by Alexander Ross The past two months have seen significant violence directed toward Mi’kmaw fishers in Sipekne’katik. This has included threats, vandalism of lobster traps and boats, and even an assault against Sipekne’katik chief Michael Sack. A lobster compound in Middle West Pubnico was ...
From the GKS: An Anishinaabe Child’s Tikinaagan and Doll
by Bradley Clements An Anishinaabe child's doll and tikinaagan (cradleboard) from the 1800s, currently in the collection of the British Museum. GKS ID: 24802 (Image from the GKS, for research and community use only) September 30 is Orange Shirt Day, an event to remember the children who ...
(En)Gendering Shoreline Law
by Madeline Whetung This article examines the colonization of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg territory by the Trent Severn Waterway. By examining legal bracketing as a process within Canadian common law alongside prevailing Nishnaabeg philosophy and legal thought, I consider how the construction of a ...
Challenging Colonial Spaces
by Krista McCracken I wrote, “Challenging Colonial Spaces: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Work in Canadian Archives” while thinking about the ways in which archives in Canada manage, share, and care for records created by and about Indigenous peoples. As a settler archivist who works in an ...
Accomplishments of GRASAC Work Study Students
by Haley Bryant GRASAC members at the University of Toronto would like to extend an enormous thank you to our summer Work Study students, Chantelle Perreault, Olivia White, CJ Pentland, Rachel Barber-Pin, and Alesha Grummett-Roesch. CJ, Rachel, and Alesha prepared a batch of new records from ...