Bilingualism: the Insider’s Club (part 2 of 2)
Greetings readers. I purposely spaced out part 1 and 2 so I could make sure I had said everything I wanted to say. I wanted to convey the message that bilingualism is exclusive. It allows only some to be recognized as important, at least important enough to regard something so personally linked to culture as [...]
Greetings readers. Today I would like to draw a link from bilingualism in Canada to racial discrimination against First Nations. But before I do this, I would first like to express that this is just from my perspective and my experiences. Canada is a vast country. In fact, we’re the second largest country (land-wise) on [...]
Continue reading …It has been a while since I’ve had the time to sit down and write, but I’m back for more blogs! Let’s jump in before I lose my train of thought. Does anyone remember when Harper apologized for Canada’s involvement in the residential school system that assimilated and abused Natives? Remember how disappointed some Natives [...]
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Before I begin I just have to do some house cleaning with a reply to the no2010.com blog. Over the weekend a reader named Jordan sent me an essay by the group Strax. Strax is a UNB/STU social justice and student power organization. His article was further pushing the point that the 2010 Olympic Games [...]
Continue reading …So, A few weeks back there was a piece on the news (APTN National News – which from now on is what I mean when I say ‘news’) about a reserve in Manitoba that had an outbreak of H1N1. In fact, there was an H1N1 threat to many Northwestern reservations. First Nations national Chief Shawn [...]
Continue reading …Greetings readers. Today I am sitting at my laptop after a walk around town. I hadn’t taken much notice of posters around the city, usually none of them spark my interest, until today. On my walk to the grocery store I noticed a poster that declared, “No Olympics on stolen Native land!” I made a [...]
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Greetings readers, my name is George Jacques, but my friends call me PJ. I am a Mi’kmaq from Listuguj, QC, and I will be writing the Native issues blog regularly in hopes of sharing experiences and answering questions that you as readers, both Native and Non-Native, will have. Before I begin I would like to [...]
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