Persons Day: The Indigenous Famous Five Contingent (Updated Version)
© Lynn Gehl Persons Day, October 18th, is a day when many women’s groups celebrate the efforts of The Famous Five for their role in gaining women’s rights in Canada. […]
© Lynn Gehl Persons Day, October 18th, is a day when many women’s groups celebrate the efforts of The Famous Five for their role in gaining women’s rights in Canada. […]
Keara Lightning: “Indigenous scholar, activist, environmentalist, community builder, skilled writer, quiet leader, and an inclusive teacher with deep convictions and a passion for the many initiatives she takes on and […]
By Melodie McCullough (For an update on Bill S-3 see: https://www.change.org/p/canadian-government-remove-all-of-the-sex-discrimination-in-the-indian-status-registration-provisions-of-the-indian-act-enough-is-enough/u/20879596?) After 32 years of fighting the Canadian government over sex-discrimination in the Indian Act — and an Ontario Court of […]
Photo Credit: The Senate of Canada By Lynn Gehl, Ph.D. When Members of Parliament and Senators borrow, assimilate, or adopt gender-neutral language such as “unstated parentage” or “unnamed parent” when […]
By Lynn Gehl, Ph.D In the last few weeks and months much has been said about Joseph Boyden and Indigenous identity. Situated as I am in a section 15 Charter […]
Rain gardens that filter pollutants; shoreline naturalizations; aid for at-risk species; traditional medicine food gardens; storm and ground water management with low-impact solutions –it’s all part of Youth for Water […]
Introducing Intersectionality When creating a more liberating world inclusive of all people, an intersectionality lens, or an intersectionality methodology, is required. Intersectionality theory was first articulated by Black women who were dissatisfied with the efforts and knowledge emerging from White feminism as it fails to speak to their experience. In […]
…and relearn Canada’s history. “Blankets infected with the deadly smallpox virus were given or traded to you by British military leaders. You died from small […]
Local Group Participates in Walk to Save Indigenous Sacred Site From Condos, Office Towers and Pavement By Melodie McCullough Algonquin Grandmothers and Elders of the Ottawa River region, and […]
Edward George and the Nibi Onji Canoe Journey “What more must we do?” “What is the water asking of us?” ” What must we come to understand in […]
By Melodie McCullough So far Canada’s federal government has spent $762,827.48 and 30 years trying to make Lynn Gehl disappear. It hasn’t worked. Gehl wants First Nation Indian status, and, although she lost a […]