Michael Murphy is an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Indigenous State Relations. His research is currently focused on questions of state-indigenous reconciliation, and the relationship between self-determination and the health and well-being of indigenous communities around the globe. His most recent publications include ‘Apology, Recognition and Reconciliation’ (Human Rights Review, 2011), Multiculturalism. A Critical Introduction (Routledge, 2012), and ‘Self-Determination as a Collective Capability: The Case of Indigenous Peoples’ (Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, forthcoming 2014).