UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…see http://irsi.aboriginal.ubc.ca. 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 an appointment…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…personal exploration, thus creating a dynamic future for ourselves. Awards for Nikamowin (Song) Canada’s Top 10 Short Films of 2008 – Toronto International Film Group (Toronto, ON) Best Experimental –…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…the constitution.4 It took two years and the raising of concerns before an international audience, including the United Nations and the British Parliament, before the Canadian government finally agreed to…
Sixties Scoop
…Rights of the Child, an international instrument that set out the minimum standards of human rights for children everywhere. Although Canada helped draft the Convention, in 2007 UNICEF reported that…
Terminology
…Aboriginal groups. It is most frequently used in an international, transnational, or global context. This term came into wide usage during the 1970s when Aboriginal groups organized transnationally and pushed…
Bill C-31
…upheld the Indian Act, Lovelace took her case before the UN Human Rights Committee, which, in 1981, found Canada in breach of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights….
