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RSS FeedsAlgoma University students refuse to participate in Canada 150 events
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24 june 2017 05:25:53

 
Algoma University students refuse to participate in Canada 150 events
(The Star Travel)
 


As many in the nation gear up for Canada Day festivities, students at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie have decided against celebrating the 150th anniversary of the country’s confederation.The Algoma University Students’ Union voted unanimously Thursday against sanctioning or endorsing events related to Canada 150.Quinn Meawasige, an Indigenous Algoma student, led the campaign against participating in Canada 150 events.“Those policies at the time of Confederation were designed to eliminate the Indigenous people,” Meawasige said Friday. “What it was founded on was broken treaties, and it was founded on, essentially, the genocide of Indigenous peoples, because they needed to make way for settlement . . . .“I just don’t feel like celebrating that.“Many people will be offended, and they might not understand the history. They don’t understand how it could be offensive for Indigenous peoples,” he said. “I don’t get that privilege, being an Indigenous person.”The university’s Sault Ste. Marie campus used to be the site of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School, which operated until 1970. For Meawasige and acting university president Celia Ross, that makes the decision to not participate more important.“The school has a very special responsibility with its commitments to reconciliation,” Meawasige said. “There’s children buried on site, on campus, as a result of the policies, and some of the policies that existed were the residential school policies.”Ross said Algoma students are very aware of the site’s “mixed legacy” as both a residential school and now a university.“What is the history of this site? What happened here?” Ross said. “So when we talk about celebrating, we have to be careful what we’re celebrating.”Student union president Bushra Asghar declined to comment to the ...


 
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