Publicaties

Modern state-building and (ongoing) colonial practices have given rise to peripheral nations — the most apparent of which being Indigenous nations. Peripheral nations are national communities that now find themselves unable to exercise their right to self-determination in equal measure to dominant ('majority') nations who have greater power and influence within 'shared' political institutions. In studying these relationships, my central research ...

Contemporary theories of decolonial citizenship struggle to have universal appeal. In the Canadian context, two types of theories dominate within the literature. On the one hand, there are theories that promote a shared identity. These appeal to the settler majority but often push Indigenous peoples away. On the other hand, theories that suggest that Indigenous peoples and settlers simply need to respect one another and get on with business in a ...