{"id":423,"date":"2020-09-27T22:23:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T02:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/?post_type=cu_video&#038;p=423"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:52:58","slug":"from-an-empty-box-to-a-full-box-kent-mcneil","status":"publish","type":"cu_video","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/video\/from-an-empty-box-to-a-full-box-kent-mcneil\/","title":{"rendered":"From an \u201cEmpty Box\u201d to a \u201cFull Box\u201d &#8211; Kent McNeil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 id=\"\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section-5xl not-contained cu-prose cu-prose-dark\"><figure class=\"max-w-5xl mx-auto cu-embed cu-component not-contained\"><div class=\"relative w-full pb-[56.25%] overflow-hidden border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJk8X3GFwhI\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Kent McNeil, emeritus distinguished research professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, briefly describes the history of Indigenous peoples\u2019 constitutional rights in Canada and explains the difference between inherent and contingent rights. He highlights the importance of section 35 in the Canadian Constitution for First Nations, while also stressing the ways successive Canadian governments have and continue to fail these communities in terms of self-government. Watch to learn about his suggestions on how First Nations can take a transitional approach to self-government based on their inherent right and expressing their own laws.&nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_video_source":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OJk8X3GFwhI?list=PL2UfuGYVAdx9Km7IQpMnppLGG77153nsh","cu_video_service":"YouTube","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_video_type":[28],"class_list":["post-423","cu_video","type-cu_video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_video_type-tgp-think-tank-2017-day-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_video\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_video"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_video"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_video\/423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_video_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_video_type?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}