MEDIA INDIGENA 181
Added 2019-10-14 22:19:06 +0000 UTCOn this week’s Indigenous roundtable: colonial calculations. And it's been quite the week for the bottom-line of Canadian colonialism. First, a blunt assessment of what the lives of First Nations’ kids are worth as the Liberals push to quash compensation for damage done by the child welfare system. Then, as part of an election scrum, a reporter casually suggests that covering the cost of access to safe, clean drinking water on-reserve amounts to writing a “blank cheque.”
So how is it exactly that resolving a basic necessity and a fundamental inequity can both be framed as, if not implausible, at least impractical for a so-called developed economy? What do we make of a mainstream mindset that bristles at the cost of making either situation right? And under such a colonial calculus, is it any wonder who ultimately pays the price? Joining host/producer Rick Harp this week to crunch the numbers are Brock Pitawanakwat, Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies at York University, and Candis Callison, Associate Professor at UBC's Graduate School of Journalism.
OTHER LINKS REFERENCED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE
- "Death as Expected: Inside a child welfare system where 102 Indigenous kids died over 5 years" (APTN National News)
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