Throughout the BC First Peoples course, we’ve had a very diverse curriculum, covering from open ended research projects to anthropological ways of thinking. The last few months have been spent putting that all together, as we did a case study on one of the most high-profile topics in reconciliation: Haida Gwaii. But not only did…
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What Makes Someone Indigenous?
There are loads of questions with correct answers, and equally many words with absolute definitions. But some questions, even as simple as they are, just can’t seem to be answered uniformly. Like what does it mean to be indigenous? Is it ancestry? Is it cultural understanding? Is it having official government status? In this BC…
The Cultural Sweet-Spot Between a “Mosaic” and “Melting pot”.
Art is one of the most objective pieces of culture out there. It’s seen differently across most cultures, and varies across an entire spectrum of seriousness. Some art has thousands of years worth of meaning, and some means nothing at all. Even the ideas of colour theory, contrast, and the psychology of art are based…
If you want to convince close-minded people, give them a way to benefit.
Hi! Welcome back to BC First Peoples! In this post I will summarize the project I worked on in December. It was a month-long group project called “Reconcili-Action!”, where each group explored a unique topic related to reconciliation, with the aim of highlighting how everyday people can take defined actions towards reaching state of reconciliation.…
Most People are Deaf in the Eyes of Justice
Rights are never truly thought about until they’re removed. And it’s simple why that is. The idea of human rights comes from the expectations that a human should be granted, which is why when people have them, they don’t think twice. They’re the norm. But the moment the things that are be expected to be…