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 8-12, 2021,
Local
- Vancouver councillor proposes city implement U.N. declaration on rights of Indigenous Peoples by Chantelle Bellrichard
- Edward Rogers Just Wanted a Beer. He Ended Up Battling Racism in BC by Tom Hawthorn for The Tyee
National
- We Can’t Keep Leaving Reconciliation to the Courts by Sheryl Lightfoot, CIS Faculty member, and Joshua Nichols for The Tyee
- Northwest Territories studying alternatives to Alberta school curriculum by Janet French for CBC News
- 91-year-old among first in line as Tobique First Nation welcomes vaccine clinic by Jacques Poitras for CBC News
- Berlin Hidden Gem: Dystopian Thriller ‘Night Raiders’ Uses the Sci-Fi Genre to Confront Canada’s Troubled Past by Etan Vlessing for The Hollywood Reporter
International
- Victoria’s truth-telling commission: to move forward, we need to answer for the legacies of colonisation for The Conversation
Events & Opportunities
- The Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-Led Engagement (CIRCLE) and the CFGS Global Health Working Group are excited to present a two-night double-feature film event: Gather (March 11th) and Food is Connection (March 18th). Learn more here. To register for the Gather screening, click here. To register for Food is Connection screening, click here.
- MOA is holding an Emerging Indigenous Artist Contest, with a deadline to apply on April 30. For more information, and to apply, click here.
- Join in on a lecture series, Co-organized by Museum of Anthropology and UBC Asian Studies, and supported by The Japan Foundation, that examines histories of colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples. For more information, visit the webpage.