By Colleen Flaherty. U of Hawaii is in conflict with itself as it pursues the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea while also being a leading indigenous institution. More...
Three charts on: how uncapped university funding actually boosted Indigenous student numbers
Budget lessons in the politics of Indigenous self-determination
Home game: Rethinking Canada through Indigenous hockey
Racism alleged as Indigenous children taken from families – even though state care often fails them
This is not unusual. Indeed, it is an increasingly frequent occurrence. Between 2015 and 2018, the number of Māori babies removed by the state increased by 33%. In 2018, the removal rate was 102 per 10,000 Māori births, compared to 24 per 10,000 births for the rest of the population. More...
Études post-secondaires: en faisons-nous assez pour les jeunes autochtones ?
Special issue of IRE explores Indigenous knowledges as vital contributions to sustainability
The February issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) looks at Indigenous ideas, practices and visions of education that hold direct benefit for Indigenous peoples and broader impacts for all peoples. It features seven articles by Indigenous scholars from territories which now form part of Kenya, the United States, Mexico, and Peru. More...
International Year of Indigenous Languages: Complexities of celebration (Advocate 26 01)
In the International Year of Indigenous Languages, I yearn for more. More talking with Elders, more family, more Country, more story, more relational voice to the world, more of our own languages in the everyday. And yet I know this year will be no different unless things drastically change. Not in terms of voices to parliament or closing gaps, but in terms of the everyday lived experience of our children. These changes must shift the way we make meaning and experience life. This is personal, this is intergenerational. For real change I must transform my own life within my family, in the city, because it is the Western meaning making systems that raise and bind our children into this society, this shared reality. More...