Latest from Catherine Lafferty
First Person
I long to live in the bush like my grandmother did — without fossil fuels
I know I can’t go back to my grandmother way of living before industrial development took over but I might just be able to meet her halfway using today’s green technologies, writes Catherine Lafferty of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation.
Opinion
The N.W.T. child welfare system funds family separation
Canadian child welfare systems support foster families caring for others people’s children, but don’t go far enough to support children’s own, immediate family members. As Catherine Lafferty writes, more must be done to keep children close to home.
Point of View
A personal account for Indigenous women whose bodies, hearts, minds were stolen
Catherine Lafferty writes of her experience with sexual violence in a small, northern town.
OPINION | How one Dene northerner is deciding how to vote
Catherine Lafferty breaks down her views on the major parties' platforms when it comes to Indigenous issues.
OPINION | Candidates promise change, but who's ready to fight for it?
How does a member of the N.W.T. Legislative Assembly make a stand without putting their career on the line? How do you stand alone on an issue when main priorities in the assembly are determined by consensus?
Opinion
The N.W.T. may, finally, be ready for more women in gov't
Traditionally, men have dominated the Northwest Territories legislature, with only two of 19 seats going to women in the 2015 election. However, as Catherine Lafferty writes, the Oct. 1 election could be where we see that change.