Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus. We feature these as an educational resource, and they should not be construed as an official stance or reflective of the opinions or beliefs of the Institute, CIS staff or faculty.
For the week of March 21 – 25:
Local
- B.C. secondary students will need to complete Indigenous-focused coursework to graduate, CBC News
- The Nuchatlaht Legal Fight Is a Big Deal. Here’s Why by Judith Lavoie for the Tyee
- The frontline of conservation: how Indigenous guardians are reinforcing sovereignty and science on their lands by Jimmy Thomson for the Narwhal
- Sarah Hunt / Tłaliłila’ogwa, former FNIS faculty member, has received a 2022 University of Victoria Presidents’ Alumni Award. Learn more about Sarah here.
- UBCIC says Trans Mountain pipeline project a bad investment by Fraser Needham for APTN News
National
- Pandemic underscores value of culturally sensitive Indigenous health care: experts by Brittany Hobson for the CBC
- Woman outraged CIBC job application suggests traditional regalia for video cover letter by Caroline Barghout and Kimberly Ivany for the CBC
- What if the Mandalorian’s armour was birch bark instead of beskar? An Algonquin artist brings that to life by Ka’nhehsí:io Deer for the CBC
- Meet some Anishinaabemowin speakers who are passing on the language to the next generation by Aya Dufour for the CBC
International
- Disney apologizes after racist cheer performance at Florida theme park by Sarah Do Couto for Global News
- Court halts construction of Amazon’s Africa HQ on sacred land by Anna Cooban for CNN
- Tribe grapples with missing women crisis on California coast by Gillian Flaccus for ABC News