Event #1204
“Asserting Indigenous Title and Rights in 2019”
When:
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
10:30 - 12:00
Where:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability - CIRS 1250
Series:
Association events
, Reconciliation events
Language:
English | anglais
This open event is hosted by
Grand Chief Steward Philip will comment on:
- The defence of, and advocacy for, Indigenous Title and Rights
- Climate change and its effects on Indigenous peoples and all peoples
- Natural resource extraction and impacts on Title and Rights
- Impacts of colonialism and resulting resurgence of Indigenous activism
- Reflection on over 40 years in politics as an Indigenous leader
Speakers:
- Grand Chief Stewart Philip, Chief of the Penticton Indian Band, Chair of the Okanagan Nation Alliance, and President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs.
- Joyce Green (introduce, moderate Q&A), Professor of Political Science, University of Regina
