Globe & Mail: Canada’s residential schools were houses of pain, but survivors want these buildings to be saved
Research done by Tricia Logan, the Centre’s Assistant Director of Research and Engagement, was featured in The Globe & Mail.
CBC: So we don’t forget what happened in those schools’: Remembering Indigenous children on Orange Shirt Day
The Centre’s Orange Shirt Day activities were featured in a CBC News article.
Canadian Geographic: RCGS, Orange Shirt Society launch Paths to Reconciliation
The Centre was recently featured in Canadian Geographic.
Ubyssey: Orange Shirt Day at UBC seeks to open conversations and honour residential school survivors
The Centre’s Orange Shirt Day activities were featured in the Ubyssey.
What can you do this Orange Shirt Day?
Here’s a short list brainstorming some of the activities you can take part in this September 30th for Orange Shirt Day.
Ubyssey: Community-focused and Indigenous-driven: Despite setbacks, UBC’s Residential School History and Dialogue Centre is delivering on promises
The Centre was recently featured in the Ubyssey.
The Tyee: BC Bans ‘Birth Alerts,’ Promises More Family Supports in Bid to End Apprehension of Newborns
Centre Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, is quoted in a recent Tyee story talking about the practice which affected Indigenous parents disproportionately.
Sheryl Lightfoot discusses UNDRIP and reconciliation in online op-ed
UBC Professor and Indigenous Affairs Advisor Sheryl Lightfoot wrote an op-ed for The Conversation discussing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
B.C. ends controversial policy that removes newborns from families
Changes to British Columbia’s birth alert system are “effective immediately,” and actioned from recommendations by Centre Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, as well as others.
Issuu: ‘A shifting landscape’: amidst understaffing and policy changes, Indigenous Strategic Plan is further delayed
Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond was quoted in a recent article by the Ubyssey (Vol.10, Issue V) on Reconciliation and the Indigenous Strategic Plan.