The Eighth Fire
"…the Seventh Fire will light the Eighth and final Fire, an eternal fire of peace, love, brotherhood and sisterhood."
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In this issue
On-Reserve Education in Canada
What an underfunded classroom reveals about a broken promise.
Daniel CuiThe Sixties Scoop and Its Echoes
How the forced removal of Indigenous children shaped generations.
Maya ThompsonLand Back: What Restitution Looks Like
A closer look at the movement asking Canada to return stolen territory.
Priya NairTwo-Spirit Identities Beyond the Binary
How Indigenous gender traditions challenge and enrich our understanding of identity.
Jordan KimMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women
The ongoing crisis that Canada's police and courts have failed to address.
Sofia ReyesIndigenous Languages on the Brink
The race to document and revitalize languages before they are lost forever.
Ethan ParkResidential Schools: Voices That Survived
Survivors speak — and what their stories demand of us today.
Amara OseiWater Sovereignty and Sacred Rivers
Why Indigenous water defenders are fighting for something far older than any law.
Lena MüllerUrban Indigenous Communities in Toronto
Visibility, belonging, and resilience in a city that rarely sees them.
Marcus ChenArt as Resistance, Art as Healing
Indigenous artists reclaiming their stories through paint, performance, and poetry.
Isabelle TremblayClimate Change Through an Indigenous Lens
How Traditional Ecological Knowledge offers paths the rest of us have ignored.
Ravi SharmaLighting the Eighth Fire
What reconciliation actually demands — and what students like us can choose to do.
The Editors