Events

Join Jane Thomas, to discuss her recently published book, Wilful Neglect. Drawing on the Department of Indian Affairs annual reports, memoranda, and budgets over more than seventy years, Thomas' work reveals how federal health policies, shaped without Indigenous input and rooted in colonial ideologies, allowed tuberculosis to devastate First Nations in Canada. This conversation will explore the lasting impact of these policies today and the urgent need to reckon with the legacy of systemic racism in Canada’s health systems.

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Cody Groat, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Indigenous Studies Program at Western University, discusses his new book that calls for a critical reinterpretation not only of the Canada's history but also of how we think about the past and how this shapes ongoing relationships between Indigenous peoples and the state.

Details

Date: Thursday, October 1

Time: 7:00 pm EDT.

Two ways to attend:

• In person, Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, 232 King St. N., Waterloo, ON, or
• Register for the Zoom livestream.