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SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council releases calls to action
May 9, 2017The SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council (ARC) released its calls to action last week which will guide the university in allocating the $9 million set aside to fund reconciliation efforts on campus. In an executive summary, the council outlined its priorities for the Aboriginal Strategic Initiative fund based on feedback from the community it collected over eight months of consultations. The report was originally expected to be completed by February 2017, but the council will now submit the report to the Office of the President on June 15. A ceremony to mark the handing over of the report is scheduled for…
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Faculty launch petition after SFU cancels Aboriginal transition program
May 3, 2017Members of the SFU community are speaking out after the university abruptly cancelled the Aboriginal University Transition Program (AUTP) last month. Vice-President (VP) academic Peter Keller said that the “difficult decision” to cut the program was the result of declining…
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Week
February 14, 2017The Downtown East Side Women’s Memorial March is an annual event that coincides with Valentine’s Day, but celebrates a pressing social issue in Canadian society. February 14, in this light, is a day to remember and a call to action…
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Flicker magnifies indigenous dance in a multimedia performance
May 30, 2016Culture is always evolving, ‘flickering’ between what it was and what it is becoming. Dancers of Damelahamid carefully negotiate this in-between space in their new work Flicker, which premiered at the Cultch Historic Theatre on May 25. The work is…
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A call for inclusive climate action
March 14, 2016[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e’ve all seen the ads — the polar bears precariously balancing on blocks of ice for a Coca Cola commercial, the devastated ecosystems captured by Discovery Channel documentaries. However, what we don’t see is input from indigenous peoples on the…
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Our portrayals of indigenous struggle are far too narrow
November 30, 2015In response to the challenges ahead, our new prime minister Justin Trudeau has promised to meet with indigenous leaders before year’s end and hold an inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Although these are important steps in government-indigenous relations,…
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