Sixties Scoop
…to care for them. This transition to provincial services led to a 1951 amendment that enabled the Province to provide services to Aboriginal people where none existed federally. Child protection…
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…
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…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
What is the Royal Proclamation? The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America. The Royal Proclamation…
Berger Inquiry
In 1974, Jean Chretien, Canada’s Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) faced a dilemma. Oil and gas exploration in the Canadian north had boomed after the discovery of…
Reserves
…May 2010. 10 Harris, xvi. 11 Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs.Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy. Ottawa: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1969. Available online via…
The Residential School System (2009)
…thousands of Aboriginal children were “apprehended” by social services and removed from their families. The “Scoop” spanned roughly the two decades it took to phase out the residential schools, but…
The Residential School System
…As mentioned above, the system’s closure gave way to the ‘Sixties Scoop,’ during which thousands of Indigenous children were abducted by social services and removed from their families. The ‘Scoop’…
The Residential School System
…As mentioned above, the system’s closure gave way to the ‘Sixties Scoop,’ during which thousands of Indigenous children were abducted by social services and removed from their families. The ‘Scoop’…
