{"id":2446,"date":"2026-07-06T18:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/?page_id=2446"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:20:02","slug":"intergovernmental-relations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/intergovernmental-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS"},"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-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: 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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\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"academic-articles\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        Academic Articles\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n        \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-2 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\/05\/Aboriginal-Third-Order-of-Government-report.pdf.jpg\" 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        Completing Canadian Confederation \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 article by Abele, Amatulli, MacQuarrie, &amp; Sanderson summarizes research on the emerging Aboriginal order of government in Canada.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  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@sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Completing Canadian Confederation \u2014 The Bibliography\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \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\/Aboriginal-order-of-government-bibliography.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\/2025\/10\/traditional-territory-of-Nuu-chah-nulth-Nations-Clayoquat-Sound-300x200.jpeg\" 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        How Indigenous Nations Have Been Transforming Public Policy through the Courts\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 chapter of Policy Success in Canada: Cases, Lessons and Challenges by Satsan, McNeil, &amp; Abele examines how Indigenous political action and litigation have reshaped Canadian constitutional and policy frameworks.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n          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src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/09\/IMG_2799-300x200.jpg\" 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        Breathing Life into Our Living Tree and Strengthening our Constitutional Roots\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 article by Naiomi Metallic examines whether section 35 of the Constitution Act has fallen short of achieving meaningful reconciliation and considers how to strengthen strengthen the protection of Indigenous rights.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer 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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 Rights, Legislative Reconciliation and Constitutionalism \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 article by Naiomi Metallic explores the emerging use of \u201clegislative reconciliation\u201d in Canada, focusing on recent federal statutes that recognize and support the exercise of Indigenous rights under Section 35.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  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