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Fall 2018

McFadyen, Krista

The United Nations’ (UN) adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in 2007 is broadly viewed as a critical occasion for Indigenous peoples, the UN system, and international law. The UNDRIP was a result of over 20 years of rigorous debate and

negotiation between Indigenous representatives, nation states, UN officials, and community organizations over issues of Indigenous survival, dignity, and well-being. Credited as being more comprehensive in substance and more extensive in scope than any other instrument dedicated to Indigenous peoples, the

UNDRIP formally recognizes Indigenous as Peoples with associated rights and is substantiated through international human rights machinery. The fervent process of the deliberations and the suspense of the delayed ratifications by Canada has perhaps negated some difficult questions regarding the

Fall 2023

Fankah-Arthur, Hilda

This study explains the influence of African Indigenous Knowledge in the education and identities of Black African Immigrant students within Canada’s Multiculturalism. Black African immigrant student’s identities are formed and shaped by their Indigenous experiences, which influences their socio

-cultural development in Canada. Canada recognizes and promotes diversity and inclusion through the Federal Multiculturalism Act (1988), which preserves and enhances the multicultural heritage of all Canadians. This exploratory research explains how the exclusion of African Indigenous knowledge in the

education of Black African Students impacts them; whether a shift to acknowledge and validate African Indigenous Knowledge would create a better educational impact for Black African Immigrant students; and how multiculturalism enables the diverse population to understand their Human Rights and support the