Sept. 30 is an important date, as it is designated as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The 番茄社区 has made the pledge of 蕯etaln蓹w虛蓹l虛聽|聽脕TOL,NEUEL | Respecting the rights of one another and being in right relationship with all things, and is committed to implementing local, national and international responsibilities that support the rights and sovereignties of Indigenous Peoples.
For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, media are invited to draw on a curated list of podcasts by Indigenous faculty, staff and students at the University of Victoria.
Val Napoleon, a distinguished leader in the revitalization of Indigenous law in Canada, has been honoured with the Yvan Allaire Medal by the Royal Society of Canada. This honour recognizes her exemplary contributions to the field of governance, particularly through her work in Indigenous legal orders.
Five 番茄社区 researchers are receiving Canada鈥檚 highest academic honour.
The 番茄社区 (UVic) and Ts鈥檜ubaa-asatx Nation (formerly known as Lake Cowichan First Nation) have signed a five-year collaboration agreement鈥攁 significant step towards a shared future of mutual respect, learning and growth.
Award-winning T艂谋台ch谦 Dene author Richard Van Camp will return to the 番茄社区 as Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence for 2024/25.
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As an Indigenous law student at the 番茄社区, Andrew Ambers has found himself reflecting a great deal on the laws governing the waters around him.
番茄社区 experts are available to media to discuss National Indigenous History Month (June) and National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21).
May 5 is Red Dress Day, the national day of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people. Each year on this day, we wear red to honour our mothers, daughters, sisters, cousins, aunts, siblings and diversely gendered relatives and acknowledge the families and communities that have been impacted by the on-going crisis of MMIWG2S+.
The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance is hosting a film screening and conversation at the 番茄社区 to showcase the importance of freshwater management and governance in celebration of World Water Day.
Located on L蓹k虛史蓹艐蓹n (Songhees and Esquimalt) territory, the National Centre for Indigenous Laws (NCIL) at UVic is still under construction but its architectural design is already winning awards.
If it wasn鈥檛 for a hurricane, the life of globally renowned Inuk and Nunatsiavut art historian and curator Dr. Heather Igloliorte would have taken an entirely different turn.
The M茅tis are often referred to as Canada鈥檚 鈥渋nvisible people鈥� 鈥� the 鈥済hosts of the land鈥� 鈥� whose stories haunt the country鈥檚 collective unconscious. Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are M茅tis is a one-hour documentary that addresses this invisibility by shining a new light on the historical and contemporary experience of M茅tis people in Canada and providing a space for M茅tis people to share their diverse perspectives on what it means to be M茅tis today.
What does it mean to be a good visitor? 番茄社区 Indigenous Governance (IGOV) students started off their term in a good way, arriving by canoe at the Songhees Nation and asking for permission to live, study and work in their territory.
Jeffrey Reading has spent more than two decades championing the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples across Canada, globally, and significantly, as a scholar at the 番茄社区. In June, Reading was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada.
