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Olympic critic says Vancouver Charter changes threaten civil liberties

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: 2010 Olympic Boycott

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 Read more

uploaded date: 28-01-2009
Greenwashing the Games: The Olympics will leave a gigantic footprint on the city

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: 2010 Olympic Boycott

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.
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uploaded date: 28-01-2009
Documenting the Truth by DAG

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Breaking the Silence: T&R

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.
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uploaded date: 27-01-2009
Interview with Daniel Ish, Chief Adjudicator, Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Breaking the Silence: T&R

CBC RADIO YELLOWKNIFE PROGRAM: THE TRAILBREAKER

(transcript)

JANUARY 22, 2009

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uploaded date: 27-01-2009
Canada slammed during UN human rights review: the state of aboriginal peoples ...

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channel: Indigenous Rights

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uploaded date: 27-01-2009
1h 36m 57s

*Memory, Truth and Reconciliation*

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Breaking the Silence: T&R

PANEL 9. Memory, Truth and Reconciliation chaired by Marianne Stenbaek with Sue Campbell (Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University), Neal McLeod (Indigenous S… Read more

uploaded date: 23-01-2009
41m 22s

*National Chief of the AFN, Phil Fontaine*

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Breaking the Silence: T&R

PANEL 9. Plenary with National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Phil Fontaine.
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uploaded date: 23-01-2009
1h 28m 5s

*Media, Ethics and Reconciliation*

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Breaking the Silence: T&R

Welcome Prayer by Mike Standup, Spiritual Healer from the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake.
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uploaded date: 23-01-2009
1h 23m 31s

Reconciliation*An International Perspective*

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Breaking the Silence: T&R

PANEL 1. Reconciliation: An International Perspective panel chaired by Peter Dietsch, with Jeff Corntassel (Indigenous Governance Programs, University of Victoria),Read more

uploaded date: 23-01-2009
41m 44s

*Welcome Prayer & Opening Plenary*

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Breaking the Silence: T&R

Opening: Welcome Prayer by Delbert Sampson, and Plenary by Eduardo Gonzalez.
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uploaded date: 23-01-2009
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: 2010 Olympic Boycott

One of the main principles of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs is that, despite our differences, we will be stronger if we work together.… Read more

uploaded date: 23-01-2009
Transform Columbus Day Alliance

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

channel: Get Involved

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.
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uploaded date: 23-01-2009

2010 Olympic Boycott

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

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/
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uploaded date: 15-10-2008
Breaking the Silence: T&R

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

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.
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uploaded date: 01-01-2009
Defenders of the Land 2008: a network of Indigenous communities and activists in land struggle across Canada

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uploaded date: 21-11-2009
Environmental Resources & Networks

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uploaded date: 21-01-2009
Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared Children

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Mass Graves of Residential School Children Identified – Independent Inquiry Launched

Press Statement: April 10, 2008
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uploaded date: 10-12-2008
Get Involved

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uploaded date: 04-01-2009
Indigenous Rights

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

Declarations, Demonstrations, Denounciations, Demands, Developments
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uploaded date: 16-01-2009
Indigenous Worldviews on Truth & Reconciliation: ISI

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

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… Read more

uploaded date: 05-02-2009
IsumaTV Interviews

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

IsumaTV's monthly newsletters features audio interviews with filmmakers, performers, artists, activists and cultural personailities.
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uploaded date: 29-12-2008
Mining Resources & Networks

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uploaded date: 11-12-2008
Peace and Friendship Gathering

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

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).
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uploaded date: 22-10-2008
Truth and Reconciliation

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uploaded date: 09-10-2008
Tyendinaga

uploaded by: Sarita Ahooja

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.
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uploaded date: 13-01-2009

32nd Mill Valley Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

32nd Mill Valley Film Festival
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uploaded date: 22-01-2009
The XIX Inernational "Message To Man" Film Festival

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channel: Get Involved

The XIX Inernational "Message To Man" Film Festival
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uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Melbourne International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an iconic Melbourne event. MIFF hosts a feast of cinematic delicacies from over 50 countries for nineteen days each Winter, heavily garnished with a range of parties and special events that cast a celebratory mood over the city.… Read more

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Melbourne International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an iconic Melbourne event. MIFF hosts a feast of cinematic delicacies from over 50 countries for nineteen days each Winter, heavily garnished with a range of parties and special events that cast a celebratory mood over the city.… Read more

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Maui Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

Submission Deadline - All film submissions must be shipped prepaid and packed in proper containers to arrive at the MFF offices no later than their respective deadlines.

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uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Indian Summer Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

Indian Summer Festival is the brainchild of Butch Roberts, a Milwaukee Police Officer. In 1985, his dream was to have an American Indian Festival to add to the other ethnic festivals that were being held on the Summerfest grounds, Henry Maier Festival Park. Roberts recruited the Warren and DeNomie families to organize the event.… Read more

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
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uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
… Read more

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
… Read more

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

In recognition of the power of film to educate and galvanize a broad constituency of concerned citizens, Human Rights Watch decided to create the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival.
… Read more

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Hot Docs

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channel: Get Involved

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary festival, conference and market. Each year, the Festival presents a selection of more than 150 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe.… Read more

uploaded date: 22-01-2009
Filmfest DC

uploaded by: IsumaTV

channel: Get Involved

25,000 people flocked to our screens to make Filmfest DC 2008 the largest film festival in Washington DC. In 2009 we are celebrating our 23rd year of bringing the best of world cinema and American independent film to the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The Festival will run from April 16th through 26th, 2009.
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uploaded date: 22-01-2009

IsumaTV

uploaded by: IsumaTV

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.
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uploaded date: 10-02-2008