Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…sidestep important questions of Indigenous rights, Indigenous economies, and Indigenous histories (including the history of Indigenous-settler relations in the fisheries). Indigenous peoples are not “stakeholders;” they have conducted their traditional…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…the Indian Residential Schools Beverly Jacobs (former President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada and Respondent at the Apology in Parliament): The Apology as a political moment; the need…
Gustafsen Lake
…get involved other than as observers. It is now generally recognized that the RCMP’s deployment of approximately 400 officers, along with increased government involvement both provincially and federally, marked the…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…in which colonial ideas perpetuated discrimination against Aboriginal women, it is important to understand the ways in which these ideas have been retained to the present day. This discrimination continues…
Reserves
…the jurisdiction of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), as stipulated in the Indian Act. Fraser concluded that INAC lacks the capacity and resources and is generally unprepared to provide…
UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…and other activity took place on campus to inform people of Indian residential school history and its effects during this time. To learn more about what happened on campus, see…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…of Indian residential school history and its effects during this time. To learn more about what happened on campus, see http://irsi.aboriginal.ubc.ca. Please note that, as described on the parent page,…
Sixties Scoop
…came together to instigate a change in the state of Aboriginal child welfare in Canada. The influential National Indian Brotherhood’s 1972 report Indian Control over Indian Education inspired Aboriginal leaders…
The Residential School System (2009)
…the circle of civilized conditions,” Davin wrote in his 1879 Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and Half-Breeds (Davin’s report can be read here.) In the 1880s, in conjunction with…

The Residential School System
…Indigenous Peoples as “proof” that Canada’s first inhabitants were ignorant, savage, and—like children—in need of guidance. They felt the need to “civilize” Indigenous Peoples. Education—a federal responsibility—became the primary means…