The Future Now: Canada’s Libraries, Archives, and Public Memory
This report by the Royal Society of Canada in addressing the future of Canada’s libraries, is relevant to the relationship between libraries and Indigenous memory, as well as reconciliation work in cultural agencies. The full report can be read online. Demers, Patricia (chair), Guylaine Beaudry, Pamela Bjornson, Michael Carroll, Carol Couture, Charlotte Gray, Judith Hare, Ernie […]
Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium: Call for Proposals
The 13th Annual Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium is seeking submissions for both Poster Sessions and Oral Research Presentations. The theme of the symposium is “Hands Back, Hands Forward: Indigenizing the Academy Through Relationships” The symposium is scheduled for Saturday, March 7th, 2015, at Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center. Submission deadline is January 19th, 2015, at […]
Call for Proposals – New Book: Celebrating K-12 Aboriginal Education in BC
Progress is being made to include more Aboriginal content, perspectives, and approaches in public, independent, and First Nation kindergarten to grade 12 schools throughout British Columbia. Aboriginal education curriculum, pedagogy, and policy addresses the call to make schools and education more meaningful for all Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners, a recommendation made in major provincial and […]
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: ** New ** MOOC from Jan Hare
Starting January 27, 2015, and running for six weeks Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education is a free edX MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) taught by Anishinaabe Scholar Jane Hare, and Sara Davidson. Registration is free, and more information can be found at edX https://www.edx.org/course/reconciliation-through-indigenous-ubcx-indedu200x#.VIpxR4eNWgE “Governments, school boards and Indigenous communities have identified Indigenous education as a […]
CICan releases Indigenous Education Protocol for Colleges and Institutes
Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) has launched its “Indigenous Education Protocol for Colleges and Institutes.” The Protocol highlights 7 principles that CICan has identified as being essential to meeting Indigenous peoples’ learning needs and to support self-determination and socio-economic development of Indigenous communities: 1. Commit to making Indigenous education a priority. 2. Ensure governance structures […]
iSchool@UBC: Dodson Visiting Professor of Indigenous Information Studies
Reposted from the iSchool blog. The iSchool (School of Library, Archival and Information Studies) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), is pleased to invite applications for the Dodson Visiting Professorship, named in honour of Suzanne and Earl Dodson. Located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people in Vancouver, Canada, UBC […]
The Gene Joseph Scholarship
In 1997, the British Columbia Library Association, the First Nations Interest Group, and the University of British Columbia First Nations House of Learning created an endowed scholarship in honour of Gene Joseph (MLS, 1982). The Gene Joseph Scholarship is awarded to an Aboriginal graduate student at the University of British Columbia’s School of Library Archives and Information Studies (SLAIS). […]
Celebrate Freedom to Read Week
Celebrate Freedom to Read Week! February 23 – March 1, 2014 From “Champions of Free Expression”: “Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Freedom to read can never be taken […]
The February 11th “Speaking My Truth” dialogue session
The February 11th “Speaking My Truth” dialogue session, held at the First Nations Longhouse, presented a unique opportunity for discussion with Shelagh Rogers, Mike Degagné, and Glen Lowry, three creators of the book, Speaking My Truth: Reflections on Reconciliation and Residential Schools. The conversation that took place between the audience and these three speakers was […]
Women’s Memorial March
Notice – Women’s Memorial March Carnegie Hall (Main St and Hastings St.) 11 am, Friday, Feb 14, 2014 In January 1991, a women was murdered in the downtown east side of Vancouver. The resulting movement of this murder was an annual march on Valentine’s Day to honour the lives of missing and murdered women.This movement […]
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