Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Identity"

Attempts to ‘verify’ the Indigenous identity of faculty, staff and students, and to get rid of ‘fraudsters’ are hurtful and often based on false premises. The Inukshuk is a symbol of Inuit identity. Who gets to claim that identity is a matter of dispute. SHUTTERSTOCK/ Megan Frost Photography Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)...

APTN News: The Innu Nation grand chief is calling out two Mi’kmaw law professors in Nova Scotia after they asserted that an Inuit organization in Southern Labrador have a credible claim to Indigenous identity. In a letter written to Dalhousie University where the two work, Grand Chief Simon Pokue alleged that Naomi Metallic and Cheryl...

NationTalk: University of Manitoba, UM Today News – Months of Indigenous-led engagement sessions on Indigenous identity have led to nine recommendations and a final report that will inform the development of an Indigenous identity policy for the University of Manitoba. “Indigenous identity is complex due to centuries of colonialism and racism,” says Dr. Catherine Cook, Vice-President (Indigenous)...

The Globe and Mail: OPINION There are words that, through overuse, lose their power and authority, causing the eyes to glaze over. Sustainability is surely one. Indigenous may be another. As both a construct and a category, the term “Indigenous” first gained wide acceptance in the early 1970s, elevated by anthropologists no longer comfortable with...