Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism
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Author/Creator
Tracey Lindberg
Priscilla Campeau
Maria Campbell
Description
Examines four prominent cases involving sexual violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls by white men to demonstrate how the Canadian legal system has failed both to protect Indigenous women and to properly punish those responsible.
The four cases are: R v Edmondson, R v Jordan, R v Ramsay, and R v Ramsay.
Chapter from Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism edited by Elizabeth A. Sheehy.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 29-57
Description
Author discusses novel’s criticism of white masculinity and the way in which its nature allows white men to feel that they are offering solidarity Indigenous people while effectively controlling the narrative and undermining sovereignty.
Commission came about due to numerous allegations of police misconduct towards Indigenous women in Val d'Or, Quebec. Its mandate is to investigate causes of systemic discrimination in the provision of police, correctional, justice, health and social services.
Head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission speaks about questions that need to be answered when determining whether an inquiry would be effective and meaningful for those directly affected and Aboriginal people in general.
Duration: 35:38.
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 2015, pp. 47-59
Description
Discusses two works of importance to critical indigenous studies.
Book review essay:
The White Possessive: Property, Power and Indigenous Sovereignty by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.
Mohawk Interrruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States by Audra Simpson.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1291868
Description
Studies the linguistic and cultural differences among medical institutions that challenge interpreters who know many of their clients at a personal level.
Commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA) with a brief history of changes in society since first major contact and outlines the changes which have been the result of the settlement of the land claim.
Analyzes 691 news and opinion articles published in 19 Canadian daily newspapers, Maclean's magazine and four wire services between July 31 and Oct. 16, 1995.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 137-149
Description
Author discusses different incarnations of the wiindigo narrative ranging from those found in the Anishinaabe oral tradition to those found in the journals of fur traders; examines different potential meanings and teachings of the narrative.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, 2015, pp. 69-95
Description
Investigates the details behind Jessie Schultz's efforts to mount The Masque of the Absaroka at Montana State College and how this was at odds with the predominant gender and race norms of the time.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, 2005, pp. 25-57
Description
Review of the film, The Mission, that contends the underlying message in it is to free the colonizers of their guilt and doubt, which undermines the film's central allegory of physical and spiritual genocide of conquered Native Americans.
COPA (Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions)
Description
Resource developed to encourage involvement in children's education and school, foster a positive environment for school-caregiver interactions, and suggest ways to prevent bullying and violence.
Accompanying Videos:
A Circle of Caring: 21 Short videos
Michif Version.
Inuktitut Version.
Mohawk Version.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2005, pp. 1-18
Description
Author, who was the first Aboriginal person appointed to an appellant level bench, expresses his thoughts about the impact of the Canadian justice system on Aboriginal people.
Contends that programs and services must respond to the compounding effects of oppression and repeated exposure to violence that young Aboriginal women face.
Talks about contrasts in world views and racism which perpetuate the problem of violence towards women starting from the historical point of contact.
Duration: 20:10.
Website for an interactive learning experience which teaches about the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Contains links to information for facilitators, Edu-Kit, scripts, and supporting resources (require donation to download).
Interview with artist about portrait series Perceptions, which addresses racism. Describes portraits taken of Aboriginal people in two lights.
Duration: 19:57.
Argues that adding Aboriginal perspectives to histories of political economy will result in prevention of the true and separate histories of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.