Calls grow for Ribbon Skirt Day after Indigenous student wearing one shamed in Saskatchewan theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Brandon Sun By: Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press Posted:
Last Modified: 11:49 AM CST Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
REGINA - Chris Kulak says his 10-year-old daughter, Isabella, thinks it might be time for a new downstairs closet to hold all the ribbon skirts arriving from around the world.
REGINA - Chris Kulak says his 10-year-old daughter, Isabella, thinks it might be time for a new downstairs closet to hold all the ribbon skirts arriving from around the world.
The brightly patterned handmade skirts adorned with bands of ribbon are worn by Indigenous women during ceremonies and as an expression of cultural pride something the Grade 5 student has touched off in others after a bad experience at her school.
Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. (wikimedia.commons)
Proposed on Dec. 3 by Justice Minister David Lametti, Bill C-15 calls for the Canadian government to begin the process of integrating the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into Canadian law.
The bill does not necessarily call for making UNDRIP its own part of federal law, but instead calls for governments and courts to use the declaration as a “human rights instrument” to guide the interpretation and further development of Canadian law, reported CBC.
If the bill passes, the federal government would be required to prepare an action plan within three years on how Canada can achieve UNDRIP’s objectives. Each year afterwards, an annual report would be needed to report on progress made.