Indigenous Women Activists in Canada
An activist is someone who works to bring about social or political change. Many Indigenous people in Canada have been at the forefront of...
Extended Education | Administration- A world of career possibilities in Higher Education
If you work in a university, college, or polytechnic, you may be an administrator and not even know it. In the world of higher education,...
5 Years after Idle No More, founders still speaking out
CBC talks with Nina Wilson, Jessica Gordon, Sheelah McLean, Sylvia McAdam about movement that changed Canada.
How Idle No More transformed Canada
Ten years ago, Idle No More organizers couldn't anticipate that the flash mobs taking over malls across the country would both shift the...
Why Canada’s Indigenous Uprising Is About All of Us
When a new law paved the way for tar sands pipelines and other fossil fuel development on native lands, four women swore to be “idle no more.” The idea took...
Idle No More founders named to top 100 global thinkers list
The founders of Idle No More joined a prestigious list this month as Foreign Policy magazine named the women to its top 100 global thinkers...
The change makers: Sheelah McLean, Nina Wilson, Sylvia McAdam and Jessica Gordon
“We were idle,” says Sylvia McAdam, “and we all decided we...
Sask. teacher group driving anti-racism effort with conference in Saskatoon
About 200 teachers and representatives from the education, justice, health and social services sectors were at a recent anti-racism...
“Creative resistance” continues battle with “dangerous” policies
Photo Caption: Idle No More founders: (from left) Sheelah McLean, Nina Wilson, Sylvia McAdam, and Jess Gordon. By David P. Ball - Windspeaker, 2013 “The way...
Idle No More founders receive global honour
You know you're on the way to accomplishing your goals when you receive global recognition for your cause as one of the most important news...
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Grassroots organizer and one of the women credited with initiating Idle No More actions and protests in 2012; active in community mobilization.