Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.
For November 23rd – 27th, 2020,
Local:
- UBC New Indigenized Regalia designed by Chrystal Sparrow
- Indigenous man and granddaughter handcuffed at Vancouver bank file human rights complaint against BMO, police, Angela Sterritt
for CBC News - Canada’s 1st Indigenous coast guard auxiliary has launched in B.C., CBC News
- Gidimt’en Checkpoint video in support of the national Call to Action to support and respect land sovereignty, Nov 23-29.
- Angela Sterritt and the Fight to tell Indigenous Stories Right, The Tyee
National:
- Cree mom hunger striking against $4.7 billion development agreement with Quebec, CBC News
- Army of Kwakwaka’wakw doulas are bring birthing traditions back, APTN:
Events & Opportunities:
- Jesse Wente is speaking at the VIU Indigenous Speaker Series the evening of Nov. 25th. More info here. Registration link
- View Wolastoqey: Rising Voices in Language Revitalization, CIS Director Dr. Bernie Perley’s conversation with Logan Perley and Angela Sterritt, presented by the Chan Centre./
- There are two more programs with FPCC open now. Reclaiming My Language Program: A Course for Silent Speakers, deadline to apply May 31, 2021. The Language Technology Program is also open, with the deadline to apply April 5, 2021.
- On Nov 28, join CIS Faculty Dr. Daniel Heath Justice and others for “Problematic and/or Powerful,” a discussion about the impact of narrative devices on real-world identities at the Augur Conference.
- Call for essays and art for project To Be Named: The cultural politics of naming and being named. The deadline for abstracts is
January 15, 2021. For more information click here.