Beyond checkboxes: why reconciliation requires systems thinking – Policy Options
December 16, 2025
Deadly problems are interconnected. They must be tackled simultaneously with multi-level collaboration and Indigenous leadership. Good examples exist.
Canada does not have wicked policy problems. It has deadly problems that have been documented again and again: Indigenous communities in states of emergency, children in crisis, epidemics of violence and addiction, and families without access to clean drinking water.
More than 50 per cent of children in foster care are Indigenous. Thirty-six First Nation communities still have long-term boil-water advisories. This summer, more than 70 First Nations communities were evacuated due to wildfires, displacing 45,000 people.
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