Totem Poles
…New York Times (New York, NY), May 5, 2010. 5 Halpin, 24. 6 Halpin, 23. 7 Hilary Stewart, Cedar (Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre: 1984), 25. 8 Roy Henry Vickers, Spirit…
Constitution Express
…As a result, 41 people immediately continued on to the United Nations headquarters in New York City, and presented their concerns before the United Nations to gain international attention.15 In…
The Residential School System (2009)
…education 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…
Métis
…Diane. “The Free People—Otipemisiwak,” Batoche, Saskatchewan, 1870–1930. Ottawa: National Historical Parks and Sites, Canada Parks Service, 1990. Peterson, Jacqueline, and Jennifer Brown, eds. The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis…
Mapping Tool: Kitsilano Reserve
…village to an industrial and urban space. For a more detailed timeline, see UBCIC, Chapter 1 “Dispossession and Resistance in British Columbia.” Map, chronology and writing by Susan Roy….
Global Actions
…school system in Canada, and the industrial schools of the United States, for example). What do we mean by Indigenous? Chandra Roy-Henriksen and Myrna Cunningham at the Expert Group Meeting…
Credits
…Jessica Rosinski, Susan Roy, Dorothee Schreiber, Janice G.A.E. Switlo, Ruth Taylor, Jean Teillet, Christopher Walmsley, and Carol Williams. Website Development Arts ISIT coordination Tim Wang Design Andrew Wei (Arts ISIT)…
Lease Lands Press
…6, 1999 The Westender, January 7, 1999 The Vancouver Sun, January 14, 1999 The Vancouver Sun, January 19, 1999 The Vancouver Courier, January 31, 1999 Terminal City News, February 5,…
About the REDress project
…dresses taking over public space, streets and parks and trees covered in empty red dresses, until the whole city is mourning the loss of these women, until something is done….
About Sovereignty Performance
…small City, and to challenge the public. I wanted people to walk by, ask questions and even take part. The public reception was very positive in person! There were a…
