Sweetgrass Roots activist Tasha Beeds
There are a few things to know about the department of Indigenous Studies at University of Sudbury, one of the federated universities on the Laurentian University campus impacted by the embattled school’s unilateral termination of the federation on April 1.
It has the highest number of students enrolled of all programs at the University of Sudbury.
It boasts what associate professor, nehiyaw iskwew, Midewiwin Kwe, Water Walker and Sweetgrass Roots activist Tasha Beeds said is the “lowest paid faculty in Canada.”
It is one of two universities that pioneered the discipline of Indigenous Studies. (The other is Trent University.)
Clean water for First Nations critical during the COVID-19 pandemic: Activists
Activists in Northeastern Ontario continue the fight for safe, clean water after the Liberal government announced in December that it would not fulfill its commitment to end all long-term water advisories by March.
Jan 10, 2021 12:46 PM By: Colleen Romaniuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Autumn Peltier, 16-year-old water-rights activist from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory and chief water commissioner for the Anishinabek First Nation, gained international recognition for confronting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a meeting of the Assembly of First Nations in 2016. Katherine Takpannie/Takpannie Photography.Colleen Romaniuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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