Veldon Coburn
@veldoncoburn.bsky.social
Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn
Associate Professor - McGill
PhD Political Science
Associate Professor - McGill
PhD Political Science
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I wonder what local celebrity millionaire W Brett Wilson makes of these UCP members given his outspoken views on disloyalty to Canada?
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I wonder what local celebrity millionaire W Brett Wilson makes of these UCP members given his outspoken views on disloyalty to Canada?
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So to be clear: Carney signed a deal with Alberta that basically gives them everything they want for a pipeline through BC and sovereign Indigenous nations without securing their involvement, or having a company pushing for this project, and he lost a prominent Liberal cabinet minister for it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So to be clear: Carney signed a deal with Alberta that basically gives them everything they want for a pipeline through BC and sovereign Indigenous nations without securing their involvement, or having a company pushing for this project, and he lost a prominent Liberal cabinet minister for it.
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This deal is ready to die in court. The law is government MUST consult First Nations on “high level” planning decisions. Wasn’t done here. Perfect lawsuits await.
Carney, Smith sign sweeping energy deal, pledge new pipeline to West Coast
Federal government won’t implement its oil and gas emissions cap, and both sides will consult with B.C. on project, MOU says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This deal is ready to die in court. The law is government MUST consult First Nations on “high level” planning decisions. Wasn’t done here. Perfect lawsuits await.
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An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accuses the current president of the Manitoba Métis Federation and a former president of the Métis National Council (MNC) of misappropriating millions of dollars of the MNC’s funds.
MMF exonerated by Ontario Superior court in MNC lawsuit
The Manitoba Métis Federation, MMF, has been cleared in lawsuit launched against it by the Métis National Council.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accuses the current president of the Manitoba Métis Federation and a former president of the Métis National Council (MNC) of misappropriating millions of dollars of the MNC’s funds.
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King says he made a concerted effort this year to find their origin, which brought him to a U.S. organization called Tribal Alliance Against Frauds.
Author Thomas King says he's not Indigenous
Thomas King, the celebrated author of the book 'Inconvenient Indian' and others, now says that he's not Indigenous.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
King says he made a concerted effort this year to find their origin, which brought him to a U.S. organization called Tribal Alliance Against Frauds.
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Another Pretendian. Canada is full of them.
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous as he originally assumed
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Another Pretendian. Canada is full of them.
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The Cowichan hysteria keeps getting dumber. Now cities are coming out to make statements about old land claims - if the news is going to cover it, they should mention it's been on the First Nation's website for nearly a decade. It's not some big secret. 1/2 globalnews.ca/news/1153572...
Kwikwetlem First Nation filed a land claim in 2016 including the Riverview lands | Globalnews.ca
The land in question covers several publicly-owned parcels in Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam, including the Riverview lands, but not private properties.
globalnews.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Cowichan hysteria keeps getting dumber. Now cities are coming out to make statements about old land claims - if the news is going to cover it, they should mention it's been on the First Nation's website for nearly a decade. It's not some big secret. 1/2 globalnews.ca/news/1153572...
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Indigenous Wreck-Conciliation: the leader of this, Cynthia Westaway, is a lawyer for pretendian Métis on Algonquin territory. Clearly @uottawa.ca does not care.
uOttawa law school’s Indigenous Lands and Consultation Hub aims to support self-determination
Kristen Boon, Common Law dean, calls this ‘reconciliation in action’
www.lawtimesnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Indigenous Wreck-Conciliation: the leader of this, Cynthia Westaway, is a lawyer for pretendian Métis on Algonquin territory. Clearly @uottawa.ca does not care.
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If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
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Indigenous Wreck-Conciliation: the University of Ottawa's Indigenous Studies program founded by the Algonquin Nation is no more.
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Indigenous Wreck-Conciliation: the University of Ottawa's Indigenous Studies program founded by the Algonquin Nation is no more.
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Opinion: Indigenous peoples will judge this government not by the names on the ministerial list, but by the cases of justice, self-government, land-back, jurisdiction and economic sovereignty that follow says @veldoncoburn.bsky.social
Op-Ed: Who is speaking for Indigenous Peoples in new Parliament
With the NDP losing party status in the House of Commons, Veldon Coburn asks, who is speaking on behalf of Indigenous Peoples in Parliament?
www.aptnnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Opinion: Indigenous peoples will judge this government not by the names on the ministerial list, but by the cases of justice, self-government, land-back, jurisdiction and economic sovereignty that follow says @veldoncoburn.bsky.social
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"At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgent”
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
"At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgent”
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
Knowledge Under Siege
At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgentFor decades, efforts to quantify the value of u...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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"At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgent”
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
"At a time when universities are being defunded by governments and vilified by ultra-conservative pundits, defining their value has never been more urgent”
uofrpress.ca/Books/K/Know...
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Read my statement on IDF soldiers platformed at Canadian universities here: www.heathermcpherson.ca/statement_on...
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Read my statement on IDF soldiers platformed at Canadian universities here: www.heathermcpherson.ca/statement_on...
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In the last week another First Nation in BC had 400+km of land returned to them. And no one has talked about it. It's obviously not about land. It's only about hate and fear mongering.
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
In the last week another First Nation in BC had 400+km of land returned to them. And no one has talked about it. It's obviously not about land. It's only about hate and fear mongering.
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This might be the most unhinged thing you read this morning about last night.
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This might be the most unhinged thing you read this morning about last night.
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I hope Ohtani didn’t have a lot of money riding on this game
November 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I hope Ohtani didn’t have a lot of money riding on this game
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Thank you George Springer.
My advice? Sock a Dodger.
My advice? Sock a dinger.
November 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thank you George Springer.
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My advice? Sock a Dodger.
My advice? Sock a dinger.
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
My advice? Sock a Dodger.
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Thank you Bichette. You chose wisely.
My advice? Sock a dinger.
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Thank you Bichette. You chose wisely.
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Carleton University’s Laura Hall talks about her new book, Bloodied Bodies, Bloodied Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror, and how the horror genre has been hiding colonial stereotypes under beds and in closets with their other monsters.
Colonial stereotypes in horror movies – fixing the genre without using real trauma | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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October 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Carleton University’s Laura Hall talks about her new book, Bloodied Bodies, Bloodied Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror, and how the horror genre has been hiding colonial stereotypes under beds and in closets with their other monsters.
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'Billions of dollars have been taken out of our lands with limited return to our community,' says Chief Jean-Guy Whiteduck.
Kitigan Zibi files lawsuit over lands in western Quebec
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation north of Ottawa has filed a lawsuit demanding Aboriginal title over lands in western Quebec.
www.aptnnews.ca
October 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
'Billions of dollars have been taken out of our lands with limited return to our community,' says Chief Jean-Guy Whiteduck.
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UNLOCKED: Last year, Chris Alexander smeared journalist David Pugliese as a Russian asset behind the shield of parliamentary privilege.
Yesterday, he was allowed to testify at a parliamentary committee as if nothing happened.
www.readtheorchard.org/p/senate-com...
Yesterday, he was allowed to testify at a parliamentary committee as if nothing happened.
www.readtheorchard.org/p/senate-com...
Senate committee fetes ex-parliamentarian behind discredited spy allegations against journalist
A year after submitting fraudulent documents that smeared reporter David Pugliese to a House committee, Chris Alexander faces no scrutiny over disinformation credentials.
www.readtheorchard.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
UNLOCKED: Last year, Chris Alexander smeared journalist David Pugliese as a Russian asset behind the shield of parliamentary privilege.
Yesterday, he was allowed to testify at a parliamentary committee as if nothing happened.
www.readtheorchard.org/p/senate-com...
Yesterday, he was allowed to testify at a parliamentary committee as if nothing happened.
www.readtheorchard.org/p/senate-com...
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Don't forget wealth inequality accelerated, because the austerity seems to only impact some (like maybe the lower 90% now)
I lived through the 90s. Hospitals closed. Infrastructure crumbled. Tuition doubled. Public investment in housing ended. User fees increased. I’d rather not do this again.
Canada's budget will focus on austerity and investment, says PM Carney
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday that the upcoming federal budget would focus on both austerity and investments, adding that current government spending was unsustainable.
www.reuters.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Don't forget wealth inequality accelerated, because the austerity seems to only impact some (like maybe the lower 90% now)
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‘Speaking Through Craft: Cultural Storytelling in Business’ was hosted at Montreal’s McGill University as a way to celebrate and showcase the importance of Indigenous women-led businesses.
APTN’s Kim Sullivan reports on how culture meets commerce.
APTN’s Kim Sullivan reports on how culture meets commerce.
The importance of Indigenous women-led businesses celebrated at McGill University | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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October 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
‘Speaking Through Craft: Cultural Storytelling in Business’ was hosted at Montreal’s McGill University as a way to celebrate and showcase the importance of Indigenous women-led businesses.
APTN’s Kim Sullivan reports on how culture meets commerce.
APTN’s Kim Sullivan reports on how culture meets commerce.