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GBC prepares services, supports for Indigenous students for Orange Shirt Day and beyond
Illustration by Katie Doyle Content Warning: This article contains content some may find disturbing On Thursday, September 30, Canada will observe its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and its eighth annual Orange Shirt Day in recognition of the country’s history of genocide committed against Indigenous populations. Students and faculty at George Brown College…
What happened to GBC’s director of Indigenous initiatives?
At the end of September 2020, George Brown College hired Jennifer Campeau as their first director of Indigenous initiatives. Ten months later, with no public notice, this position has now sat unfilled for over two months after Campeau left the college for a job at Rogers Communications in April. The director of Indigenous initiatives position…
GBC students and staff honour victims of residential schools on Orange Shirt Day
By Maud Weaver On Wednesday, September 30, the Indigenous Education and Services team at George Brown College hosted an online event for Orange Shirt Day which honours the survivors, victims, and families of those impacted by residential schools. Orange Shirt Day is named after Phyllis Webstad’s story. Webstad is a residential school survivor who wore…
GBC’s first director of Indigenous initiatives hopes to set the foundation for Indigenous representation
By Maud Weaver On September 25, George Brown College announced it hired its first Director of Indigenous Initiatives to follow through with its anti-racism strategy and to implement the Truth and Reconciliations Calls to Action. Jennifer Campeau is Anishinaabe from Yellowquill First Nation, with kinship ties to the Eastern Region III Metis Nation of Saskatchewan. She says…
Indigenous artist elevates community
Cole Forrest is working hard to express Indigenous culture in music and film
Sisters in Spirit vigil
Community remembers missing and murdered Indigenous women On Oct. 4 the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto (NWRCT) held a Sisters in Spirit vigil at the Allan Gardens, calling attention to issues affecting women belonging to Indigenous communities across Canada. This is in keeping with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) initiative…
Orange Shirt Day marked at George Brown College
Students and staff remember those impacted by residential schools in Canada
GBC Powwow: 10 years strong and growing
The call of the drum brings together current and former students at the Four Sacred Colours Powwow
Thanksgiving is a colonial holiday: Letter
This Thanksgiving weekend, many of us will be celebrating with our families and friends, but it is important to recognize and remember that this is a colonial holiday. Canada is a settler nation, and as settlers, a land acknowledgement is one of the first steps in a process of reconciliation. I would like to honour…
Federal budget funding for Indigenous students falls short
Liberals pledge $90 million for Indigenous student program, $110 million short of 2015 campaign promise
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