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We all belong to some form of culture and identify with that culture to varying degrees. Our understanding of our own cultural identity begins at birth and is developed by the environment in which we grow up. It may be a loose affiliation or the...
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There are more and more articles in the news about the value of Indigenous traditional knowledge being taken into account in climate change studies,...
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I want to reflect on how the social and political landscape of Canada is changing. It may not be as fast as some of us would like, or as...
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Language has the power to respect and honour, or, hurt and offend and that is particularly true when working across cultures. Within that frame of...
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There are lots of lore and misconceptions about First Nation totem poles. In this article, we address six of the more common misconceptions.
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What does Indigenous knowledge (IK) mean? That’s a big question because “there are approximately 370 million Indigenous people in the world,...
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Indigenous people account for less than five percent of the Canadian population, yet represent 25 percent of the total inmate population. Canada is...
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Fern Perkins coordinates the Métis Education Enhancement Program for the Métis Nation of Greater Victoria and has taught Indigenous Education at...
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The abundance of dogs in both non-Indigenous and Indigenous communities in northern Canada is an escalating animal welfare issue. This article takes...
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Canada has a complicated history with the totem pole. Totems have been misunderstood, coveted, stolen, quashed, copied, and celebrated. The first...