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    The Ongoing Struggle of Grassy Narrows

    For Sandra Pronteau, the story of Grassy Narrows is not distant or abstract. It is deeply personal. Sandra is Cree–Métis, originally from northern Manitoba, and a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. She...
    January 19, 2026
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    Treaty 6 - Origin of Universal Health Care in Canada

    While living in Alberta and working at the University of Alberta in Edmonton I came across the origin of universal health care in Canada. It was an Indigenous idea. Indigenous people in Canada have...
    January 9, 2026
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    Top 10 Do Justice Articles of 2025

    A look back at our top Do Justice articles of 2025 (ranked by pageviews) gives us a meaningful glimpse into the conversations that shaped our year. As you revisit these standout pieces, our hope is...
    January 5, 2026
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    The Simple Act of Generosity

    When I began the journey of reclaiming my Indigenous heritage, many of the Elders who mentored me, told me to start learning beadwork as a place of entry. The craft quickly took on a life beyond mere...
    December 26, 2025
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    Do Justice Book Recommendations: Christmas Guide

    Looking for some justice-themed books that would make great Christmas gifts for the bibliophiles in your life? Here are some recommendations from our CRC and World Renew staff. Have A Beautiful...
    December 5, 2025
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    The Pain Grassy Narrows Should Never Have Carried

    THEY KNEW!!!! I recently joined a Zoom call with Daniel, a member of the Grassy Narrows Solidarity Group. What he shared was heartbreaking, but not new. It was a reminder of a truth many Canadians...
    December 1, 2025
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    When the World Comes to the Table

    When my older daughter was fourteen, her closest high school friends were a Jewish girl and a Muslim girl. They traded holidays the way most teens trade memes: with joy and curiosity. Our family...
    November 14, 2025
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    Protecting the Arctic Refuge

    At the northeastern edge of Alaska lies a stretch of tundra that has been called many names: the Coastal Plain, the 1002 Area, the crown jewel of the refuge system. But to the Gwich’in people, whose...
    November 7, 2025
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    A Bowl Full of Apples

    We are called to seek justice, love mercy and walk humbly before our God. Some days, this is very difficult and other days it comes very easily. I spent the past two days serving frontline urban...
    November 3, 2025
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    Can This Piece of God’s Earth Be Saved?

    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, located on the fringes of northern Alaska, is so remote that very few nonindigenous people will ever step foot on the land. This pristine land is home to the Gwich...
    October 24, 2025
  • Justice Prayers - October 8, 2025

    “Faith is a footbridge that you don't know will hold you up over the chasm until you're forced to walk out onto it.” ― Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son Canada A new Thomson Reuters study...
    October 8, 2025