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Is sport a means for Indigenous self-determination in Canada?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guests | Transcript | Follow us Description Sports aren’t just fun and games, they’re a deeper part of who we are and where we come from. Today’s conversation is about...
Indigenous protocols for Congress 2023
York University and the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences are committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for the 2023 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The purpose of this document is to provide...
NEȾOLṈEW̱ “one mind, one people”: Radical reclamation of Indigenous languages
Big Thinking at Congress 2022 NEȾOLṈEW̱ “one mind, one people”: Radical reclamation of Indigenous languages Indigenous languages are persistent, despite having faced violent erasure and an ongoing hostile environment. In this Big Thinking lecture...
Reflections from Teachings with Elder Aimee Bailey
The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted Elder Aimee Bailey to share teachings at Congress 2022. Elder Bailey is a Knowledge Keeper from the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, the Spokesperson for The Circle of Turtle Lodge...
Education in Canada: The American Dream or the New Inequality?
The Canadian Sociological Association welcomed Dr. Terry Wotherspoon of the University of Saskatchewan to Congress 2022, for a presentation entitled Education in Canada: The American Dream or the New Inequality? Throughout the last two decades...
Shift in thinking: It all begins with decolonization
Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva's Big Thinking lecture challenges us to consider a shift in thinking, to transform how we understand and address global catastrophes.
One Mind, One People: NEȾOLṈEW̱ and the radical reclamation of Indigenous languages
“Indigenous languages are filled with beauty, like great works of art…” said Onowa McIvor, Professor of Indigenous Education at the University of Victoria. “It is really a pedagogy of hope.”
Reflections on the practice of reconciliation
Guest blog by Crystal Fraser, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Classics, & Religion and The Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.