Sep 19, 2016
Fifth annual Downtown Eastside powwow shifts focus to future generations
Megan Devlin
Organizers this year emphasized that simply bringing people together is a form of resistance.
Sep 19, 2016 Fifth annual Downtown Eastside powwow shifts focus to future generationsMegan Devlin Organizers this year emphasized that simply bringing people together is a form of resistance. |
Jul 12, 2016 Take down centuries of bloody money with Decolonize Now!Tania Ehret Amai Kuda, Kimalee Phillip, and Amy Desjarlais from Decolonize Now! discussed decolonizing social movements and the urgency of revolutionary change in education. |
Apr 29, 2016 #OccupyINAC Vancouver declares victory after ministers agree to meetingLenée Son The Council of Mothers and its supporters have ended their occupation of INAC Vancouver after Carolyn Bennett and Mélanie Joly agreed to meet with the group and discuss their demands. |
Apr 22, 2016 #OccupyINAC Vancouver continues to protest in solidarity with AttawapiskatLenée Son Vancouver #OccupyINAC has vowed to stay at the INAC office until the federal government meets the demands of the Attawapiskat Youth Council. On April 19 a rally in support of #OccupyINAC was held. |
Apr 22, 2016 Attawapiskat and the importance of communityWhy would people who are reeling from the near obliteration of their community be better off going somewhere that lacks even the shards of community left them? |
Apr 19, 2016 Black Lives Matter Vancouver chapter organizes in solidarity with TorontoLenée Son On April 17 Black Lives Matter Vancouver gathered for its first event to bring awareness to and protest anti-Black racism in the city. Check out this stunning photo essay of the event! |
Apr 14, 2016 Occupations of INAC offices continue in solidarity with AttawapiskatAlyse Kotyk Idle No More protesters and allies are occupying Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada offices in Toronto and Winnipeg in solidarity with the Attawapiskat community to demand action. |
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Dec 3, 2015 New agriculture, local food and co-ops in Ontario's NorthSally Miller While 90 per cent of the Ontario population clusters within 100 miles of the U.S. border, there is a food and farming revolution starting and stretching into the farthest reaches of northern Ontario. |
Oct 9, 2015 Jagged edges and the Indigenous voteDaniel Heath Justice Daniel Heath Justice explains why as a Canadian citizen of the Cherokee Nation he will vote in the 2015 federal election. |
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Oct 2, 2015 Federal parties failing to address faulty foundations of the Indigenous-settler relationshipGina Starblanket Federal parties are proposing policies to address what are perceived as the main issues for Indigenous communites. The dollar amounts are not only not enough, they fail to address underlying causes. |
Sep 28, 2015 ![]() Orange Shirt Day Sept. 30: Reflect on Aboriginal children in the residential school systemA day to remember the atrocious treatment of more than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children, who were taken from their families and forced into residential schools to assimilate. |
Sep 9, 2015 Biggest Toxic Tour yet exposes Chemical Valley's harsh realityDavid Gray-Donald Toxic Tour 2015 welcomed hundreds to see the belly of Canada's petro-chemical industrial beast and its devastating effects on the surrounding Aamjiwnaang First Nation. |
Aug 24, 2015 Powerful reflections on the Oka Crisis at Red Post Art ExhibitJennifer Dales Onekwenhtara Kanehtsote - the Red Post Art Exhibit commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Crisis of 1990, also known as the Oka Crisis, by demonstrating its impacts through art. |
Aug 4, 2015 UN Human Rights Committee criticizes Harper governmentEdward C. Corrigan A wake-up call for Canada: the UN Human Rights Committee subjects the Harper government to severe criticism over its shortcomings. Read a detailed analysis here. |
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Jan 22, 2015 A bold vision for Canada's futureJessie Housty Imagine Canada's future. What does it look like? In this excerpt, we read what Jessie Housty, an Indigenous community leader from the Heiltsuk First Nation, envisions for Canada. |
Jan 19, 2015 ![]() B.C.'s Tsal'alh becomes first Blue Indigenous CommunityTsal'alh has joined the 15 Blue Communities in Canada and three international Blue Communities, in Switzerland and Brazil, that are taking action to ensure the human right to water is respected. |
Oct 30, 2014 'From the Poplars' and beyond: A call for social justiceNathaniel G. Moore Canadian poetry and activism mix? You bet! 'From the Poplars' puts a spotlight on B.C. history and the Qayqayt First Nation in this call to arms for environmental consciousness. |