Author: Reynolds, Jim

Canada

Published on 15 May 2024 by University of British Columbia Press in Canada.

Paperback / softback | 328 pages, 35 b&w photos, 23 illus.
229 x 153 x 21 | 480g

Colonialism endures in Canada today. Dismantling it requires an understanding of how colonialism operated across the British Empire and why Canada¡¯s colonial experience was unique.

Whereas colonies such as India were ruled through despotism and violence, Canada¡¯s white settler population governed itself while oppressing the Indigenous peoples whose lands they were on. Canada and Colonialism shows that Canadians¡¯ support for colonial rule ¨C both at home and abroad ¨C is the reason colonialism remains entrenched in Canadian law and society today.

Author Jim Reynolds presents a truly compelling account of Canada¡¯s colonial coming of age and its impacts on Indigenous peoples, including the settler-led internal colonialism behind the Indian Act and those who enforced it. As one of the nation¡¯s leading experts in Aboriginal law, Reynolds provides a vital accounting of the historical underpinnings and contemporary challenges the nation must address to reconcile with Indigenous peoples and move toward decolonization.