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 September 13-17:
Local
- Demanding Kinder Classrooms Doesn’t Make You a Snowflake by FNIS Professor Daniel Heath Justice for the Walrus
National
- Alberta won’t recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, angering advocates by Tamara Pimentel for APTN
- This plant medicine teacher is reclaiming Anishinaabe names for species. Why that could be good for the planet by Duncan McCue for CBC
- First Nations women sue Ottawa alleging systemic racism against Indigenous public servants by Brett Forester for APTN
- He created a logo to honour residential school victims. Now retailers are using it to ‘make a buck’ from As it Happens for the CBC
International
- Reservation Dogs: a groundbreaking, hilarious sitcom about Native American teens by Adrian Horton for the Guardian
Events and Opportunities
- Applications now open! Columbia University’s 2022 International Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Policy (Online: 19 May to 11 June 2022). Partners are the University of Auckland and #UBC! Application deadline October 31st! Learn more here.