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Ken Coates
Last published Aug. 2025 · On our record since 2007
Where this writer stands
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Recent work
- Opinion: The Provincial North is the centrepiece of Canadian nation-buildingOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 10, 2025
- Opinion: Arctic security must be a top priority for Canada – not an afterthoughtOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 23, 2025
- Murray Sinclair sought to build a pathway toward mutual understanding and healing for future generationsOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 6, 2024
- Opinion: Supreme Court gives government a spanking for failing to uphold Indigenous treaty rightsOpinion · National Post · Aug 21, 2024
- Opinion: In handling windfall payments, Indigenous groups are focusing on the collectiveOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 16, 2024
- Opinion: The government’s bill on Métis rights has ignited a messy fight with First NationsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 2, 2024
- Opinion: Counterprotests are turning up the heat of public debate in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 12, 2024
- Opinion: An era of justice is quietly delivering huge payback to Indigenous communitiesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 29, 2023
- Opinion: How a mining standoff in Saskatchewan can be a boon to both reconciliation and the economyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 6, 2023
- The Arctic is more important than ever, why is Canada paring back its Arctic engagement?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 12, 2023
- Opinion: The Ontario treaty deal is a game-changer for Indigenous rightsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 22, 2023
- Opinion | Buying back Canada: Indigenous investors are no longer small-time playersOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 14, 2023
- Buying back Canada: Indigenous investors are no longer small-time playersOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 14, 2023
- Opinion: Slowly but surely, Indigenous Peoples are gaining control of traditional landsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2023
- Coates: Global lessons from the Rohingyan refugee crisisOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 23, 2023
- Coates: Global lessons from the Rohingyan refugee crisisOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 22, 2023
- Opinion: Understanding Indigenous pain is vital. But it is not enough, on its ownOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 6, 2023
- Opinion: Immigration is changing Canada for the better. But the conversation can’t end thereOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2022
- Opinion | The heavy hand of Canadian paternalism is still disrupting Indigenous communitiesOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 19, 2022
- Opinion: The great Saskatchewan River Delta is a good place to start resetting our ecological compassOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 21, 2022
- Opinion: In this devastating moment, Canada must support the James Smith Cree NationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 5, 2022
- Opinion: Complacent or just sleepwalking? Canada needs to find its identity, and its way, in the 21st centuryOpinion · Calgary Herald · Aug 18, 2022
- Opinion: Complacent or just sleepwalking? Canada needs to find its identity, and its way, in the 21st centuryOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 17, 2022
- Opinion: After papal visit, let's hope journey toward reconciliation continuesOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 6, 2022
- Ken Coates: Canada is a country without a centre, without a purposeOpinion · National Post · Aug 6, 2022
- Opinion: After papal visit, let's hope journey toward reconciliation continuesOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 5, 2022
- Opinion: Canada’s paternalistic mindset toward supporting Indigenous communities just doesn’t workOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 4, 2022
- Opinion: Acknowledging Canada’s past blemishes is cause for hope, not despairOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 30, 2022
- Ken Coates: Balancing economic development with environmental protectionOpinion · National Post · Jun 17, 2022
- Opinion: Indigenous resource management guarantees cultural survival, with the benefits passed on to everyoneOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 10, 2022
- Ken Coates: Is the public service up to managing the Liberals' huge expansion of government?Opinion · National Post · May 8, 2022
- Opinion: First Nations court case in B.C. could be Canada’s game-changerOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 25, 2022
- Coates: The Pope’s apology to Indigenous people matters — but it's just the startOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 11, 2022
- Ken Coates: At least the Freedom Convoy stood up to be countedOpinion · National Post · Feb 25, 2022
- Coates: COVID's disruption to education is hurting Indigenous kids the mostOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 17, 2022
- Opinion: Canada’s failure to properly respond to protests threatens democracy and the rule of lawOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 3, 2021
- Opinion | How the rest of Canada should respond to the Alberta equalization referendumOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 26, 2021
- Opinion | Indigenous peoples did nothing wrong to the government of CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 17, 2021
- Opinion: Indigenous leaders have shown remarkable grace in the wake of horrifying discoveriesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 19, 2021
- Opinion: Canada’s courts and governments have themselves to blame for the lobster-fishery disputeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 14, 2020
- Opinion: How Canada’s oil and gas industries assist in the project of reconciliationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 1, 2020
- Post-secondary education this fall will be a tumultous experimentOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 3, 2020
- Theresa Tait-Day and Ken Coates: Stand down and let the Wet’suwet’en revitalize their political systemOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 7, 2020
- Theresa Tait-Day and Ken Coates: Stand down and let the Wet’suwet’en revitalize their political systemOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 7, 2020
- Opinion: Don’t confuse support for the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs with the spirit of Idle No MoreOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 12, 2020
- Opinion: How a 20-year-old fishery ruling has redefined First Nations relations in the MaritimesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 28, 2019
- Rural Canada doesn’t need subsidies to fill the Greyhound gapOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 13, 2018
- First Nations must have prominent, equal role in development projectsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 30, 2018
- First Nations must have prominent, equal role in development projectsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 30, 2018
- Coates: Helping Indigenous Peoples is about more than embracing UN declarationsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 19, 2017
- Coates: Helping Indigenous Peoples is about more than embracing UN declarationsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 19, 2017
- We need a better system to grade postsecondary schoolsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 13, 2016
- Canada must build partnerships with indigenous peoplesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 11, 2016
- Canada must build partnerships with indigenous peoplesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 11, 2016
- Canada must build partnerships with indigenous peoplesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 11, 2016
- Reasons for optimism among the energy sector gloomOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 17, 2016
- McLachlin said what many have long knownOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 31, 2015
- Opinion: B.C. has a partner in First NationsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 24, 2015
- Canada’s stake in Perry BellegardeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 11, 2014
- Tsilhqot’in ruling brings Canada to the tableOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 10, 2014