For those of you in the Winnipeg area, from now until April 12, the “Walking with our Sisters” art installation is on display at the Urban Shaman Gallery of Contemporary Aboriginal Art. The gallery is located at 290 McDermot Avenue in Winnipeg and gallery hours are 10am – 8pm. The gallery is closed Sundays and […]
by admin // Wednesday, November 27, 2013 @ 10:24 AM // Media, Video
At the 2013 Canadian School of Peacebuilding, the "Human Rights and Indigenous Legal Traditions" class participated in making moccasin vamps for "Walking with our Sisters," an art installation created to raise awareness of the hundreds of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada. Other CSOP participants were invited to become involved by walking alongside a […]
Ovide Mercredi, CSOP instructor in 2010 and 2012, was recently awarded the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of Manitoba’s Alumni Association. See http://umanitoba.ca/news/blogs/blog/2013/04/26/ovide-mercredi-annouced-as-2013-distinguished-alumni-recipient/ to read more about it.
A distinguishing mark of the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) has been creating space for Aboriginal voices. Each year the CSOP has offered at least one course with a focus on Aboriginal issues of peace and justice. In order to encourage Aboriginal participation at the CSOP and to help make the CSOP a gathering place […]
by admin // Saturday, December 1, 2012 @ 8:42 PM // Resources
by Jarem Sawatsky What is healing justice? Who practices it? What does it look like? In this international study on healing justice, Jarem Sawatsky examines traditional communities including Hollow Water — an Aboriginal and Metis community in Canada renowned for their healing work in the face of 80% sexual abuse rates; the Iona Community — […]
by admin // Saturday, December 1, 2012 @ 2:39 PM // Resources
First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives Edited by Catherine Bell and Val Napoleon First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law explores First Nations perspectives on cultural heritage and issues of reform within and beyond Western law. Written in collaboration with First Nation partners, it contains seven case studies featuring indigenous concepts, legal […]
by admin // Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 11:50 AM // Media, Video
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