Footnote 1

Doug Anderson and Alexandra Flynn, Indigenous-Municipal Legal and Governance Relationships, IMFG Papers on Municipal Finance and Governance No. 55, 2021.

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Footnote 2

United Nations, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2021. https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2018/11/UNDRIP_E_web.pdf 

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Footnote 3

City of Toronto, Reconciliation Action Plan, n.d. https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/accountability-operations-customer-service/long-term-vision-plans-and-strategies/reconciliation-action-plan/

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Footnote 4

TsIeiI-Waututh Nation and Metro Vancouver, Belcarra Regional Park Cultural Planning and Co-operation Agreement, 2020. https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/Documents/belcarra-regional-park-cultural-planning-and-co-operation-agreement.pdf

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Footnote 5

City of Vancouver, “An open letter of apology to xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations,” 2022. https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/letter-of-apology-musqueam-squamish-and-tsleil-waututh-nations-2022-11-01.pdf

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Footnote 6

Wellington City Council, “Tākai Here to be signed at Pipitea Marae,” 2022. https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/our-wellington/2022/04/takai-here-signing

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Footnote 7

UNDRIP Task Force Intergovernmental Table, City of Vancouver UNDRIP Action Plan 2024-2028, 2024. https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/council-approves-groundbreaking-undrip-strategy-for-vancouver.aspx

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Footnote 8

Michelle Cyca, “Vancouver’s new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous,” Maclean’s, March 11, 2024. https://macleans.ca/society/senakw-vancouver/ Back to All Essays

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