|
|
Halifax: imagine a Canada that respects Indigenous rights
January 24, 2017
What do you think resource extraction and development in Canada would look like if the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was implemented? Please join us for an interactive discussion panel to learn more about this important topic.
You will hear from local experts and advocates about what UNDRIP is, how it has been contravened by projects like the Site C dam in British Columbia and the Alton Gas project in Nova Scotia, and processes developed by Indigenous communities to either give or withhold their consent. Panelists will discuss the topic in broad terms and offer specific insights into ongoing projects and what people are doing to change things.
The library is accessible by transit and the venue is wheelchair accessible. Parking is available in the back.
This event is hosted by Amnesty International Canada and the Council of Canadians, with support from Halifax Public Libraries and the Indigenous Speakers Series.
Speakers
PATTI DOYLE-BEDWELL – Dalhousie University
Patti is a Mi’kmaq woman, lawyer and writer. She has published numerous papers about Aboriginal women, employment equity, education and leadership, and teaches Native studies from a Mi'kmaq perspective at Dalhousie University.
NAIOMI METALLIC – Dalhousie University
Naiomi spent 10 years practicing law, focusing on Indigenous issues. She recently joined the Schulich School of Law’s faculty to “work for First Nations in a different way – through teaching, writing, and speaking about how the law can be a tool for reconciliation and improving the lives of Indigenous peoples.”
ROGER LEWIS – Nova Scotia Museum
Roger Lewis is a curator for the Nova Scotia Museum, and a Nova Scotian of Mi’kmaq ancestry. He is a Mi’kmaq historian and one of the first Mi’kmaq archeologists. Mr. Lewis is a member of the Indian Brook Mi’kmaq First Nations community located near Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.
CRAIG BENJAMIN – Amnesty International Canada
Craig is the national campaigner for the human rights of Indigenous peoples with Amnesty International Canada. Craig’s work has included coordination of research and campaigning on violence against Indigenous women, advocacy on a number of Indigenous land rights cases across Canada, and promotion of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
For more information and to RSVP please visit the Facebook event page.
We hope to see you on January 24!
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Venue: Halifax Central Library
Location: 5440 Spring Garden Road Halifax, ON
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378850278793280/
Categories: Native Peoples
Back to main calendar listings
Request a username and password to submit your events (free)
Find out about distributing your news releases (membership)
Please note that Calendar listings are submitted by a variety of organizations. Connexions does not endorse events or organizations, and Connexions cannot screen individual listings to ensure that they are accurate, or appropriate for your needs. If you have questions about an event, please contact the sponsoring organization.
Individuals and organizations are welcome to make use of the Connexions Calendar by contributing events or by putting the Calendar, or a link to it, on your website. (Download a banner here or here.) If you would like to contribute to the Calendar on a regular basis, please contact us so that we can arrange to issue you a username and password.
The Calendar is a joint project of Connexions Information Sharing Services and SOURCES. SOURCES helps organizations publicize their issues, get media attention, and send out unlimited media releases: to learn about becoming a SOURCES member see this page or the online form.
Terms of Use: Connexions and the Connexions Calendar exist to support individuals and organizations working for freedom and social justice. We try to feature a wide variety of events and resources reflecting a diversity of viewpoints and approaches to social change within our overall mandate of support for democracy, civil liberties, freedom of speech, universal human rights, secularism, equality, economic justice, environmental responsibility, and the creation and preservation of community. Connexions reserves the right to decline listings on the basis of appropriateness or quality, or if in our judgement they conflict with our policies against hatred, racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism or other forms of discrimination such as those based on gender, sexual orientation, age, and ethnicity.
|
Connect with Connexions
Newsletter Facebook Twitter
|
