FPSE
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators and its member locals have been serving the needs of BC's educators for fifty years, providing resources and support and advocating for workers' rights and benefits since the College Faculties Federation first formed in 1970.
As members of the BC Federation of Labour, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (and its National Union), and the Canadian Labour Congress, FPSE stands with 3.3 million union members in Canada who work for quality public services, good jobs, positive working conditions, and strong benefits.
Homepage Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
14 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 3 | Path to Reconciliation | Chapter 14 | Decolonization is Taking Back our Power
June 05, 2020 00:09 - 13 minutes - 18.7 MBChapter 14 | Decolonization is Taking Back our Power | Written and read by Pam Palmater. Pamela Palmater is from the Mi’kmaw Nation and a member of the Eel River Bar First Nation. She has been a practising lawyer for eighteen years and currently holds the Chair in Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University. Pam is an activist and was one of the spokespeople, organizers and educators for the Idle No More movement. She is a well-known media commentator and public speaker who is ofte...
13 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 3 | Path to Reconciliation | Chapter 13 | From the 2017 Convocation Speech
June 05, 2020 00:04 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBChapter 13 | From the 2017 Convocation Speech | Senator Murray Sinclair. Senator Murray Sinclair served as Co-chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba and as Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). As head of the TRC, he participated in hundreds of hearings across Canada, culminating in the issuance of the TRC’s landmark report in 2015. Previously, Senator Sinclair served the justice system in Manitoba for over twenty-five years. He was the ...
12 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 2 | Resurgence | Chapter 12 | Going International to Decolonize
June 04, 2020 23:57 - 9 minutes - 21.2 MBChapter 12 | Going International to Decolonize | Written and read by Nicole Schabus. Nicole Schabus is an assistant law professor at Thompson Rivers University. She has worked for Indigenous peoples in Latin America and across Canada, especially in the Interior of British Columbia. Nicole has been practising law in British Columbia in the fields of constitutional, criminal, Aboriginal and environmental law. She also reports on and analyzes international environmental negotiations, ...
11 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 2 | Resurgence | Chapter 11 | Dechinta Bush University: Land-Based Education & Indigenous Resurgence
June 04, 2020 23:51 - 8 minutes - 20.6 MBChapter 11 | Dechinta Bush University: Land-Based Education & Indigenous Resurgence | Written by Glen Coulhard. Glen Coulthard (PhD – University of Victoria) is a member of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation and an Associate Professor in the First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program and the Department of Political Science. He has written and published numerous articles and chapters in the areas of Indigenous thought and politics, contemporary political theory, and radical social...
10 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 2 | Resurgence | Chapter 10 | Two-Spirit Resistance
June 04, 2020 23:45 - 11 minutes - 15.6 MBChapter 10 | Two-Spirit Resistance | Written and read by Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour. Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour is a band member at Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc and is the elected family member to the Traditional Family Governance Council for the Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation. He teaches at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. His primary course is Aboriginal Decolonizing Social Work Practice. He regularly contributes to the international two-spirit c...
9 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 2 | Resurgence | Chapter 9 | Decolonizing the Violence Against Indigenous Women
June 04, 2020 23:26 - 11 minutes - 7.66 MBChapter 9 | Decolonizing the Violence Against Indigenous Women | Written and read by Beverly Jacobs. Beverly Jacobs, LL.B., LL.M., PhD Candidate (ABD) is a Kanien’kehaka citizen, Bear Clan, and member of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She practises law part-time at Six Nations and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor. She is a former president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (2004–2009) and is best known for her...
8 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 2 | Resurgence | Chapter 8 | Decolonization: The Frontline Struggle
June 04, 2020 23:21 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MBChapter 8 | Decolonization: The Frontline Struggle | Written and read by Kanahus Manual. Kanahus Manuel is a Secwepemc and Ktunaxa activist, birth keeper and Warrior. She appeared in a documentary film made by Doreen Manuel called Freedom Babies. She is well known for her activism against Sun Peaks Ski Resort, Imperial Metals and the Mount Polley mine spill and with the water protectors at Standing Rock. She is currently playing a leadership role in fighting the Kinder Morgan pipeli...
7 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 2 | Resurgence | Chapter 7 | Lessons from Wesahkecahk
June 04, 2020 23:12 - 8 minutes - 24 MBChapter 7 | Lessons from Wesahkecahk | Written and read by Melina Laboucan-Massimo. Melina Laboucan-Massimo is a member of the Lubicon Cree First Nation. She is currently a Fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation. She worked as a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace Canada and the Indigenous Environmental Network for the past decade. Facing firsthand the impacts of the Alberta tar sands to her traditional territory, Laboucan-Massimo has been a vocal advocate for Indigenous ...
6 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 2 | Resurgence | Chapter 6 | The Grassroots Struggle: Defenders of the Land and Idle No More
June 04, 2020 23:04 - 6 minutes - 14.2 MBChapter 6 | The Grassroots Struggle: Defenders of the Land and Idle No More | Written and read by Shiri Pasternak. Shiri Pasternak is the author of Grounded Authority: The Algonquins of Barriere Lake Against the State, published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2017, about the Algonquins’ rejection of the federal land claims policy in Canada from the perspective of Indigenous law and jurisdiction. She holds a PhD from the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto ...
5 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 2 | Resurgence | Chapter 5 | The Grassroots Struggle: Defenders of the Land and Idle No More
June 04, 2020 21:10 - 6 minutes - 4.12 MBChapter 5 | The Grassroots Struggle: Defenders of the Land and Idle No More | Written by Arthur Manuel; read by Mahekan Anderson. Arthur Manuel was one of the giants of the Indigenous movement within Canada and internationally. He served as chief of his Neskonlith Indian band and chairman of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council as well as co-chair of the North American and Global Indigenous Caucus at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples. He was also co-author, along with Gran...
4 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 1 | The Machinery of Colonialism | Chapter 4 | The Indian Act – The Foundation of Colonialism in Canada
June 04, 2020 21:05 - 8 minutes - 19.2 MBChapter 4 | The Indian Act – The Foundation of Colonialism in Canada | Written and read by Russell Diabo. Russell Diabo is one of the leading voices in the decolonial struggle in Canada. He was for many years a policy advisor at the Assembly of First Nations and now serves in that role for the Algonquin Nation Secretariat, and he is Senior Policy Advisor to the Algonquin Wolf Lake First Nation. He is also editor and publisher of an online newsletter on First Nations political and le...
3 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 1 | The Machinery of Colonialism | Chapter 3 | From Dispossession to Dependency
June 04, 2020 18:37 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBChapter 3 | From Dispossession to Dependency | Written by Arthur Manuel; read by Mahekan Anderson. Arthur Manuel was one of the giants of the Indigenous movement within Canada and internationally. He served as chief of his Neskonlith Indian band and chairman of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council as well as co-chair of the North American and Global Indigenous Caucus at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples. He was also co-author, along with Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson, of t...
2 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 1 | The Machinery of Colonialism | Chapter 2 | Crown Title: A Legal Lie
June 04, 2020 18:24 - 7 minutes - 9.66 MBChapter 2 | Crown Title: A Legal Lie | Written and read by Sharon Venne Sharon Venne, a lawyer and member of the Cree Nation who has worked on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and with First Nations communities on the implementation of their own legal systems. She has played an active role in the national and international struggles of many Indigenous peoples, including the Lubicon Cree and Dene Nation. She has a Masters of Law degree from ...
1 | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization | Part 1 | The Machinery of Colonialism | Chapter 1 | It's all about the Land
June 04, 2020 17:43 - 8 minutes - 11.5 MBChapter 1 | It's All About the Land | Written and read by Taiaiake Alfred Taiaiake Alfred (PhD—Cornell University) is an author, educator and activist from Kahnawake and internationally recognized Kanien’kehaka professor at the University of Victoria. He was the founding director of the Indigenous Governance Program and was awarded a Canada Research Chair 2003–2007, in addition to a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in education. He is the author of Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways o...
Preface | Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization
June 04, 2020 17:30 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MBPreface | Written and read by Bev Sellers Bev Sellars was chief of the Xat’sull (Soda Creek) First Nation in Williams Lake, British Columbia, for more than twenty years, and she now serves as a member of its Council. She earned a degree in history from the University of Victoria and a law degree from the University of British Columbia. She published They Called Me Number One in 2013 as a memoir of her childhood experience in the Indian Residential School system. The book won the 201...