ARCHIVE – The wounded ones

Conversations about the multiple legacies of colonialism
29 MAY 2016
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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A year has passed since the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission presented its final report in Ottawa. This year is also the 20th anniversary of the publication of Richard van Camp’s The Lesser Blessed, a ground-breaking novel in which an aboriginal youth, Larry Sole, faces the many terrors of his past: an abusive father, blackouts from sniffing gasoline, an accident that killed several of his cousins. But through his friendship with Johnny Beck, he’s ready now to face his memories—and his future. The Lesser Blessed is an eye-opening depiction of what it is to be a young Native man in the age of AIDS, disillusionment, and a growing world consciousness. And a world away, there is Palestine, another broken product of colonialism. There are more than two sides to the conflict between Palestine and Israel. There are millions. Millions of lives, voices, and stories behind the enduring struggle in Israel and Palestine. Yet, the easy binary of Palestine vs. Israel on which the media so often relies for context effectively silences the lived experiences of people affected by the strife. Ghada Ageel sought leading experts—Palestinian and Israeli, academic and activist—to gather stories that humanize the historic processes of occupation, displacement, colonization, and, most controversially, apartheid. The term “apartheid” has come to include oppressive practices world-wide, but the experience of South Africa and Namibia remain central to our understanding of this particular form of colonial violence. The South African TRC formed the basis from which Canada developed its own TRC, while the Namibian genocide, although never officially called that, was the first genocide of the twentieth century. It, too, has left its indelible legacy on our understanding of genocide. This panel will discuss the applicability of the term “genocide” to what has happened in Canada, Rwanda, Palestine and Namibia, the role and place of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, and the legacies of colonialism. Join our panel of writers as they discuss their experiences of colonialism and its far-reaching effects in various parts of the world and what Canadians can learn from these experiences.

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The Kinesiology building is marked as KNB on the following map. The nearest parking areas are Lots 11 and 10, noted on the parking map. The closest entrance if traveling by vehicle is off 32 Avenue NW, onto Collegiate Blvd NW. [gdlr_button href="http://congress2016.ca/program/events/wounded-ones-conversations-about-multiple-legacies-colonialism" target="_self" size="medium" background="#f2674a" color="#ffffff"]Register Now[/gdlr_button] uap logo 2014
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Featuring

ARCHIVE – Marcello di Cintio
ARCHIVE – Ghada Ageel
ARCHIVE – Peter Midgley
ARCHIVE – Juliane Okot Bitek
ARCHIVE – Richard Van Camp

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