Sixties Scoop
…Promises: Parents Speak Out about B.C.’s Child Welfare System. Pivot Legal Society, 2008. Available online at: https://www.pivotlegal.org/broken_promises White, Lavina and Eva Jacobs. Liberating Our Children, Liberating Our Nations: Report of…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission website: Backgrounder. www.trc-cvr.ca/28_04_08.html 23 Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society website, “About Us.” http://www.irsss.ca/about_us.html 24 National Residential Schools Survivors Society website, “About Us.” http://www.nrsss.ca/…
Ipperwash Crisis
…During World War II, the federal government decided to build a military camp on reserve land occupied by the Stony Point First Nation and located in Ipperwash Provincial Park,…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…technological mediums where languages have been encapsulated, with the intention of ‘preservation’, but none have been overly successful. My theory is that these encapsulations have failed due to the lack…
Métis
…Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture, by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research. http://www.metismuseum.com/ Political Organizations Métis National Council: http://www.metisnation.ca/ Métis Nation of BC: http://www.mnbc.ca/…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…13 Stephen Hui, “Throne Speech Offers “Illusion of Support” for U.N. Declaration, First Nations Leader Says,” The Georgia Straight, March 3, 2010, . 14 Ibid. 15 Lightfoot. 16 Ibid. 17…
Community & Politics
…National Council – http://www.metisnation.ca/ Pauktuutit – http://www.pauktuutit.ca Direct Actions Instances of direct action, such as blockades, are frequently presented to and interpreted by the public as being a nuisance, caused…
Totem Poles
…be the tallest type of pole, particularly among the Tsimshian of the Nass and Skeena Rivers in central British Columbia. Less commonly, some First Nations carved “shame poles” to ridicule…
ILO Convention 107
…in 18 countries.3 By Erin Hanson. Links & Recommended Resources International Labour Organization website: www.ilo.org Convention 107: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/fp=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C107 “Indigenous and Tribal Peoples” https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/indigenous-tribal/lang–en/index.htm Nations that ratified Convention 107: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11300:0::NO:11300:P11300_INSTRUMENT_ID:312252 Endnotes…
ILO Convention 169
…What is the International Labour Organization Convention 169 (1989)? The International Labour Organization (ILO) is an agency of the United Nations dedicated to improving working conditions of the citizens…
