The Honouring Our Students’ Pow Wow 2018, hosted by the Indigenous Studies Student Union, is being held at the Goldring Centre on March 11th. As many people may have never had the opportunity to attend a pow wow, I thought…
Indigenous Language Revitalization
One of the things that brought me to Toronto was to attend George Brown College for their American Sign Language and Deaf Studies program back in 2011. Many people—myself included, prior to taking that program—assume that there is a universal…
Just Exactly What is “Idle No More”?
You've most likely seen it in the news, heard it on the radio, or seen some form of media in the last 2-3 months on an Aboriginal Movement in Canada titled "Idle No More". Is it just another First Nations…
Am I the Indian You Had In Mind?
At least twice a year, I reread Thomas King's The Truth About Stories, which is an academic staple for students in my field, Aboriginal Studies. I've noticed every year, students tend to reference and gravitate towards the story "I'm Not…