Gustafsen Lake
Overview of the Gustafsen Lake Stand-off Gustafsen Lake or Ts’Peten, a region close to 100 Mile House in British Columbia, in Secwepemec (Shuswap) territory, was the location of a stand-off…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…refused to change the draft, arguing that the document simply extended to Indigenous peoples the rights already guaranteed to colonialists.3 The authors of the UN Declaration sought to break free…
The Residential School System (2009)
…as the general population in the public school system, and the schools were sorely underfunded. Teachings focused primarily on practical skills. Girls were primed for domestic service and taught to…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…urge you to regard 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…
Global Actions
…currently active on issues of climate change, Arctic sovereignty, and, particularly in Canada, the recent European ban on seal exports. Transnational Indigenous organizations have been created all around the world….
UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…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 call…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…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 an appointment…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…established to train young women away from perceived “promiscuity” and into domesticity, forcing European patriarchal roles onto Native women.11 If Native women did not recognize or obey European patriarchal roles,…
Métis
…is Métis and who is not. For example, urban Métis are left out of the Powley decision, even though some Métis families have lived in the city for generations. The…
Constitution Express
…Canadian history, as it ultimately changed the Constitution.1 What was the patriation, and why were First Nations opposed to it? Before 1982, Canada was a dominion of Britain. At that…