ExpressNews - Native studies scholar skewers Olympic myth of inclusion
November 16 - Besides the thousands of athletes competing at the Vancouver Olympics this winter, Canadian academics are also flexing their intellectual muscle, offering a more critical take on the world's biggest sporting event.
In a series of educational podcasts sponsored by Vancouver 2010, 24 scholars from universities across the country examine controversial issues surrounding the Winter Olympic Games. Representing the U of A, native studies and physical education professor Janice Forsyth takes a hard-hitting look at the Olympic "illusion" of Aboriginal inclusion. Read More...
Book Launch - A Legal Guide to Aboriginal Safe Drinking Water: A Prairie Province Perspective
Coauthored by Linda F. Duncan, M.P. Edmonton Strathcona and Professor Marie-Ann Bowden, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta will be hosting the launch of A Legal Guide to Aboriginal Drinking Water: A Prairie Province Perspective.
The purpose of this guide is to support aboriginal community participation in their pursuit of safe drinking water laws. For More Details...
All are welcome to attend!
Date: November 20, 2009
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: 2-06 Pembina Hall
Courses for Winter Term 2010
Native Studies courses explain Aboriginal experiences and interests, and how they affect the lives of all Canadians in terms of such issues as Aboriginal identity and history, land claims, oil, gas and other natural resource extraction, land and water use, health care, and life in Canada's cities.
Native Studies courses will help you to understand the complexity of Canada, and to succeed in your future career as you work with Aboriginal clients, patients, students, customers, suppliers and partners.
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students are invited to register for courses offered in Winter Term 2010.
For information concerning these courses, please contact nativestudies@ualberta.ca or (780) 492-2991
NAISA Annual International Conference
American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona will host the annual international meeting of the
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association/NAISA in 2010 (May 20-22). It is anticipated that 700+ scholars -- from tribal colleges, universities, Indigenous communities, and governmental and non-governmental organizations -- will attend this exciting gathering.
For questions or suggestions about NAISA, the program planning process, or local host arrangemtns for the 2010 conference, please visit naisa.ais.arizona.edu or contact via email at naisa2010@gmail.com, or call Tsianina Lomawaima at (520) 621-5083
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Faculty of Native Studies
2-31 Pembina Hall
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H8
T: (780) 492-2991
F: (780) 492-0527
E: nativestudies@ualberta.ca
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Fri 8:30-9:45, 11:00-15:30
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