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While wildfire season and evacuation alerts have become par for the course for many communities across Canada, for Indigenous people its far too frequent. “It’s a really disproportionate impact when Indigenous people only make up 5 per cent of the population in Canada but 42 per cent of wildfire evacuation …

People often wield the same racist remarks and stereotypes in response to Indigenous needs-based stories or at Indigenous people. When communities need support you’ll often hear, “Isn’t living tax-free enough?” “Jobs are available everywhere,” “I’m tired of ‘natives need this, natives need that,’” “I worked hard and bought my house …

This First Person column is written by Jillian Sunderland, a PhD student at the University of Toronto. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I’ve gone back to the bustling streets of Bridgetown, Barbados many times, but I still feel out of step with the …