US EditionPetitioners ask B.C. Supreme Court to force UBC to stop Indigenous land acknowledgements
- Philosophy professors and a graduate student filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court seeking to stop UBC from acknowledging Indigenous land rights, claiming it infringes on academic freedom and is a political act.
- The Okanagan Nation Alliance expressed "profound disappointment" regarding the petition, stating that recognizing unceded Syilx Okanagan land acknowledges historical truths and legal realities.
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Petitioners ask B.C. Supreme Court to force UBC to stop Indigenous land acknowledgements
A group of University of British Columbia professors, along with one former graduate student, wants the B.C. Supreme Court to order the school to stop declaring or acknowledging its campuses are on unceded Indigenous land.
The Hamilton Spectator
In the rush for Canada’s critical minerals, Indigenous rights and sovereignty are being ignored
A First Nation chief in northwestern Ontario says political rhetoric about running roughshod over Indigenous consultation to fast-track mining and other extraction projects is emboldening an abusive approach to resource engagement.
In the rush for Canada’s critical minerals, Indigenous rights and sovereignty are being ignored - The Turtle Island News
By Jon Thompson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ricochet A First Nation chief in northwestern Ontario says political rhetoric about running roughshod over Indigenous consultation to fast-track mining and other extraction projects is emboldening an abusive approach to resource engagement. Onigaming Chief Jeff Copenace says his community “fundamentally opposes” a proposed gold mine and warns that the development “will be opposed at any cost…
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