UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…their participation with respect. Counseling Support Services UBC Students Counselling Services provides counselling to UBC students. The team includes an Aboriginal counsellor with experience working with Aboriginal communities. To book…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…recognize the potential these words may hold— but it is also important and very possible to understand these terms well enough to feel confident in using them and creating dialogue….
Land & Rights
…ecosystems. As scholars Bonita Lawrence and Enakshi Dua point out using historical examples, “to separate Indigenous peoples from their land” is to “preempt Indigenous sovereignty.” Land and Aboriginal rights are…
Indian Status
…Nations, and therefore the government created a definition of “Indian” in order to administer services and resources to the appropriate people (namely, Aboriginal peoples). However, in using legislation to determine…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…being confined to a reserve, our traditional men and women lost their responsibilities in using their strengths, either physically or mentally. Women were thought of as property by our O…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…official announcements, and cautions that by using these terms the governments in question seek to exempt themselves from any legal responsibility to the UNDRIP. 6 In Australia’s April 2009 official…
About Indigenous Foundations
…system was created specifically for Indigenous Foundations by Shaffiq Rahemtullah and Linc Kesler. Indigenous Foundations operates using a navigation system that will link related topics together as you navigate through…
