...If the NDP can do that, they will take a lot of steam out of OneBC and the BC Conservatives and the rising tide of anti-Indigenous politics. The longer they dither and delay, the more space they give to the far-right to harvest hate and benefit politically to the great detriment of society."
...We also need to put pressure on the BC NDP to make good on their promises, to work and resolve many of these issues quickly and in a just and fair way....
"Today, we can demand our politicians do better. That includes putting pressure on the BC NDP and all parties. If we want to have a better relationship with Indigenous people, we can’t just say, well, OneBC and the BC Conservatives are the problem...
The last part of the article (in the OP), where I connect the OneBC drama and denialism to the BC Conservatives' push to repeal DRIPA and the NDP's lack of pushback - I think sets the stage for what we might see unfold this week and this Spring in BC...
Back in January, I tried to lay out some of this "war on reconciliation," and how residential school denialism was being used as a wedge to introduce a larger assault in Indigenous Peoples.
The anti-Indigenous rhetoric coming out of BC politics right now is troubling. It's being led by the right, as I've explained, but the NDP's lack of leadership and courage in confronting it is equally troubling, I argue for @canadiandimension.bsky.social: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Indian Act. Over on @activehist.bsky.social, we’re running a year-long series examining its controversial history. Here’s the series introduction I contributed to: activehistory.ca/blog/2026/01...
We’ve reached the Make BC Racist Again part of the BC Conservative leadership campaign. Be proud of shelling Indigenous communities with gunboats? Forced re-education for children? Ignoring Canadian law and reusing to sign treaties only to cause future problems? Embarrassing stuff.
TODAY don't miss @unrigged.bsky.social's PROGRESSIVE PUBLICS symposium @uwinnipeg.bsky.social from 12-5 featuring @readtheorchard.org @robertalexier.bsky.social @seancarleton.bsky.social @breachmedia.ca's El Jones + more
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THIS SATURDAY don't miss Unrigged's PROGRESSIVE PUBLICS symposium @uwinnipeg.bsky.social from 12-5 featuring @readtheorchard.org @robertalexier.bsky.social @seancarleton.bsky.social @breachmedia.ca's El Jones + more
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This was a true face melter. Highly recommend: Silencing The Past: Power and the Production of History.
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This is a good article. Archives matter for residential school research bsky.app/profile/ccoa...
Reminder: the deadline to submit a proposal for the Canadian History of Education Association conference, in Winnipeg October 15-17 2026, is this Friday, March 13. Panels and individual proposal can be submitted here: uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....
Please join the Department of History at the University of Manitoba in welcoming SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Cathleen Clark to campus next Wednesday, March 18, for a talk on Indigenous Education Activism in the 1960s. All welcome. There will be donuts :)
Here's an important piece by Ellen Gabriel on the impacts of Bill C-5 and the need for interspecies solidarity against new waves of extractive settler capitalism: davidsuzuki.org/story/regres...
This is Sept 30, 2021 in Winnipeg. One of the largest marches in the city’s history.
This is Sept 30, 2021.
Exactly. Wish we didn't have to do this - hope this helps end the denialist movement and we can move on.
🚨 @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I - along with a dream team of incredible collaborators - are excited to announce a new book challenging residential school denialism!
Truth Before Reconciliation will be released in September with the University of Manitoba Press: uofmpress.ca/books/truth-...
Book cover: Red, yellow, black Indigenous Rights in One Minute. What you need to know to talk reconciliation Bruce McIvor
Saturday | 11:30 PT Lawyer Bruce McIvor joins us to talk about his essential book: Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation, from November.
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When a residential school denialist shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
It has come to light Widdowson has been working with a Holocaust denier and Nazi sympathizer to make her "documentaries," including a new denialism documentary Juno was paying her to make. Womp womp.