The Waterloo Record describes the results of research by University of Waterloo professors on Statistics Canada’s religion statistics. Among the findings: More than half of Canadians who do not attend religious services regularly practise some religious rituals — meditation, prayer or reading religious texts — at home or other location at least once a month. [...]
Father Morice’s Church Originally uploaded by TFM. Fort St. James is the northern interior heart of BC logging country. Clearcuts are visible and accessible to travelers. Most dramatic, however, is the extent of the pine beetle infestation. This bug has turned wide swaths of BC’s northern forests red in colour, killing the trees as it [...]
It has been a long time since I used a consent form in a research setting where I did not know the people I was interviewing. It happened to me recently, however, and reminded me just how uncomfortable consent forms can be especially when they appear within minutes of introductions across a table. While I [...]
Douglas Harris writes in TheTyee.ca about the recent BC Court of Appeal ruling Regina v. Kapp. At its heart, the case is about whether or not aboriginal only fisheries are race-based and therefore unconstitutional. Harris is a legal scholar at the University of British Columbia and says the aboriginal fishery is not based on race: [...]
For better and worse, Bruce Perry is back on CBC Newsworld with the BBC production of Tribe. It is on Newsworld at 5:00pm Sundays, Pacific time. (I have no idea how many episodes have already aired this summer.) Sphere: Related Content
I obviously don’t get out enough. This past weekend, I discovered a number of painted ‘spirit bear’ statues around downtown Vancouver. They are part of a fundraising effort called Spirit Bears in the City designed to raise money for Easter Seals and Canucks for Kids. It is patterned after similar urban art projects in Chicago [...]
Last week, the BC Court of Appeal ruled that native-only fisheries are not illegal. This decision (Regina v. Kapp, BCCA 277) builds from a 2003 decision (R. v. Kapp, 2003 BCPC 0279) in which one provincial court judge argued that the constitutional equality rights of non-native fishers were violated by native-only fisheries. In the current [...]
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of British Columbia has received $52 million dollars to upgrade and expand the museum. Some of the money will fund the space needed to house the Reciprocal Research Network, reports the Globe and Mail. The RRN is “the world’s first Web-based system for the exchange of collections [...]
TheTyee.ca writes about the impact of the internet in isolated First Nations communities in British Columbia. Crux: But a broadband connection doesn’t mean downloading the latest Bedouin Soundclash album or “messengering” a friend who lives down the street. For the aboriginal communities that are being wired, internet means school, family, health-care and job opportunities. … [...]
UPDATE: The Vancouver Sun has a follow-up story drawing parallels between the Delta mayor’s farming comments and BC history. Original Post: The Vancouver Sun has a feature article and a column today about the impending treaty settlement between Canada, BC, and the Tsawwassen First Nation. The article reviews the features of the urban treaty and [...]
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