This month we celebrate and honour Indigenous History Month & the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community together for #WorldPrideMonth. You are strong, resilient and you belong here. Share these uplifting messages with your community! #UnitedWeShine

Independent review of systemic sexual orientation & gender-based discrimination within AFN found these dominant themes at all levels of the national advocacy organization: -sexual misconduct & predatory practices -abuse of power -unwelcome touching -harassment & discrimination

Are you interested in learning the Mohawk language? This Fall Professor Jeremy Green will be teaching and Introductory course on Kanien'keha (Mohawk) Language and Culture!

This is really due to the strength and tenacity of Cindy Blackstock make sure you acknowledge the correct Cindy for this achievement!

Our response to recent revelations calling into question the Indigenous identity of Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Canada's research funding agencies developing policy to root out Indigenous identity fraud. Report says 'honour system' for Indigenous identity has been exploited, must be replaced cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

B.C. judge warns of 'tsunami' of Indigenous identity fraud cases | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

Holeh! 😮 Apple Podcasts has just named our wee podcast one of their 2024 Voices of Change! apple.co/voicesofchange…🥳🎙️ MI Host/Producer Rick Harp apple.co/mediaindigena

Lots of amazing folks have just started new faculty jobs, and it's prompted me to reflect on the last 5 years of my TT experience. So here are 15 lessons I wish I'd learned earlier as an academic:

Pro-coup protesters in Venezuela have torn down the statue of the historic Indigenous Chief Coromoto and shouted “long live Christ!” as they dragged it through the streets. Racism has long been a feature of right-wing mobilizations in the country.

We're hiring a Northern Ontario Indigenous Issues journalist! We hope to ramp up our coverage of key #Ontario #Indigenous issues, such as the increasing resistance to mining and resource extraction projects. Please share through your networks: ricochet.media/job/were-hirin…

Yellowhead is excited to announce the launch of The Treaty Map! Covering every Canadian treaty from 1763 to the present, The Treaty Map challenges the commonly held view of treaties as land surrenders and offers a comprehensive learning & teaching tool: treatymap.yellowheadinstitute.org

We are devastated to learn of the loss of our beloved leader and Elder, Mizana Giizhik, His Honour, Murray Sinclair. His tireless work to advance the rights of Indigenous Peoples and ensure the legacy of residential school Survivors will never be forgotten.

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How one can say they’re committed to Indigenization and do this, without consultation, is beyond. Most of the other programs are also in some way related to diversity and broadening community culture. Hopefully we get critical mass around it.

Shame for Toronto’s York University which suspended its Indigenous Studies program on Friday. Students will no longer be allowed admission to INDG. Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages @NAISA__ thestar.com/news/gta/york-…

“If you cut a program just because its number of majors doesn’t meet some kind of an accounting threshold, you’re being very short-sighted about the academic perspectives that are offered by the university as a whole,” said Ellie Perkins, YUFA President. thestar.com/news/gta/york-…

York Colleagues and allies: Please take action below!