Trailblazers and Laggards
Explaining Variation in UNDRIP Implementation at the Subnational Level in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7705647 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabelle Côté (0000-0002-0502-148X, Memorial University of Newfoundland, corresponding author), Jo Anna Grant (0000-0002-6942-9126, Queen's University), J Andrew Grant, Matthew I Mitchell (0000-0003-1407-8741, University of Saskatchewan), Dimitrios Panagos (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Louis-Charles Vaillancourt (Memorial University of Newfoundland) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-29 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000842392500023x |
| OpenAlex | W4412796219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
The 2007 adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) marked a critical juncture in the area of Indigenous rights. As a nonbinding agreement, its adoption is at the discretion of each state, resulting in significant state-level variation. Importantly, within-state variations remain underexplored. These differences are potentially significant in federal, decentralized countries such as Canada. This article examines why some provinces and territories lead in implementing the key principles embedded in UNDRIP, whereas others have dragged their feet. We collected 230 Canadian regulations introduced at the subnational level between 2007 and 2023, and assessed the impact of three key variables (i.e. political ideology, resource politics and issue voting). We found that none of these variables explained within-state variations on their own. To further explore the role of these variables, we subsequently compared two provinces at different stages of the UNDRIP implementation spectrum (Québec and British Columbia
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |