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Exhibiting Nation: Multicultural Nationalism (and Its Limits) in Canada’s Museums
Exhibiting Nation: Multicultural Nationalism (and Its Limits) in Canada’s Museums begins with my memories of visiting the Royal BC Museum as a child, as a young adult, and later as a museum scholar. I have a nostalgic fondness for this museum and its...
Research into Asia-Pacific truth commission shows truth and reconciliation as ongoing, activist processes
Does a truth and reconciliation process end when a truth commission hands in its final report? The experience of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) brutal residential schools system implies that it definitely should not. The...
Ryerson presents… An evening with Cornel West
Celebrating Congress 2017, Ryerson University is pleased to present “An evening with Cornel West.” Known for his passion, humility, grace and humour, Cornel West is one of America’s most outspoken critics on race, poverty and democracy. The Princeton...
Polaris: The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition, 1871-73
Charles Francis Hall’s American North Pole Expedition was probably the most bizarrely disastrous expedition in the history of polar exploration. Although quite lavishly financed by the United States government and blessed with unusually favourable...
Indigenous ways of knowing and the academy: Part 2 of 2
Read Indigenous ways of knowing and the academy: Part 1 of 2 On April 26 I published a guest post on this Federation blog on Indigenous ways of knowing and the academy. Here I want to share more details of a specific gathering at Congress 2017 that...
Indigenous ways of knowing and the academy: Part 1 of 2
Read Indigenous ways of knowing and the academy: Part 2 of 2 I had the privilege of attending a conference marking the 20th anniversary of the release of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People (RCAP, 1996) last November. One of the participants at...
International student explores Indigenous youth wellbeing with arts and culture
Jessica Blain was a third-year undergraduate student from Australia’s University of Sydney. Through a Mitacs Globalink Research Internship at Concordia University, she helped evaluate the impact of a community-based theatre program on the wellbeing...
Sounding Thunder: The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow
Francis Pegahmagabow (1889–1952), a member of the Ojibwe nation, was born in Shawanaga, Ontario. Enlisting at the onset of the First World War, he became the most decorated Canadian Indigenous soldier for bravery and the most accomplished sniper in...
Litigation and negotiation work together to advance Aboriginal rights, says professor
As a historian specializing in Aboriginal rights and history, Arthur J. Ray has often been called as an expert witness in court proceedings involving Aboriginal land claims. After decades of research, and many appearances in court, Ray found himself...