Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.
For the week of February 8-12, 2021,
Local
- Vancouver Public Library’s new Indigenous storyteller in residence goes virtual, CBC News
- Tŝilhqot’in chief adds voice to chorus of leaders calling for unity amid reports of racism, CBC News
- Lil’wat artist Russell Wallace releases groundbreaking new album in St’át’imc language, CBC News
- Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and daughter recovering after kidney transplant surgery by Chantelle Bellrichard
- 10-year-old B.C. boy raises more than $3K for hospice that cared for his dying great-aunt, CBC News
National
- When play strikes out, resilience steps up by Hunter Lang for CBC Sports
- Online Indigenous Language Learning Opens Doors For Far-Flung Tribal Citizens for Kunm.org
- Edmonton’s new Indigenous artist-in-residence fuses cultural traditions with love for hip hop in Global News
- Congratulations to First Peoples’ Cultural Council on their 30th Anniversary. Watch their celebration video here.
Global
- Colombia’s Philosophy for Good Living by Dimitri Selibas
Events & Opportunities
- Register for the Decolonizing Settler Societies Lecture Series, January 28 – March 25, 2021, hosted by the UVic History Department
- The Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-Led Engagement (CIRCLE) and the Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement (SAGE) Program are excited to announce the first annual joint CIRCLE and SAGE Indigenous Graduate Student Conference taking place via Zoom on April 6th and 7th 2021. The theme for the inaugural conference relates to The Resilience of Indigenous Nationhood. More information about the streams and application process can be found here. Proposals are due February 26th 2021.
- On February 25th, join Dallas Hunt, David Gaertner, Karyn Recollet and moderator Lisa Jackson for a Roundable discussion. In this roundtable discussion, panelists will take up Indigenous futurisms—the projection of Indigenous peoples into imagined futures—within the contexts of the “apocalypse.” Looking specifically toward cultural and political resurgence, they will discuss representations of the apocalypse in Indigenous literature, film, and new media while tracing out the practices of care and compassion that will sustain us in the age of the postapocalyptic. Learn more and RSVP here.