Tag: Indigenous
Indigenous student trustee shines light on missing, murdered women
They weren’t in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Niigonii White-Eye, an Indigenous student trustee on the Thames Valley District school board, wants schoolkids and their teachers to understand this about why Indigenous women continue to disappear or be murdered. “It’s a systemic issue that goes back generations,” he said. Prior to Red Dress […]
Western University class will share Indigenous wisdom to ‘heal’ campus land
Western students soon will be getting their hands dirty under a unique five-year land-use agreement that will see them learn how to heal the land using Indigenous wisdom.
Cornies: Pope’s apology to Indigenous Peoples may heal deep wound
Talk about a watershed moment.
Baranyai: Why are words with power to heal so hard to say?
Why is it so hard to apologize? Amid recent wall-to-wall coverage of two very different, very public apologies, the question resonates: Why are words with so much power to heal, so difficult to offer? In one corner, the actor who once played Muhammad Ali apologized for his pugnacious response to presenter Chris Rock, not at […]
Indigenous leaders speak out after Pope’s apology for residential schools
In a historic and long-awaited first, Pope Francis issued a formal apology to Indigenous delegates on Friday for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system. Speaking in Italian to a Metis, Inuit and First Nations delegation, the pontiff asked for God’s forgiveness for the “deplorable conduct” of members of the church. The […]
Police seek tips in probe of possible child deaths at area residential school
Investigators probing possible deaths of missing children on the grounds of a former Southwestern Ontario residential school are asking the public for help.
Area residential school survivor among Indigenous group meeting Pope
She’s never flown before, let alone met a pope.
Lambeth mom takes on orange crosswalk as act of reconciliation
Among the hundreds of crosswalks throughout London, there soon could be one more honouring Indigenous communities and residential school survivors.
‘Our Way Of Life’: Chippewas to honour latest language school graduates
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation is set to host a ceremony next month to recognize and honour the community’s efforts to revitalize what’s left of its language.
Q+A: First Indigenous co-ordinator at Western University’s affiliate colleges
The grandson of Walpole Island’s first graduate of Huron University College, Sean Hoogterp now has the job of overseeing Indigenous initiatives at that school and Brescia and King’s university colleges.