Editor’s note: this opinion piece began as a letter to the editor. Many people are rightly condemning the Trump government’s blatant attempt to annex Greenland. Because it is a clear abrogation of international law and a refusal to respect the sovereign boundaries of existing nations, many nations are rightly fearful about their own future. Thankfully,…
It’s 2018. Downtown Eastside Vancouver. It’s an Indigenous-focus school, the first (and only) of its kind in Vancouver, and I tutor elementary school kids after school. The school is changing its name from Macdonald Elementary to Xpéy, which means “cedar” in Musqueam. The ministry I volunteer with aims to alleviate the poverty of the Downtown…
For me to say today that I am “indigenous” will raise a lot of eyebrows, particularly in Canada. That word has become very useful for correctly describing people who are native to North America – or, as the Oxford Dictionary puts it – inhabitants from before the arrival of colonists. It is now more than…
When I studied for an MA in English at Queen’s University in the early 2000s, the buzziest field was post-colonial – books about the legacy of colonialism. And in that category, the buzziest book was White Teeth by Zadie Smith. Smith was born in London to an English father and a Jamaican mother. Her debut…
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