Indigenous peoples offer new hope for creating real change

Now is the time to dig deeper with bravery and foresight to foster the innovation needed now to address this crisis while building resiliency for the future.

Focusing on the people in times of crisis empowers us to refocus on our own well-being, and the well-being of our families, communities, and nations. It compels us to reconnect with the worldviews and practices that enabled our ancestors to survive multiple pandemics, attempts at cultural genocide, and extreme hardship, writes Kluane Adamek. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KLUANE ADAMEK

June 1, 2020

WHITEHORSE, YUKON—As the lockdown created by the global pandemic continues, so do the calls for fundamental change to address the structural injustices and unsustainability of our current economic and political systems. Social distancing and self-isolation mean that mobilization and solidari...

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