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 July 12-16:
Local
- Heiltsuk woman unable to restore Indigenous surname on ID because system can’t handle its spelling by Betsy Trumpener for CBC News
- Mount Douglas or PKOLS? Park getting closer to new name requested by local First Nations from CBC News
- Wilson-Raybould not seeking re-election, blasts ‘toxic and ineffective’ Parliament from APTN National News
- 13 W̱SÁNEĆ youth in the community are working diligently to construct a culturally accurate reef net to launch just off Pender Island later this summer. Read more here.
- WSANEC leadership council announces orca monitoring program. Read more about it here.
National
- ‘Reconciliation is possible’: Cowessess First Nation Chief on child welfare agreement by Jonathan Guignard for Global News
- Manitoba Métis Federation signs agreement with Canada to advance rights to self-government by Kayla Rosen for the CBC
- Check out this Instagram post about on mother’s selection of a traditional name in Denesołįne for her child.
- Indigenous experience installation at revamped Edmonton park tells truth about country’s history by Chris Stewart for APTN News
- Archive project in Yukon ‘one of the most important projects of our history’ says chief by Sara Connors for APTN News
- Indigenous Women Assume and Cede Prominent Positions in Canada in the New York Times
- The brilliance that residential schools could not stamp out by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson for Maclean’s
International
- Patricia Marroquin Norby is Bringing a Native Perspective to the Met in the New York Times
- What Western Society Can Learn from Indigenous Communities in the New York Times
Events and Opportunities
- Applications for SOUNDOFF through the Vancouver International Film Festival are due July 25, 2021. Learn more here.
- On Friday, July 23rd, celebrate CIS faculty member, Daniel Heath Justice’s new release, Raccoon. In collaboration with Reaktion Books, Iron Dog Books and the Real Vancouver Writers’ Series. 🦝 Register for the book launch here.