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Canadian Political Science Association2025 Annual Conference Programme
The Politics of Belonging: Conflict,
Community, Curriculum
Hosted at George Brown College, Toronto, CANADA
June 3 to June 5, 20252025 Annual Conference Programme
The Politics of Belonging: Conflict,
Community, Curriculum
Hosted at George Brown College
June 3 to June 5, 2025
Provincial and Territorial Politics in Canada and Beyond
J17(b) - Roundtable: State of the Federation 2025 (2 of 3)
Date: Jun 5 | Time: 10:15am to 11:45am | Location:
Chair/Président/Présidente : Nadia Verrelli (Laurentian University)
Discussant/Commentateur/Commentatrice : Julie Simmons (University of Guelph)
Dagmar Soennecken (York University)Chadwick Cowie (University of Toronto)
Janique Dubois (University of Ottawa)
Minh Do (University of Guelph)
Adrienne Davidson (McMaster University)
Jennifer Wallner (University of Ottawa)
Peter Graefe (McMaster University )
Olivier Jacques (University of Montreal )
Abstract: In recent years, there has been a rise of provincial rights narratives in various regions of the country. At the same time, perhaps more so than in the past, settler Canadians and governments are attuned to the moral authority of Indigenous rights narratives. This volume considers how principles of federalism are reflected and refracted, in the light of these two dynamics, both of which are unfolding in an era of unprecedented social policy expansion. It seeks to explore how these two discourses and movements interact: are there instances where one serves as a counterpoint to the other? How are they possibly complementary? How have they affected social policy expansion? There are a total of 3 roundtables Roundtable 2: Rights and Social Policy in the Federation In light of the unprecedented expansion of social policy in the Trudeau era, how are principles of federalism affected or reflected? Has indigenous mobilizing to secure an end to discrimination in social policy entitlement and treatment essentially operated on a different track from questions of pan-Canadian social citizenship entitlements vs. provincial government claims that such entitlements are best crafted within diverse (or similar) provincial communities? Or, have these dynamics intersected? If they have, what have been the impacts; if they haven’t, what does this reveal about the relationship between federalism and Indigenous rights in Canada? We invite consideration here of recent changes to dentalcare, healthcare, pharmacare, childcare, and housing policy in the federation as viewed through the lens of (an) Indigenous community or peoples, and/or through federal/provincial government lenses. Contributions also consider provincial or federal responses to claims that design and delivery of social policy has discriminated against Indigenous peoples.