Event Details
Event Details
150 years ago BC politicians and settlers conveniently told themselves that Indigenous people were a vanishing race. They rationalized that there was no need to negotiate treaties or to account for Indigenous rights BC’s long-term planning. This has created today’s ‘conundrum of double permeance’ – both Indigenous and settler societies are here to stay, but none of BC’s governing or resource managing systems were designed to account for Indigenous title and rights. In this presentation Prof. Carlson provides an overview of the process through which BC’s settler colonial systems were developed and discusses the ways in which settler colonialism (predicated on displacing Indigenous people from their lands and resources) has sustained itself. Carlson will also provide helpful definitions of key concepts and specific examples from history to help us all think of ways to contribute meaningfully to the process of transcending settler colonialism and to the building a genuinely respectful new relationship between Indigenous and settler societies.
Peace and Reconciliation Center (PARC) at UFV and The Reach have partnered on this talk to build on the community learning goals of the Stetís ímexstowx: Walk Besides Us gathering.
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Time
(Thursday) 8:30 am - 10:00 am(GMT-08:00)