How Idle No More transformed Canada
Ten years ago, Idle No More organizers couldn't anticipate that the flash mobs taking over malls across the country would both shift the...
Why Canada’s Indigenous Uprising Is About All of Us
When a new law paved the way for tar sands pipelines and other fossil fuel development on native lands, four women swore to be “idle no more.” The idea took...
This Old Government Letter Shows How Canada Tried To Kill First Nations Culture
This is Sylvia McAdam, one of the co-founders of the grassroots Idle No More movement for Indigenous rights.
Passionate Indigenous voice
Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum is a passionate woman.
Law professor put on trial for ‘trespassing’ on family’s ancestral lands
In Canada last week Sylvia McAdam, a law professor at the University of Windsor, a co-founder of Idle No More and one of the authors of this...
Idle No More and Indigenous Rights in Canada
LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom — The legacy of Colonialism has long assaulted Indigenous People's social, cultural and economic rights.
Idle No More — no more is it just for Canada
What began with four women organizing local teach-ins and rallies in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, last fall has grown into a global grassroots...
The change makers: Sheelah McLean, Nina Wilson, Sylvia McAdam and Jessica Gordon
“We were idle,” says Sylvia McAdam, “and we all decided we...
Idle No More founder on Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems
The Indigenous Speaker Series presents Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum) citizen of the nêhiyaw Nation and co-founder of the Idle No More movement.
An Anishinaabe Writer On The Conversations She’s Had About The Queen Since Her Death
The royal family has every right to mourn the Queen's loss. At the same time, Indigenous peoples on these lands also have a lot to mourn.
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Cree activist and one of the co‑founders of the Idle No More movement; founder of the Keepers of the Water campaign and organizer on treaty and Indigenous rights issues.