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“Walking with Our Sisters” comes to Winnipeg

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 Mondays.

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 visual representation of our forgotten sisters, created by class members.

Check out the video of the CSOP work on this project, get more information on “Walking with our Sisters” and, for those of you outside of the Winnipeg area, take a look at the exhibition touring calendar to find out when the installation will be in your area

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CSOP Participates in “Walking with our Sisters”

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 visual representation of our forgotten sisters, created by class members.  Check out the video below about this project at the CSOP and go to http://walkingwithoursisters.ca/ for more information on the art installation.

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Waseskun CSOP Bursary established

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 of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people across Canada, the Waseskun (the Cree word for “the moment after a storm when the sun begins to shine through”) Canadian School of Peacebuilding Bursary has been established to provide financial support to an Aboriginal or Métis participant.

All Aboriginal and Metis CSOP participants are eligible to apply for the Waseskun CSOP Bursary.  Funds for bursary assistance are limited.  CSOP/CMU cannot guarantee any assistance, but will consider and assess each application carefully in relation to all other applications received.  To apply, please submit a completed Waseskun CSOP Bursary Application 2013 along with a CSOP application (http://csop.cmu.ca/index.php/registration/).

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The Ethic of Traditional Communities and the Spirit of Healing Justice: Studies from Hollow Water, the Iona Community, and Plum Village

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 — a dispersed Christian ecumenical community in Scotland known for their work towards peace, healing, and social justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship; and Plum Village — a Vietnamese initiated Buddhist community in southern France — and home to the Nobel Peace Prize nominated author — Thich Nhat Hahn. These case studies record a search for the kind of social, structural, and spiritual relationships necessary to sustain a healing view of justice. Through comparing cases, Sawatsky identifies the common patterns, themes and imagination which these communities share. The commonalities among those that practice healing justice are then examined for their implications for wider society, particularly for restorative justice and criminal justice.

http://www.amazon.ca/Traditional-Communities-Spirit-Healing-Justice/dp/1843106876

 

 

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First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives

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 orders, and encounters with legislation and negotiations; a national review essay; three chapters reflecting on major themes; and a self-reflective critique on the challenges of collaborative and intercultural research. Although the volume draws on specific First Nation experiences, it covers a wide range of topics of concern to Inuit, Metis, and other indigenous peoples.

http://www.amazon.ca/First-Nations-Cultural-Heritage-Law/dp/0774814624/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352912529&sr=1-1