by Boston Laferté | Feb 10, 2022 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Graphic provided by the Native Students Union. I have been in the Indigenous Studies (IS) program at UVic for over three and a half years. It is almost perfect. The faculty is amazing, the content is informative and powerful, but the other students often make it feel...
by Boston Laferté | Jan 27, 2022 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Without our attention, the Canadian government can do anything without any accountability Graphic provided by the Native Students Union. Although it is almost never in mainstream news anymore, the fight on Wet’suwet’en Yintah has never ended. It is still going. In...
by Boston Laferté | Jan 13, 2022 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Graphic provided by the Native Students Union. Looking ahead to the new year, I think it is important for all Indigenous people to remember one thing: it is not our job to educate white people. As truth and reconciliation continues to become more and more of a trend,...
by Boston Laferté | Dec 17, 2021 | News Unsettled, Opinions
Graphic provided by the Native Students Union. There will never be true reconciliation. The Canadian government has shown time and time again that it does not care about Indigenous people and that it only aims to maintain and expand its powers over these lands. It...
by Boston Laferté | Nov 18, 2021 | News Unsettled, Opinions
What will the pope’s visit to Canada actually achieve for reconciliation? Graphic provided by the Native Students Union. In June 2021, in response to the uncovering of 215 unmarked graves at Kamloops residential school. Pope Francis offered a thread of tweets. Now, he...