Thomas Isaac, the Ministerial Special Representative to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, released his report on Métis reconciliation yesterday. Last June Mr. Isaac was appointed by the federal government to lead engagement with the Métis organizations and other interested parties to set out a framework for dialogue on Métis rights and reconciliation in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Manitoba Metis Federation et al v Canada, 2013 SCC 14.
You can read Mr. Isaac’s report and background information about the report here.
For more background information check out these items at UVic Libraries:
- “Métis” : race, recognition, and the struggle for indigenous peoplehood – Chris Andersen. ELECTRONIC; FC109 A53 2014
- Métis in Canada : history, identity, law & politics – edited by Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl & Ian Peach. FC109 M492 2013
- Métis-Crown relations : rights, identity, jurisdiction and governance – Frederica Wilson & Melanie Mallet, editors. ELECTRONIC; FC125 M48
- Métis rights – Thomas Isaac. E99 M47 I83
- From recognition to reconciliation : essays on the constitutional entrenchment of Aboriginal and treaty rights – edited by Patrick Macklem and Douglas Sanderson. KIB1810 F76 2016
- From new peoples to new nations : aspects of Métis history and identity from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries – Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk. E99 M47E57 2016
- “The people who own themselves” : recognition of Métis identity in Canada : report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples – The Honourable Vernon White, chair ; The Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck, deputy chair. ELECTRONIC