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UBC First Nations House of Learning Idle No More Teach-in

1:00pm
- 3:00pm
Friday February 1 2013

The UBC First Nations House of Learning is hosting an Idle No More Teach-in at the First Nations Longhouse.

Distinguished Aboriginal faculty will provide a background to the movement, outline the aspects of Bills 38 and 45 that are seen as problematic and discuss ways that classroom dialogue around this issue can be incorporated in an informed and productive way.

Everyone is welcome including students, staff, faculty, TAs and community members.
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Panelists Include:

GLEN COULTHARD - Assistant Professor, First Nations Studies Program and the Department of Political Science.

Dr Coulthard has written and published numerous articles and chapters in the areas of Indigenous thought and politics, contemporary political theory, and radical social and political thought. Glen is currently writing a book on Indigenous peoples and recognition politics in Canada. He is a member of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation.

SHELLY JOHNSON - Assistant Professor, School of Social Work.

Shelly Johnson (Mukwa Musayett) is Saulteaux from Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan. She is an assistant professor in the UBC School of Social Work. Her works focuses on Indigenous women in leadership, child welfare, Indigenous methodologies, trauma, race/culture, social justice and activism. Shelly was the organizer of the first UBC Idle No More gathering on January 3, 2013.

GORDON CHRISTIE- Associate Professor, Faculty of Law

Dr Christie has taught in universities in Canada and the United States, in Faculties of Law, and Departments of Philosophy and Indigenous Studies. Most recently he was an Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School (1998 – 2004) where he also acted as Director of the Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources and Governments. Dr Christie’s research fields include Aboriginal legal issues, legal theory, and tort. His ancestry is Inupiat/Inuvialuit.

DORY NASON - Assistant Professor, First Nations Studies Program and the Department of English

Dory Nason is Anishinaabe and an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. She holds a joint position with First Nations Studies and the Department of English. Her research focuses on contemporary Indigenous Feminisms and related Native women’s intellectual history and contemporary Native literature.

LINC KESLER (Moderator)- Director, First Nations House of Learning. Senior Advisor to the President on Aboriginal Affairs.

Dr Kesler’s indigenous ancestry is Oglala Lakota. His research work focuses on the relationship between technological change and the representation of knowledge, a topic vital to strategizing the survival of Indigenous communities. He is also interested in developing uses of emerging technologies that serve the needs of Indigenous communities.