residential schools

An Act of Genocide: Canada’s Coerced Sterilization of First Nations Women

by Courtney ParkerNovember 15, 2018

Canada’s role in the forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women has only recently begun to emerge within a more complete and historical context. As researchers continue to dig through historical records to examine the extent to which First Nations women were sterilized without their informed consent since confederation, a new Saskatchewan lawsuit has opened […]

Native America: Disenfranchised and Under Attack

by Courtney ParkerOctober 22, 2018

To say that the past 500 or so years have been a difficult time for Native Americans is a monumental understatement. However, America’s longstanding genocidal assault is far from a distant memory. This past month alone has reminded us all too clearly that America’s war on Native America is ongoing . U.S. District Judge Reed […]

There are hundreds of thousands of Indigenous children in residential schools around the world today

by Jo Woodman and Alicia KroemerSeptember 28, 2018

On September 30, communities across Canada will be commemorating ‘Orange Shirt Day’, an annual event that is helping Canadians remember the thousands of Indigenous children who died in Residential Schools, and to reflect on the intergenerational trauma that was caused by the Residential school system. Similar school systems were also run in the US, New […]

Reconciliation requires more than symbolic gestures

by James R. Miller, The ConversationAugust 20, 2018

In explaining the decision by the city of Victoria to remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from a prominent location outside its city hall, Mayor Lisa Helps tied the action to the cause of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. “It’s been a year of discussion and deliberation, and we realized it’s going […]

Mistissini Healing

by John Ahni SchertowNovember 19, 2016

MISTISSINI HEALING is a short documentary film that will introduce you to three Cree youth who are trying to heal from the inter-generational impacts of Canada’s Residential School system. Set in the Cree village municipality of Mistissini in the territory of Eeyou Istchee in northern Quebec, the film will show you first hand how these […]

Settler-Colonialism and Genocide Policies in North America

by John Ahni SchertowNovember 28, 2015

In this lecture, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States,” discusses the reality of former US policy and practice towards Indigenous Peoples not merely as “racist” or “discriminatory” deeds but as precise occurrences of genocide. Noting that Canadian history holds a similar–albeit less severe–legacy of genocide, Dunbar-Ortiz demonstrates how the […]

Taken From Families, Indigenous Children Face Extreme Rates of State Violence in US

by Britney Schultz, TruthoutAugust 18, 2015

The plight of Indigenous children recently made headlines, as Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a damning report calling the country’s long-held policy of removing Native children from their families by force and placing them in state-funded residential schools “cultural genocide.” According to the report, even before Canada was founded in 1867, churches were operating […]

Fool me once: Colonialism denial finds a happy home in Canadian media

by Chelsea VowelSeptember 23, 2013

Just one day after tens of thousands people took to the streets of Vancouver in support of reconciliation, the Nanaimo Daily News once again published a racist rant making it clear that for too many Canadians, reconciliation is really about soothing the discomfort of settlers who do not want to take responsibility for Canada’s annihilationist […]

Recognition, Reconciliation and Resentment in Indigenous Politics

by John Ahni SchertowNovember 26, 2011

An insightful and politically-charged lecture by Dr. Glen Coulthard on “Recognition, Reconciliation and Resentment in Indigenous Politics.” This lecture was held on November 16 at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC. Dr. Glen Coulthard is an assistant professor in the First Nations Studies Program and the Department of Political […]

Cycles of the Element

by John Ahni SchertowOctober 22, 2011

Cycles of the Element is an upcoming documentary film about the effects of colonization on indigenous nations, and how to spark change from within to rise above it. Written and Directed by Sean Tambour Marshall, Slavey, Cycles of the Element is expected to be out during the first quarter of 2012. In the director’s own […]

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