UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…counselling services (face-to-face, telephone, and e-counselling) through the Employee and Family Assistance Program. Contact Homewood Human Solutions at 1.800.663.1142 for 24 hour-a-day access to counselling. 24 Hour-A-Day Crisis Counseling Call…
Sixties Scoop
…was one of these areas.2 In 1951, twenty-nine Aboriginal children were in provincial care in British Columbia; by 1964, that number was 1,466. Aboriginal children, who had comprised only 1…
Berger Inquiry
…gas in the Delta to justify the pipeline’s construction. Canada Today/Aujourd’hui, Volume 8, #5, Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC, 1977. (Click image for a larger version) Within the same period, aboriginal…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…Clubs across British Columbia were united as the Indian Homemakers’ Association, the first one in the country. Charlie became the Association’s first president, and would go on to lead the…
The White Paper 1969
…Canadians to question inequality and discrimination in their own society, particularly the treatment of First Nations. In 1963, the federal government commissioned University of British Columbia anthropologist Harry B. Hawthorn…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
Musqueam Legal History — A Digital Media Archive The Musqueam Indian Band has been involved in a number of precedent-setting legal battles over the past few decades. Four of these…
George Manuel
George Manuel (1921-1989) was an Aboriginal political leader in Canada who held a number of influential roles throughout his career. George Manuel was born February 17, 1921, a member of…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…for the Application of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to British Columbia : Its Force and Effect,” thesis (LL.M.), University of British Columbia, 1987. In this thesis, Patricia Margaret Hutchings…
Calder Case
Calder v. Attorney-General of British Columbia [1973] In 1967, Frank Calder and other Nisga’a elders sued the provincial government of British Columbia, declaring that Nisga’a title to their lands had…
Cedar
Cedar is a well-known symbol of the Northwest Coast. For thousands of years, coastal First Nations in British Columbia have the versatile wood in many aspects of their lives.1 Not…
