Trent professor David Newhouse, founding director of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, has been chosen by the Council of the Canadian Association of University Teachers to receive the
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Fifty years ago, Indigenous leaders from Yukon arrived in Ottawa to present then prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau the “Together Today for our Children Tomorrow” plan. This plan set the groundwork for land claim negotiations and self-governance. Matt Galloway talks with Grand Chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations Peter Johnston; former chief of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Steve Smith; and David Newhouse, a professor at Trent University’s Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies.
The TJ community is filled with immigrant families already familiar with displacement. Three years ago, a tornado destroyed their school and upended their lives. This photo essay follows three years of disruption and ends with a triumphant homecoming.