by Autumn Walkem | Jul 10, 2019 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Members of the Native Students Union. Photo by Belle White, Contributing Photographer. We’ve been here since time began, my mother told me. The waterfalls that we call home, that’s where the people came from — that’s where they began. It’s where we began. In every...
by Autumn Walkem | Jun 13, 2019 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Members of the Native Students Union. Photo by Belle White, Contributing Photographer. It seems that Canadians feel it’s an “exaggeration” to use the word genocide when referring to the mass murder of Indigenous peoples. From what I gather, it makes Canadians feel...
by Autumn Walkem | May 22, 2019 | News Unsettled, Opinions, Uncategorized
Members of the Native Students Union. Photo by Belle White, Contributing Photographer. Earlier this year, the encroachment of Starbucks onto the stolen lands currently occupied by UVic sparked anger into the hearts of students. Not only were these students upset that...