[IPSM] Education Series: Canadian Decolonization & Indigenous Sovereignty Struggles

[Devin Butler Burke]

:::Canadian Decolonization & Indigenous Sovereignty Struggles:::
        == a free university film and lecture series ==
                   :: January 11 - May 15 ::

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"Canadian Decolonization & Indigenous Sovereignty Struggles" is a free,
12-week film and lecture series intended to increase public access to
information regarding Canadian/Indigenous relations. Canada's history and
ongoing attempts to fully colonize, or "assimilate" Indigenous Nations
into the Canadian political, economic, legal and social framework
represents the biggest social justice issue of our times. Increasing costs
have made post-secondary education inaccessible to a majority of
Canadians, and our public schools do not teach about Canadian/Indigenous
relations, especially from an Indigenous point-of-view. This Free
University series is not only free as in not having to pay fees, but also
free as in "free speech" - focusing on Indigenous voices and those of
their supporters typically marginalized from the mainstream.

for more information contact:
Shelly @ Le Frigo Vert, 2130 Mackay St. (Metro Guy), 848-7586, LFV at cam.org

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:::CANADIAN COLONIALISM 101:::

>>Friday, January 14th, 4pm @ Le Frigo Vert<<
Films: "Duncan Campbell Scott: the Poet and the Indians" & "No Turning
Back: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples"

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:::INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLES AGAINST COLONIALISM - MAKING THE LINKS:::

>>Wednesday, January 19th, 7pm @ Maison de l'Amitie<<
Report Back: Native Youth Delegation to Zapatista Territory and Indigenous
Mexico

>>Tuesday, January 25th, 7pm @ Cafe Petite Gaule<<
Canadian Colonialism: From Kanehsatake to Haiti

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:::INDIGENOUS STRUGGLES FOR LAND:::

>>Friday, February 4th, 4pm @ Le Frigo Vert<<
Films: Skwelkwek'welt Protection Center series of 3 short films

>>Friday, February 11th, 4pm @ Le Frigo Vert<<
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

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:::INDIGENOUS STRUGGLES FOR RESOURCE RIGHTS:::

>>Friday, March 4th, 4pm @ location TBA<<
"Our Nationhood" - Listuguj Mi'gmaq Peoples fight for the use and
management of their resources (96 min)

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:::CANADIAN RACISM & INDIGENOUS STRUGGLES AGAINST THE "JUST-US" SYSTEM:::

>>Friday, March 11th, 4pm @ location TBA<<
"Justice Denied" - the case of falsely imprisoned Mi'gmaq Donald Marshall
Jr. (98 min)

>>Friday, March 18th, 4pm @ location TBA<<
"Above the Law, Part 1 & 2" - State racism against Sundancers at Gustafson
Lake, BC

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:::ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, EXPROPRIATION &
DESTRUCTION OF INDIGENOUS LAND AND RESOURCES:::

>>Friday, March 25th @ location TBA<<
"As Long as the Rivers Flow" - effects of logging on the community of
Grassy Narrows

>>Friday, April 1st, 4pm @ location TBA<<
"Hunters and Bombers" - NATO low-level flights over Innu hunting
territories (54 min)

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:::INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND GLOBALIZATION:::

>>Friday, April 8th, 4pm @ location TBA<<
"Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss" - Ward Churchill lecture on
Globalization

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::: LAND, FREEDOM & DECOLONIZATION:::
May 13-14 Conference: Land, Freedom, & Decolonization
May 15: Decolonization March through the Streets of Montreal
>> more info TBA soon!!!<<<

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for more information contact: Shelly @ Le Frigo Vert
2130 Mackay St. (Metro Guy), 848-7586, LFV at cam.org