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PHOTO ESSAY | Struggle for Indigenous sovereignty sparks direct action

PHOTO ESSAY | Struggle for Indigenous sovereignty sparks direct action

by Joshua Ngenda | Feb 10, 2020 | Campus, Local, National, News, Uncategorized

The last two weeks have seen an outpouring of direct action demonstrations across the country against the B.C. provincial and Canadian federal governments, in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people and their struggle to assert sovereignty over their territories. The...
Indigenous youth-led overnight occupation of B.C. Ministry offices ends in 12 arrests

Indigenous youth-led overnight occupation of B.C. Ministry offices ends in 12 arrests

by Joshua Ngenda | Jan 22, 2020 | Campus, Local, National, News, Provincial

Indigenous protesters in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en chiefs taken into custody after over 18 hours of sit-in Photo by Joshua NgendaPhoto by Joshua NgendaPhoto by Joshua Ngenda An Indigenous youth-led Wet’suwet’en solidarity action occupied the offices of the Ministry...
Protesters shut down morning BC Ferries sailings in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

Protesters shut down morning BC Ferries sailings in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

by Joshua Ngenda | Jan 20, 2020 | Environmental, Local, News

Photo by Joshua Ngenda, Photo EditorPhoto by Joshua Ngenda, Photo EditorPhoto by Joshua Ngenda, Photo Editor Just before 6:00 a.m. on Jan. 20, protesters blockaded the BC Ferries terminal at Swartz Bay with banners, chants, and kayaks. Several sailings through Swartz...
PHOTO ESSAY | On the site of the Little Big House build

PHOTO ESSAY | On the site of the Little Big House build

by Joshua Ngenda | Oct 31, 2019 | Features, Photo

All photos by Joshua Ngenda This fall, a group of over 115 volunteer students and community members came together at UVic to build a tiny house for the Ma’amtagila matriarch Tsastilqualus. The project was the second to be built on UVic’s campus, and the fourth...
NEWS UNSETTLED | Don’t (just) vote

NEWS UNSETTLED | Don’t (just) vote

by Joshua Ngenda | Oct 30, 2019 | News Unsettled, Opinions

Members of the Native Students Union. Photo by Belle White, Contributing Photographer. With the election safely behind us and the populist pressure to “do your civic duty” now relaxed until the next election cycle, I’d like to challenge a bit of the...

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