Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. i-iii
Description
Introduces the articles in this specially themed issue.
Findings suggest that media coverage perpetuated stereotyping.
Honors paper towards undergraduate degree in Environment, Sustainability, and Society--Dalhousie University, 2014.
In the Province of Manitoba, In the Matter of: The Fatality Inquiries Act and in the Matter of: Brian Sinclair, Deceased
[Inquest into the Death of Brian Sinclair]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Timothy J. Preston ]
Description
Sinclair was a 45-year-old Aboriginal man who died after sitting for 34 hours waiting for medical attention at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre's emergency department.
Presents Angela White from the Indian Residential School Survivors' Society speaking on the history and impacts of residential schools.
Duration: 25:58.
Part 1.
Part 3.
Examines colonization of Canada, historical trauma, the criminal justice system and community healing programs.
Duration: 37:21.
Related material: Discussion Guide.
Provides historical background about issues relating to the play about the murdered and missing women from the "Highway of Tears", a section of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of residential schools, treaty promises, abuse in the schools and more.
Duration: 44:59.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. 51-80
Description
Discusses the inquest and inquiry into the deaths of Neil Stonechild, Rodney Niastus, and Lawrence Wegner within the context of urban settler-Aboriginal relations.
Chronicles the uneven application of justice in the frontier areas by magistrates that were closely aligned with the social and economic interests of the settler communities.
[English and Comparative Literature]Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of London, 2014.
Focuses on Halfbreed by Maria Campbell, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, and works by Gregory Scofield.
McGill Law Journal, vol. 60, no. 1, June 6, 2014, pp. 1-42
Description
Looks at the criminal prosecution of Robert Pickton in terms of judicial representation of victims, implications of jury's decision, and impact of trial on families of the murdered women.
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Presents a speech by a holocaust survivor.
Duration: 15:11.
Canadian Issues, Perspectives on the History of Education in Canada, Spring, 2014, pp. 31-36
Description
Outlines government efforts to assimilate and repress Aboriginals and argues that their identities have remained intact.
To access article scroll to p. 31.
Biographical article on the evolution in Aboriginal administration through the eyes of an officer for the Western Australia Department of Native Affairs.
Discusses a national action plan to address gaps in current policies, programs and services to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls and to fulfil Canada’s international human rights obligations.