From Recognition to Reconciliation

In From Recognition to Reconciliation, twenty leading scholars reflect on the continuing transformation of the constitutional relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state.

Patrick Macklem is the William C. Graham Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

Douglas Sanderson is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

‘This book provides the essential underpinnings for future attempts to convey to Canadians the complexities of their evolving relationship with the first nations.’

S. James Anaya, Regents’ Professor and James J. Lenoir Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona:

“Professors Macklem and Sanderson present a timely collection of essays that greatly illuminate thinking about the place of Aboriginal peoples in Canada’s social and legal architecture. This book is an important reference for anyone interested in how a modern democracy might come to terms with the present-day legacies of its colonial past.”

Michael Ignatieff, former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of Politics, the Press, and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University:

“Finding a way to live together is not about tinkering with this or that Aboriginal policy or about expanding this or that feature of constitutional law. It’s an opportunity to reimagine our common future as a people ... The issues at stake in section 35 therefore go beyond any purely intellectual exercise. They challenge our definition of what it is to be Canadian; they are absolutely central to the economic and political future of our country.”