Aboriginal

Residential schools: assessing the litigation and settlement process

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Faculty of Law event draws former National Chief, former Supreme Court Justice
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Lucianna Ciccocioppo
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photo of Dean Moran, Phil Fontaine and Frank Iacobucci

Canada’s historic, estimated $5-billion agreement to settle its sordid past and shameful legacy of physical, mental and sexual abuse in the Indian residential schools system may be long overdue, imperfect, and largely unfamiliar to most Canadians but the agreement is "a fair and honourable one,” said the Honourable Justice Frank Iacobucci, retired justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

“It didn’t erase my shame [as a Canadian], for the legacy but it gave my conscience some comfort in having the agreement.”

Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Ron Williamson and the Curse of the Axe

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U of T archaeologist unearths mysterious find
Author: 
Gavin Au-Yeung
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photo of Huron Wendat artefact

Today it’s the peaceful, suburban landscape of Ontario’s Whitchurch-Stouffville. But in 1500 AD it was an ancient city known as Mantle – wielding all the significance of a bustling modern metropolis.

“[Mantle] is the largest, most complex, cosmopolitan village of its time,” says Ron Williamson, adjunct professor in the University of Toronto’s Department of Anthropology.

Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The Meeting Place with Lee Maracle

Author: 
Christine McFarlane
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photo of Lee Maracle among the audience at the Meeting Place

The Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre and the Canadian Roots team from the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives at the University of Toronto recently hosted “The Meeting Place -Truth and Reconciliation Conference”.

Posted Thursday, June 14, 2012

U of T linguist receives Molson Prize for helping preserve Canada's Aboriginal languages

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Kim Luke
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photo of Keren Rice

Professor Keren Rice - one of the world’s most distinguished linguists and an international leader in the empirical study of Aboriginal languages - has received the prestigious Molson Prize in the humanities and social sciences.

The $50,000 prize recognizes outstanding lifetime achievements and ongoing contributions to the cultural and intellectual life of Canada. Rice received the award for her work to sustain, revitalize and document Canada’s Aboriginal languages. 

Posted Thursday, May 31, 2012

Permanent exhibition in the lobby of the Anthropology building

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Uncovering our past: First Nations in Toronto

The objects featured in the permanent exhibit comprise evidence from archaeological research that provide information about the lives of First Nations ancestors and reveal how their knowledge and beliefs shaped Toronto. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Viewing an artifact

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Luc Lainé, chargé d'affaires, Huron-Wendat Nation (right) and Joanne Thomas, consultation point person, Six Nations (left) are looking at a fired clay pot from 700 - 600 years ago. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Pot: fired clay

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A pot of fired clay from 700 - 600 years ago. (Photo by Caz Zyvatkauskas)

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Pottery sherd

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A rim sherd of fired clay from 1500-600 years ago (Photo by Caz Zyvatkauskas)

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Wampum

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"Le Chemin des Hommes," by Manon Sioui. Wendake Quebec (Photo by Caz Zyvatkauskas)

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Casts of fluted points

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Various casts of fluted points from Palaeo-Indian period, 10,000 - 6000 years ago (Photo by Caz Zyvatkauskas)

Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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