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Caring about Equality in Indigenous Communities
From: Discrimination Stories
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This chapter examines the discrimination faced by Indigenous communities in Canada. It discusses "Jordan’s Principle" and the case that led to it as well as the case of Jeremy Meawasige. Other topics discussed are underfunding, systemic discrimination, risk of institutionalization, and discretionary power.
Contributors
Colleen Sheppard
Colleen Sheppard is a professor at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, a member of the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her teaching and research focus on equality rights, systemic discrimination, and Canadian constitutional law. She has published widely on these issues both nationally and internationally.
