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UBCIC Observes the Transgender Day of Remembrance
((Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil- Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – November 20, 2020) Today the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) observes the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) and remembers the transgender lives lost to and deeply damaged by transphobia, violence, hate, and prejudice. UBCIC stands in solidarity with Indigenous and non-Indigenous transgender and gender-diverse […]
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City of Victoria: New Park for South Jubilee Neighbourhood
A new park has arrived in the South Jubilee neighbourhood thanks to the City’s purchase of a 12,700 square foot parcel of land comprised of a Garry oak meadow at the corner of Leighton Road and Bank Street. The new park is named Agamemnon and Eleni Kasapi Park in recognition of the family’s preservation of […]
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Squamish Nation: CJMC New Craft Fair- NS News Gift Guide
Nov 19, 2020 The Christmas Craft Fair will be operated through the North Shore News Gift Guide this year. Participating Squamish Nation artists will be featured in a “Gift Guide” from December 2 to December 24. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 restrictions, Chief Joe Mathias Centre will not be hosting the craft fair this year. The […]
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Sponsor steps in to revive Indigenous history book project, ensuring translation into Mandarin – UFV Today
A book about Indigenous culture and history and the impact of colonialism will be available for Chinese researchers to read in Mandarin thanks to a sponsor who has stepped in to finance publication printing costs. University of the Fraser Valley professor Keith Carlson was set to have several of his books published in Mandarin in […]
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MNBC: Louis Riel Day 2020
Louis Riel Day is going to look a little different this year. Like all other holidays this year, we will all have to do our part to keep our celebrations small or go virtual to commemorate this important day. In light of recent new restrictions in the Lower Mainland that will be in place over […]
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Building resilience around MOA’s irreplaceable collection
For more information, contact Wan Yee Lok Looking out through the panoramic windows of the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology (MOA), you can gaze across a bluff that was used for thousands of years as a lookout by the Musqueam people, on whose traditional, ancestral and unceded land the museum sits. What you can’t […]
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Learn with Louis #3 – MNBC
The Métis Family Connections team is excited to share the Learn with Louis Fall Issue. Each issue includes family-friendly educational content on Métis culture, including Métis traditions, language and activities. If you would like your family’s story highlighted in our “What’s your name, where you from” segment please email: metisearlyyears@mnbc.ca Read More: https://www.mnbc.ca/news/2020/learn-with-louis-3/
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Canada supports the nation rebuilding efforts of Indigenous groups in British Columbia to advance self-determination and reconciliation
Vancouver, BC — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada The Government of Canada is rebuilding the nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown and government-to-government relationship with Indigenous peoples through supporting the realization of their visions of self-determination. A key part of this work is through the Nation Rebuilding Program. Today, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced […]
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Lheidli T’enneh elder translates In Flanders Fields into local Indigenous dialect for Remembrance Day – CBC
Nov 11, 2020 Edie Frederick from Prince George, B.C., honours First Nations veterans with her recitation of the iconic poem British Columbians who have heard In Flanders Fields recited every Remembrance Day can now hear it read in a B.C. Indigenous language thanks to the work of Lheidli T’enneh elder Edie Frederick. The Prince George teacher, along with her mother Josie Paul, have […]
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MNBC: Videos celebrate National Aboriginal Veterans Day
Métis Veterans British Columbia Committee Chair and veteran himself, Dave Armitt, is featured in two videos produced ahead of National Aboriginal Veterans Day on November 8. The national day is in recognition of the contributions by Aboriginal people in service to Canada, particularly in the Korean, First World and Second World Wars. We aim to […]
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