ReconciliAction Resources: Current Events
Current Events
This page contains links to media surrounding current and ongoing events. Each event can be directly linked to at least one of the TRC's Calls to Action.
Canada 150 ( + )
- #Resistance150: Christi Belcourt on Indigenous history, resilience and resurgence
"Half a billion dollars to celebrate Canada's birthday. Meanwhile, over 100 First Nations still are without potable drinking water." - Explore Indigenous Communities This Summer
This article in The Fulcrum provides some examples of Indigenous attractions to explore to celebrate Indigenous 150. - Reconciling Canada's 150th: Why 2017 should start with tears.
"If we’re brave, our sesquicentennial could be a break in the continuum of this country’s story." - My Canada 150 dilemma
When the National Arts Centre approached me about producing a play about John A. Macdonald, I was puzzled. Why me?
By Drew Hayden Taylor
MMIW
- “Newsworthy” Victims? Exploring differences in Canadian local press coverage of missing/murdered Aboriginal and White womenThis paper raises concerns about the broader implications of the relative invisibility of missing/murdered Aboriginal women in the press, and their symbolic annihilation from the Canadian social landscape.
- Sources of Information on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsA specialized research guide prepared by the Departmental Library at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC).
- Former TRC chair hopes missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry hears testimony soon"The hard part is getting started and that's what we found at the TRC," he said. "Once we got started in the community hearings, then it became a ride that just took care of itself. Then we were getting constant demands from people to come to their communities and talk to them."
Cultural Appropriation in CanLit
- On Cultural Appropriation, Canadians Are HypocritesCitizens of this country believe in the value of protecting one’s culture—except when it comes to Indigenous people
- How some people are missing the point on cultural appropriation
It seems increasingly clear cultural appropriation’s champions aren’t interested in nuance or even free speech—they’re interested in hegemony - 3 Indigenous writers discuss cultural appropriation with CBC's Rosanna Deerchild"The fallout from the "appropriation prize" controversy in the wake of an editorial published in Write magazine has left many wondering what exactly constitutes cultural appropriation, and how it is different, if at all, from appreciation."