{"id":2423,"date":"2026-07-13T17:17:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/?page_id=2423"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:17:55","slug":"short-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/short-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Short Articles\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>Welcome to our series of high-level briefings on key governance issues, designed for First Nations councils and administrators or anyone who needs a quick introduction to topics like consultation and accommodation, or \u201cFPIC\u201d.\u00a0 The briefings are short, easy to read, and packed with lots of references for those who want to explore the topic more on their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/10\/RFNG-Feeding-The-Fire-2025-Victoria-598-768x512.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/06\/YouTube-Thumbnail-ilo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        ILO C. 169: An old international agreement sheds light on Indigenous land and resource rights\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    This short article by Louis Frank explores the International Labour Organization\u2019s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO C. 169) and its continuing relevance to Indigenous land and resource rights.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/05\/ILO-169_Shortcuts_Final_2026-05-07.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/07\/Indian-Act-Roles-and-Responsibilities-Thumbnail-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Indian Act Devolution and Opt-in Legislation\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    This short article by Julie Williams explores the difference between First Nations self-government grounded in inherent rights and self-administration under the Indian Act.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/Shortcuts_Indian-Act.Devolution-and-Optin-in-Legislation.-FINAL.-12-09-2024docx.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/07\/Indian-Act-Roles-and-Responsibilities-Thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Indian Act Roles and Responsibilities of Chiefs and Councils\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    This short article by Julie Williams examines how the Indian Act shapes and limits the authority of First Nations band councils in Canada.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/Shortcuts_Indian-Act-Roles-and-Responsibilities-of-Chiefs-and-Councils.-FINAL_12-09-2024.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/07\/Aboriginal-Title-YouTube-Thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Aboriginal Title, Consultation and Consent\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    This short article by Giuseppe Amatulli explains Aboriginal title in Canada and how it shapes the duty to consult and obtain consent.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/Aboriginal-Title-Consultation-and-Consent_Shortcuts_Final-Review_2023-09-28.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/07\/UNDRIP-Canadian-Context-Thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        UNDRIP in the Canadian Context\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    This short article by Giuseppe Amatulli and Catherine Macquarrie outlines how UNDRIP connects to Section 35 of the Constitution and the ways it is gradually being incorporated into federal and provincial law.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/UNDRIP-in-the-Canadian-Context_Shortcuts_-Final-Draft_2023_09_28.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/07\/Duty-to-Consult-and-Accommodate-Thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        On the Duty to Consult and Accommodate\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    This short article by Giuseppe Amatulli and Catherine Macquarrie explains how the duty to consult has developed through Supreme Court of Canada decisions and what the process of consultation looks like.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/On-the-duty-to-consult-and-accommodate_Shortcuts_draft-final_2023-09-28.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n     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first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        ON UNDRIP AND FPIC\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    This short article by Giuseppe Amatulli and Catherine Macquarrie explores how FPIC is understood in Canada today and how it relates to the existing duty to consult and accommodate.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/ON-UNDRIP-AND-FPIC_Shortcuts_Final-Draft_2023-09-28.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to suggest other First Nations governance topics you\u2019d like to see in this series by dropping us a note at rfng@carleton.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        RFNG Pathfinders Series\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<p>The Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project is chatting with movers and shakers advancing First Nations&#8217; inherent right to self-government in Canada. Part Q&amp;A and part F.A.Q, The Pathfinders features members of our project and others talking about why self-government matters to them and why it should matter to you.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s out latest featured article with Carol McCauley &amp; Cindy Tom!<br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/MCCAULEYTOMLINDLEY-PR-SYLVESTRE-FINAL.pdf\">CAROL MCCAULEY &amp; CINDY TOM<\/a><br><br>Check out our other feature articles below:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/NEWHOUSE-PR-SYLVESTRE-FINAL-10.pdf\">DAVID NEWHOUSE<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/ROBERTSON-PR-SYLVESTRE-FINAL-2.pdf\">CHRIS ROBERTSON<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/WILLIAMS-PR-SYLVESTRE-FINAL-REVISED-3.pdf\">JULIE WILLIAMS<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/The-Pathfinders-Series-Feature-DWAYNE-NASHKAWA.pdf\">DWAYNE NASHKAWA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/The-Pathfinders-Series-Feature-Amsey-Maracle.pdf\">AMSEY MARACLE<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feel free to suggest other First Nations governance topics you\u2019d like to see in this series by dropping us a note at rfng@carleton.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":622,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[34],"class_list":["post-2423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-whats-new"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/622"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2423\/revisions\/2568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=2423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}