Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…have been not only more strict, but are more strictly enforced, and it will soon happen that it will require more labour to satisfy their wants which will also be…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…state to step up and protect us. And these stereotypes provide the justification for why the State doesn’t step up.14 Indian Act Gendered Discrimination Now that we’ve explored the ways…
Gustafsen Lake
…the rest of his article here: http://www.nationnewsarchives.ca/article/rcmp-should-avoid-waco-style-shootout-in-b-c/.) Then-Attorney General Ujjal Dosanj would infamously state, “Where’s the other side of the story? There is only one side of the story. There…
The Residential School System (2009)
…44, suicide and self-inflicted injury is the number one cause of death, responsible for almo*]}*st 40 percent of mortalities.18 First Nations women attempt suicide eight times more often than other…
UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…day, participants, who included administrators, faculty, staff, and students from UBC and other institutions, and Aboriginal leaders, school survivors, and community members, heard testimony from scholars, survivors, students, leaders, and…
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…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…event Morning Session (Nov 1) Morning Opening Remarks by Speaker Gerry Oleman; Calling of Witnesses Address by UBC President Stephen Toope Dr Wendy Fletcher (Vancouver School of Theology): History of…
Reserves
…affected most Native opportunities and movements. Once put in place, they had a long life. Only now, more than a hundred years after most of them were laid out, are…
Global Actions
…and the Meech Lake Accord. In the Pacific Northwest, The Coast Salish Gathering represents Coast Salish peoples on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. The Gathering was the first transnational…
Sixties Scoop
…of the most negative of these homes are tragic for its victims. Even the best of these homes are not healthy places for our children. Anglo-Canadian foster parents are not…
