Globe and Mail: B.C. sees spike in critical injuries to youth in government care during pandemic’s first year
Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and law professor at UBC, comments on the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development withholding data.
Ubyssey: ‘It’s not some facade’: Four years after rocky opening, IRSHDC makes strides to serve residential school, intergenerational survivors
Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director, and Kristen Kozar, Digital Collections Specialist, comment on the impacts of and maturation of the Centre’s team, activities, and services.
Globe and Mail: Ottawa appoints special interlocutor for residential school burial sites
Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, law professor at UBC comments on the appointment of a special interlocutor to ensure culturally appropriate treatment of unmarked graves and burial sites at former residential schools.
The Province: B.C. introduces ‘monumental’ anti-racism legislation
In Plain Sight report by Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and law professor at UBC cited in article addressing B.C.’s anti-racism legislation.
Globe and Mail: B.C. introduces law to collect data on race
Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre, professor at the Allard School of Law, and author of the In Plain Sight report comments on traditional data from the federal census.
BC Medical Journal: Delivering respectful, safe health care to Indigenous people in BC
Further to the release of the In Plain Sight report by Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, the Joint Collaborative Committees—a collaboration between Doctors of BC and the BC government to improve BC’s health care system—have prioritized partnering with Indigenous communities and health care organizations.
Vancouver Sun: Community groups hope B.C. anti-racism law will help rather than harm
In Plain Sight report by Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and law professor at UBC cited in article addressing B.C.’s anti-racism legislation.
Vancouver Sun: B.C. prioritizing negotiation over litigation for Indigenous rights
Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre, professor at the Allard School of Law, and former judge comments on the Province’s new approach to resolving legal disputes with Indigenous Peoples.
Indo-Canadian Voice: Thousands share their thoughts on using data to address systemic racism
Recommendations from In Plain Sight report authored by Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, informs new anti-racism data legislation from the Province.
Globe and Mail: Why Ottawa dropped appeal of Catholic Church payouts for residential school survivors
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and law professor at UBC Allard School of Law, comments on the Government of Canada’s abandonment of the appeal of a court ruling that released the Catholic Church from its financial obligations to residential school survivors.