Mapping Tool: Kitsilano Reserve
…In 1869, the colonial government set aside a small Indian reserve at the creek mouth, and in 1877, the government allotted the reserve to the Squamish alone. Over time these…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…Indian Residential Schools. On November 1, 2011 the UBC First Nations House of Learning, in collaboration with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, hosted a day-long event addressing the history…
Enfranchisement
…Aboriginal peoples. Voluntary enfranchisement was introduced in the Gradual Civilization Act of 1857 and was based on the assumption that Aboriginal people would be willing to surrender their legal and…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…northern Manitoba. Swampy Cree is our dialect. I was raised there, but am currently living in Winnipeg, after an eleven year hiatus in Vancouver, BC. When creating a new piece,…
Jaime Black
The REDress Project About Jaime Black About the REDress Project (c) 2010 Jaime Black. The REDress Project. Photo credit: Jaime Black. (c) 2010 Jaime Black, The REDress Project….
Identity
…Identity negotiations produce categories that can exclude as much as include particular groups of people. These categories create blanket assumptions and stereotypes accepted as natural by outsiders, and may also…
Canadian Press, June 14, 1983
…16, 1979 The Province, September 24, 1979 The Province, September 30, 1981 The Vancouver Sun, December 22, 1982 The Vancouver Sun, July 4, 1981 The Vancouver Sun, September 20, 1979…
R. v. Guerin Press
…The Province, May 8, 1973 The Province, September 16, 1979 The Vancouver Sun, September 19, 1979 The Vancouver Sun, September 20, 1979 The Province, September 24, 1979 The…
R. v. Sparrow Press
…The Province, July 18, 1967 The Vancouver Sun, August 20, 1988 The Vancouver Sun, November 4, 1988 The Vancouver Sun, May 28, 1990 The Vancouver Sun, May 31,…
