Articles tagged with: Indigenous Collection

• Red Dress Day

  Thursday, February 08, 2024 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Brock’s Hadiya’dagénhahs First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Centre and the Office of the Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement are hosting the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s interactive four-piece Waniskahtan exhibit in the Rankin Family Pavilion, February 5 to March 6. The exhibit is designed to educate and create greater awareness about the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in order to commemorate them and to prevent future occurrences. The exhibit coincides with events taking place at Brock to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Gender Minorities on REDress Day, Wednesday, February 14.

  Brock Library’s Honouring Indigenous Women and Girls featured collection, first curated in September, 2023, includes fiction and non-fiction as well as documentaries which tell stories of survival and resilience that act to support and educate. Browse these titles and explore more at the Indigenous Collection in the Learning Commons.

   

  Tags: Indigenous Collection, Our Collections
  Categories: Featured Collections, Learning Commons

• Honouring Indigenous Women and Girls

  Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  This month’s featured Omni Collection is intended to honour and remember the lives of Indigenous Women and Girls in recognition of the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s Sisters In Spirit Day. Browse and borrow from the print collection displayed next to the Ask Us desk and head online to view the Indigenous Women on Film sub-collection of documentaries.

  The collection also acts as a complement to The Canadian Library, a grassroots art installation project that acts as a memorial to all Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people. The goal of the CLP is to wrap 8,000 books across Canada in fabric prints that reflect First Nations, Métis and Inuit as a testament to the lives lost. Before each book is placed on the gallery bookshelf in the library, the name of one of the MMIWG2S+ is written in gold along its spine.

  Brock Library is hosting three drop-in wrapping events in Learning Commons Classroom B (ST230). While no RSVP is required, registering on ExperienceBU and checking in at the events, will provide participants with credit toward their co-curricular record.  Sessions will be held on Monday, September 25 (2:30-5pm), Friday, September 29 (1:30-4pm), and Monday, October 2 (1:30-4pm).

  Tags: Indigenous Collection, Our Collections, Workshops
  Categories: Featured Collections, Learning Commons

• Print and virtual collections in support of Indigenous History Month

  Friday, June 16, 2023 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  In June, we commemorate National Indigenous History Month to recognize the history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.

  The Indigenous Collection at the south entrance to the Matheson Learning Commons features many new titles including Our Voice of Fire: Memoir of a Warrior Rising by Brandi Morin, Permanent Astonishment by Thomson Highway, and Run as One: My Story by Errol Ranville.

  More print and e-books as well as films by and about Indigenous Peoples in Canada are available in two recently updated Featured Collections via Omni.

  Beyond Library resources, the Brock and wider communities are invited to learn and participate in 20 workshops hosted by Hadiyaˀdagénhahs First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Centre. Read more about them and get registration links in this article from the Brock News.

   

   

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  Categories: Featured Collections, Learning Commons

• Orange Shirt Day

  Tuesday, September 29, 2020 | By Evelyn Smith

  

  Orange Shirt Day is held annually on September 30 to bring awareness to the history of residential schools and their negative effects on children’s self-esteem and well-being. Orange Shirt Day was first observed in 2013 at St. Joseph Mission in Williams Lake, British Columbia, where, in 1973, Phyllis (Jack) Webstad had her new orange shirt taken away on her first day of residential school. She never saw the shirt again.

  We wear orange to show our commitment to recognizing and remembering the approximately 150,000 children forced to attend residential schools, where many experienced shame, deprivation, and abuse, as well as more than 6,000 students who did not survive.

  In light of Orange Shirt day, we are highlighting a selection of books, ebooks and streaming video to help us learn more about the impact of residential schools.

  Learn more about Phyllis’ story and Orange Shirt day.

  Tags: Indigenous Collection, Our Collections, Virtual Book Display
  Categories: Featured Collections, Main