SOCIAL ISSUES READINGS April 2021

Indigenous Issues

Behind the Inuit tattoo revival: Once banned, now the ancient markings are making a comeback 'Faulty and incomplete': Treaty Six Chiefs, Alberta Metis demand a rewrite of the new curriculum Pandemic has increased health-care inequity for Indigenous women, report finds  Hospital authority offers sacred medicines to meet cultural needs of Indigenous patients  The dark history of Canada's Food Guide: How experiments on Indigenous children shaped nutrition policy [Podcast] Gender, Race & Society Fighting on all fronts: The pandemic has exacerbated the existing crisis that migrants live in as a result of being denied basic rights and protections  Why words matter: The negative impacts of racial microaggressions on Indigenous and other racialized people   Collateral damage of COVID-19: Rising rates of domestic and social violence  The federal budget took steps toward racial justice — but activists say more must be done  Black On the Prairies: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba [A CBC project]  The Canadian Prairies saw their first Black residents more than 200 years ago. Today, the Prairies are home to the country’s fastest growing Black population.  Environmental Issues Respect for Indigenous knowledge must lead nature conservation efforts in Canada What is climate feminism? ‘I can feel your breath’: when COVID-19 and environmental racism collide Why young people of colour are leading the fight to save planet Earth  Budget 2021: The Child Care Promise National child care: How can we afford not to? [Opinion]  There is one way to build a Canada-wide child-care system: Fund the services  Freeland says Liberals open to provincial child care demands, draws line around fees   Future of federal child-care budget promises unclear for Alberta families Ottawa promised $10-a-day child care in the 2021 federal budget. How would that work? A guide (Pop) Culture Body Positivity Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does Botch Goddess: How Bridget Jones Redefined Career Failure The #advancedstyle movement celebrates and empowers stylish older women Chloé Zhao makes Oscar history with ‘Nomadland’ From Oscar noms to leading roles: The problem with saying Asian women filmmakers have finally ‘made it’ Miscellaneous Canada’s Moment to Improve Quality of Life [Opinion]  The No. 1 overall country has much work to do to improve social safety nets and confront climate change and systemic racism.   Redefining the Invisible Battle Against Chronic Migraines  A New Benefit Raises an Old Question: Which Mothers Should Work?   A Chinese ‘Auntie’ Went on a Solo Road Trip. Now, She’s a Feminist Icon.

New resources The Budget 2021 File from the Child Care Research Unit has all the Budget files, organizational responses and analysis, and media coverage of the reactions to the child care announcement from all over the country.  Budget Watch 2021: The rebuild must start with the care economy [CCPA Blog] The Minimum Wage and Housing Affordability [School of Public Policy Social Policy Trends] CRIAW Feminist Intersectionality Resources Sounding the Alarm: COVID-19’s impact on Canada’s precarious child care sector [CCPA Report] Other Women's Centre Events National MMIWG2S Awareness Day On May 5 at 1pm, join us for a coffee and chat to learn about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit People. We will also be sharing our plan to take action and raise awareness for MMIWG2S. This event will be held online via Zoom and is open to all who identify as women. Register here. For more information, please email: [email protected].

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