Bringing Peace to Practice? The Need to Consider Journalism Practice When Reforming Aboriginal Media Coverage in Canada

In a non-binding decision concerning the Xeni Gwet’in First Nations’ aboriginal title to a large portion of their traditional territory, Justice David Vickers advised the Crown and the First Nations group to negotiate a settlement that explicitly avoided assigning blame on either of the two part...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Stream: Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication
Main Author: McMahon, Rob
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: School of Communication, Simon Fraser University 2009
Subjects:
Canada
First Nations
Online Access:https://journals.sfu.ca/stream/index.php/stream/article/view/26
https://doi.org/10.21810/strm.v1i2.26
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Summary:In a non-binding decision concerning the Xeni Gwet’in First Nations’ aboriginal title to a large portion of their traditional territory, Justice David Vickers advised the Crown and the First Nations group to negotiate a settlement that explicitly avoided assigning blame on either of the two parties. He called for the need for both parties to avoid splitting themselves into “winners†and “losers,†a dichotomy that the judicial system tends to promote, but one that also hardens divisions and so undermines attempts at long-term reconciliation.

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