Land Acknowledgements: Respect or Empty Words?

17/07/2025 1h 30min Episodio 183
Land Acknowledgements: Respect or Empty Words?

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Episode Synopsis

If we keep saying we’re on “Treaty Territories”… why don’t we give it back? Do land acknowledgements actually help Indigenous peoples—or are they just empty words designed to ease guilt? 
This week, David Leis is joined by Frances Widdowson (Expert on Aboriginal Policy), John Carpay (Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms), and Marco Navarro-Genie (VP of Research at the Frontier Centre) to unpack one of the most controversial questions in Canada today: 
What do land acknowledgements really mean—and are they doing more harm than good?