| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, January 31, 2019 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Boardroom and Library, 315 Bloor Street West |
This special event will serve as the keynote lecture for the R.F. Harney 12th Annual Ethnic and Pluralism Studies Graduate Research Conference.
Acknowledgement of Indigenous territory, treaties and peoples is now a widespread practice at institutions across Canada.
For some individuals this practice is straightforward. For others the practice is baffling. In this lecture/workshop, we will begin with an
overview of acknowledgments, including at 98 Canadian universities.
We will then discuss some problems with land acknowledgments and turn to the question of how to move forward. The aim is not to provide a final definitive word on the subject. Rather the hope is that this discussion will contribute to a conversation about practice, challenges and possibilities.
Rima Wilkes is Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia and the Past President of the Canadian Sociological Association (2017-2018). She was the Executive Editor of the Canadian Review of Sociology (2013-2016). Her most recent publications include: 2018 Wilkes, Rima and Cary Wu. “Ethnicity, Democracy, Trust: A Majority-Minority Approach.” Social Forces 97(1):465-494. Wilkes, Rima, Aaron Duong, Linc Kesler and Howard Ramos. 2017. “Canadian University Acknowledgment of Indigenous Lands, Treaties and Peoples.” Canadian Review of Sociology 54(1): 89-120., Wu, Cary and Rima Wilkes. 2017. “Local-National Political Trust Patterns: Why China is an Exception.” International Political Science Review 54(1): 89-120.; Wu, Cary and Rima Wilkes. 2017. “International Student Migration and the Search for Home” Geoforum 80: 123-132.; Panesar, Nilum, Pottie-Sherman, Yolande and Rima Wilkes. 2017. “The Komagata Through a Media Lens: Racial, Economic, and Political Threat in Newspaper Coverage of the 1914 Komagata Maru Affair” Canadian Ethnic Studies 49: 85-101.
The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion, during which Prof. Cheryl Suzack (University of Toronto, Department of English and Centre for Indigenous Studies) and Prof. Douglas Sanderson (University of Toronto, Faculty of Law and Faculty Advisor, Aboriginal Law Students Association) will offer commentary on the presentation based on their experience in indigenous studies and the specific issue of land acknowledgments. The event will be moderated by Prof. Jeffrey Reitz, Director of the Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
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