In The News | March 29 – April 2

Each week, we feature a few articles about Indigenous news, issues and initiatives with a local, national and global focus.

For the week of March 29 – April 2, 2021,

Local:

• UBC Okanagan to offer Canada’s first bachelor’s degree of Indigenous language fluency, UBC News
• Read about raccoons, the subject of Dr. Daniel Heath Justice’s new book, Raccoon, in The future belongs to raccoons by Alex Nguyen for Ricochet Media
• Woman’s request to register business in her Indigenous language denied by B.C. government by Angela Steritt for CBC News, featuring FNEL’s Dr. Candace Galla
• Kamloops man uses TikTok to share Indigenous culture and amasses 4M views by Carli Berry
• Legacy of famous B.C. wolf killed by hunter lives on 1 year later as a conservation project, CBC News
• Angela Sterritt has been nominated Best Local Reporter in the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards for her story about the systemic racism experienced by Maxwell Johnson & his granddaughter when they were handcuffed while trying to open her first bank account. Learn more here.
• Leigh Joseph’s (from Sḵwálwen Botanicals) film “Walking with Plants” will premier at Hot Docs Festival April 29-May 9, tickets on sale March 30.

National:

• New Indigenous media lab at University of Winnipeg to help creators combine art and technology by Lenard Monkman for CBC News
• Next steps laid out for Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s health transformation during virtual chief’s assembly by Logan Turner for CBC News
• St. Anne’s residential school survivors reject Ottawa’s request for independent review by Dariya Baiguzhiyeva
• Lakehead Law school launching Indigenous law and justice institute, CBC News
• Tlingit artist Megan Jensen tell the story of how Raven brought light to the world, under the winter sun, in the short film “Art Show of Winter.” Watch the film here.
• Mi’kmaw artists use Nike high-tops to bring beadwork to next generation by Haley Ryan for the CBC

International:

• Why forcing Covid-19 vaccines on Māori could turn people away altogether by Leigh-Marama McLachlan for The Guardian

Events and Opportunities:

• Applications for FPCC’s Language Technology Program are due April 5. For more information, click here.
• First Peoples’ Cultural Council invites Expression of Interest for Art for BC Ferries. Deadline to apply is May 10. For more information, click here.