Vancouver’s gold-medal holder in Olympic critique has lambasted the
Vision Vancouver-led city council for approving “an extremely
contentious bylaw that is going to come back and bite them in the ass
in 2010”.
Chris Shaw, a UBC neuroscientist, was referring to council’s vote today (January 22) to approve Leer más
More than two-and-a-half years have passed since the “Battle of the Bluffs”, when 23 protesters were arrested by West Vancouver police for blockading the expansion of the Sea-to-Sky highway through the Eagleridge Bluffs.
The Documentation Affinity
Group (DAG) was established in 2005 as a peer-to-peer network of local
action organizations across the globe, with a primary focus on human
rights documentation, to promote the exchange of ideas, information and
techniques for addressing their strategic and technical challenges.
PANEL 9.Memory, Truth and Reconciliationchaired by Marianne Stenbaek with Sue Campbell (Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University),
Neal McLeod (Indigenous S… Leer más
PANEL 1. Reconciliation: An International Perspective panel chaired by Peter Dietsch, with Jeff Corntassel (Indigenous Governance Programs, University of Victoria),Leer más
Transform Columbus Day Alliance aims to defend a future of mutual respect, collaboration and equality for indigenous peoples and the settler society. Inludes information about the All Four Directions March.
British Columbia is largely unceded and non-surrendered Indigenous territories. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics is a massive land grab, increasing displacement, ecological destruction, and continuing the hidden Genocide in Canada.
For more information about this campaign to Boycott the 2010 Olympics: http://no2010.com/
On September 26 and 27, 2008 hundreds of survivors, their relatives, academics, politicians, and human rights advocates participated in "Breaking the Silence: an International Conference on the 'Indian' Residential School Commission of Canada", held at the University of Montreal, Quebec.
A leadership development and support program for people of faith involved in social movements for justice and peace, the Interfaith Summer Institute (ISI) is institutionally housed with the J.S.
W… Leer más
On August 22 - 24, 2008, the Haudenosaunee Men’s Council, of the Iroquois Confederacy, hosted a Peace and Friendship gathering in Six Nations of the Grand River Territory (near Caledonia, Ontario).
Demontrators visit CN Railway Headquarters in the Montreal train station to demand an end to the lawsuit against 3 Mohawk defenders of the land.
Tyendinaga is a Mohawk community located on the shore of the Bay of Quinte between Toronto and Montreal, in eastern Ontario. The Mohawk Nation is one of the five original nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) is
teaming up with Media for Health and the National Society for American
Indian Elderly in a call for scripts to be considered for production
through the Native Radio Theatre Project. The goal is to produce a
series of short audio dramas that would be entertaining and educational.… Leer más
The Weeneebeg Aboriginal Film and Video Festival is a grassroots community festival that celebrates film and video that addresses the land, language, culture, its people and way of life which is special and uniqe to the James Bay area.… Leer más
The NSI-Canada with headquarters in Winnipeg, is a film and television training school. Training is based around the philosophy that the best way to learn is by doing.
The Cowichan International Aboriginal Festival of Film and Art is an annual intercultural event that is organized through the CIFFA Society (Cowichan Intercultural Festival of Film & Art Society) and co-hosted by Film Cowichan and the Cowichan Theatre in Duncan, the heart of the Cowichan region.
"Albuquerque welcomes the Talking Stick Film Festival to our city," said Mayor Martin Chávez. "Albuquerque is recognized as the Indian Capital of the United States, and we are thrilled to be the host for this all Native festival."
When the first Dene filmmaker returned home to Canada’s Northwest Territories, his people had no words for his new art. They called it "Dreamtalking". When you make films a Dene elder said, you are speaking your dreams.
The clock is ticking. Eight weeks and waiting, Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk still hopes to learn why International Polar Year Canada rejected his internet project, From an Inuit Point of View: Arctic Climate Change from the Inuit Side. … Leer más
This channel showcases Radio and Video interviews with the minds behind IsumaTV, and their reflections about its development.
IsumaTV is a collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organizations. Each user can design their own space, or channel, to reflect their own identity, mandate and audience.