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Become a Mentor to Indigenous Youth as a Part of Your Reconciliation Journey
If you want to be an ally to the Indigenous community, becoming a mentor at Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) is a great opportunity. The...
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How Can You Politely Correct Someone Without Causing Guilt or Reaction?
Maybe you have recently taken one of our courses surrounding Indigenous Awareness and learned new facts about the history of Indigenous Peoples of...
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The First Thanksgiving in North America Was Not Held by Europeans
The descendants of European settlers are brought up believing that it was their ancestors who celebrated the first Thanksgiving after surviving the...
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Reflections on the National Day of Truth & Reconciliation
It is vital that the commitment to Truth and Reconciliation does not fade just a few weeks after the first National Day.
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National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, September 30
Orange is the New Symbol of Truth & Reconciliation The recent discoveries of 215 unmarked graves at a former Residential School near Kamloops,...
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Reconciling Thanksgiving
...Reconciliation is about establishing and maintaining a mutually respectful relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in this...
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Why Cultural Appropriation is Disrespectful
Randomly plucking “popularized” images of a marginalized culture for entertainment or profit without respect for or an understanding of the culture...
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The UN Declaration and Consent-Based Consultation
The Government will move forward to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples before the...
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Reconciliation Isn’t Dead. Here Are 94 Reasons Why
This year, 2020, has seen some difficult moments in Indigenous relations in this country. But, I don’t think it has been so dire that reconciliation...
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Back to School, Then and Now
This article includes a video of a conversation I had with my father Chief Robert Joseph, O.C., O.B.C., about his first day at residential school and...