Joseph Tootoosis, Additions-to-Reserve Policy

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Joseph Tootoosis is a young policy analyst with a special interest in sovereignty, land restitution and redress. He also sees the need for a drastic overhaul in Canada's Additions-to-Reserve policy, a complicated process that hurts First Nations trying to add to their reserve land base.

Why do ATRs matter to First Nations? What opportunities are Bands missing out on? How does adding land relate to Indigenous sovereignty?

We address those questions in this podcast episode. Joseph and host Richard Perry begin by making the connection between land and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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Joseph Tootoosis on Linkedin

Flying Dust First Nation

Kekwetlem First Nation

First Nation Lands Management Resource Centre

Additions-to-Reserve Policy Redesign (Canada)