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 August 9-13:
Local
- Sabrina Moshenko, FNIS student and Arts Indigenous Student Advisor met with FNEL alumni, Jade LaFontaine, the first student to graduate from the First Nations and Endangered Language major, to discuss Jade’s journey from her BA to MA degree. Read it here.
- You can now watch the new short documentary, “Nuxalk Radio” written and directed by Banchi Hanuse, FNIS alumni. Learn more here.
- The resurgence of Indigenous canoes by Odette Auger for Indiginews
- Squamish Nation to investigate St. Paul’s Indian Residential School for unmarked graves by Elisia Seeber for The Squamish Chief
- Exploring the deeper significance of B.C.’s beaches and mountains beyond beauty and recreation from the CBC
- Squamish drum helped cheer on Canadian athletes at Tokyo Olympics by Kathleen Martens for APTN
National
- Canada: pressure on Catholic church to compensate victims of residential schools abuses by Leyland Cecco for The Guardian
- Ottawa commits $321M for residential school searches and support services for survivors from the CBC
- Colten Boushie’s mom says healing won’t happen without RCMP apology for racial discrimination by Kendall Latimer
- Popular video game Rainbow Six Siege adds Indigenous character from Saskatchewan by Darell Stranger for the APTN
International
- Brazil Indigenous group sues Bolsonaro at ICC for ‘genocide’ from Aljazeera.com
Events and Opportunities
- CIS is currently hiring Sessional Instructors for the 2020/21 academic year. Please see the job postings here.