Research Assistant, University of British Columbia; and Tariq Harney, PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Climate Justice, University of British Columbia This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ There has been a surge in anti-Indigenous sentiments and politics in Canada, seen most recently in a rancorous race to lead the British Columbia Conservative Party, as well as in provincial protests denying the harms of the residential school system. According to the messaging at the B.C. leadership race, repealing the province\u2019s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA)… <\/p>\n
By Connor Guyn, Climate Policy Researcher, University of British Columbia; Sophia Alex Walters, PhD Candidate, Anthropology; Graduate Research Assistant, University of British Columbia; and Tariq Harney, PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Climate Justice, University of British Columbia This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ There has been a surge in anti-Indigenous sentiments and politics in Canada, seen most recently in a rancorous race to lead the British Columbia Conservative Party, as well as in provincial protests denying the harms of the residential school system. According to the messaging at the B.C. leadership race, repealing the province\u2019s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA)... <\/p>\n