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Talk by Professor Douglas Sanderson
Saturday, June 15, 2024, 1:00pm
Professor Douglas Sanderson, of the University of Toronto and a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation has been deeply engaged in Aboriginal issues from a policy perspective for over 20 years. He is giving a special free presentation at Church of the Redeemer on Saturday, June 15 at 1 PM. His scholarship focuses on Aboriginal institutions, post-colonial reconciliation and rebuilding community. Douglas is the Visiting Indigenous Scholar at Redeemer.
His talk is entitled Indigenous is the new Orientalism: Identity, ambiguity, and the creation of pretendians. He argues that Indigenous is a new category of people and reflects the expectations of non-Native people, while at the same time opening space for the invention of Indigenous identity. In a 2017 article in Policy Magazine he set down a basic issue he has strongly advocated for: “ Although Indigenous people are a modern people, the Indian Act is a relic from a bygone era. Most notably, the Indian Act provides for almost no powers of taxation, and thus relegates more than 600 First Nation communities to a state of perpetual poverty.”
His talk will be provocative and revealing and will be of great assistance in increasing our awareness of fundamental issues preventing reconciliation.
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This event is hosted by the Indigenous Solidarity Working Group.
