Index

Screen Sovereignty: Indigenous Matriarch 4 Articulating the Future of Indigenous VR

 Indigenous matriarchs are changing the culture of the technology industry through virtual reality (VR). Indigenous Matriarch 4 (IM4) is the first Indigenous virtual reality media lab and is situated on the West Coast. Currently, it...

Review by Courteney Morin

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BC Studies no. 201 Spring 2019 | Page(s) 141-146

new media technology virtual reality aboriginal art

In/consequential Relationships: Refusing Colonial Ethics of Engagement in Yuxweluptun’s Inherent Rights, Vision Rights

On the closing day of the Museum of Anthropology’s Unceded Territories exhibit of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun’s art, crowds formed queues long enough to snake through the halls and to pack the exhibit space for the...

Review by Sarah King

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BC Studies no. 193 Spring 2017 | Page(s) 187-192

Yuxweluptun Lawrence Paul

A Tradition of Evolution: The Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival

Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival: Vancouver, British Columbia, 25-26 May 2017. The festival featured film and new media presentations, including a “Turtle Island Shorts” program (May 26); VR and augmented reality presentations (May 27); and...

Review by Carleigh Baker

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BC Studies no. 195 Autumn 2017 | Page(s) 151-159

aboriginal art

When the City Sleeps, We Dream of Disruption: A Review of Lisa Jackson’s Transmissions Exhibition

Lisa Jackson’s exhibition entitled Transmissions premiered at the Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver campus from 6–28 September 2019. This new body of work weaves interdisciplinary themes regarding society, nature, Indigenous languages, and ecological futures. Lisa Jackson is Anishinaabe from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation and...

Review by Karlene Harvey

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BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 103-107

Aboriginal languages environment urbanization

The Native Voice: The Story of How Maisie Hurley and Canada’s First Aboriginal Newspaper Changed a Nation

The Road Forward

Review by Tonio Sadik

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BC Studies no. 196 Winter 2017-2018 | Pages 154-156

Konelīne: our land beautiful

As the language and culture director for the Tahltan Nation and a Tahltan academic, I believe giving voice to our people is crucial. Until recent times, the academy has privileged the voices of settlers and...

Review by Matthew Gartner

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BC Studies no. 195 Autumn 2017 | Page(s) 188-189

Rights Groups React to Prisoner Death in Custody; Call for Public Inquest and Immediate Release of Prisoners to Stop Dangerous Spread of COVID-19

By Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, Joint Effort, BC Civil Liberties Association

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BC Studies no. 206 Summer 2020 | Page(s) 5-7

epidemics Indigenous worlds Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs prisons and incarceration

Ongoing Advocacy for Prisoners’ Rights in the Continued Administration of Solitary Confinement: British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and John Howard Society of Canada v. Canada (Attorney General)

By Bibhas D. Vaze

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BC Studies no. 197 Spring 2018 | Page(s) 135-143

law prisons and incarceration

Rights, the Homeless, and Social Change: Reflections on Victoria (City) v. Adams (BCSC)

By Margot Young

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BC Studies no. 164 Winter 2009-2010 | Page(s) 103-113

homelessness legislation Victoria

Anniversary Issue Reflections – Ti wa7 szwatenem. What we know: Indigenous knowledge and learning

By Lorna Williams

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BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 31-44

education colonialism resistance Aboriginal languages Lil'wat

Anniversary Issue Reflections – Case Comment – Our Interconnected Journey

By Louise Mandell, QC

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BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 53-75

aboriginal rights Indigenous worlds land claims Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Is the World Wonderful? On Judy Chartrand’s What a Wonderful World

Judy Chartrand: What a Wonderful World on view at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver, BC, 19 October 2016 – 26 March 2017. Admittedly, I was confused about where the permanent collection...

Review by Allison Adler

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BC Studies no. 195 Autumn 2017 | Page(s) 145-149

art

Anniversary Issue Reflections – Gyaahlaangee diinaa iijang. Here Is My Story

By Jaskwaan *

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BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 111-121

education Aboriginal languages Haida Indigenous worlds

Uninterrupted

Editorial note: Uninterrupted is reviewed here following its role as inspiration for a nightly ‘cinematic spectacle’ on Vancouver’s Cambie Street Bridge during the summer of 2017 (see uninterrupted.ca). Uninterrupted, a film about a very special...

Review by Nick Stanger

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BC Studies no. 198 Summer 2018 | Page(s) 198-9

Crackdown

British Columbia is in year four of a provincial public health emergency declared in response to devastating rates of drug overdose deaths resulting from a toxic, illicit drug supply. As of July 2020, COVID-19 had...

Review by Kendra Milne

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epidemics liquor and drugs mental health social services substance use government law public policy

Tenant Organizing and the Campaign for Collective Bargaining Rights in British Columbia, 1968–75

By Tenant Organizing and the Campaign for Collective Bargaining Rights in British Columbia, 1968–75

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BC Studies no. 206 Summer 2020 | Page(s) 31-58

housing real estate legislation politics

A Historic Day for BC First Nations. Now the Work Starts: UNDRIP starts us on a journey, but without work, co-operation and shared vision we will be lost

By Judith Sayers

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BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 11-13

aboriginal rights aboriginal people UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) legislation