Musqueam Community Newsletter Friday March 6, 2020

TEL: 604‐263‐3261, TOLL FREE: 1‐866‐282‐3261, FAX: 604‐263‐4212

Inside this issue:

HEATH DEPT 2-12

MUSQUEAM 101 13

RECREATION 14-15

MCC ARTIST CALL 16-17

REMAINING NEWS

18-20

ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH

Please join us for Sunday Mass @ 12:45.

We will be con nuing Mass every Sunday.

On behalf of Musqueam Community‐

Jeannie Campbell

(604‐338‐4645)

Community Mee ng & Informa on Session

Community Mee ng

A en on to all Musqueam Community Members, the Budget for fiscal year 2020 will be presented for approval by the membership. This is an important

mee ng and you are encouraged to a end.

2020/21 Budget Presenta on

When: Thursday March 26, 2020 Time: 6:00 pm – Mee ng will be called to order

Where: Musqueam Cultural Centre Dinner will be served at 5:30 pm

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Informa on Sessions

There will be an informa on session in advance of the above Community Mee ng to cover the following topics:

2020/21 Budget Presenta on

1. Elders Info Session ‐ Luncheon When: Friday March 20, 2020

Time: 12:00 noon Loca on: Elders Centre

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Community Info Sessions

When: Thursday, March 19th & Tuesday, March 24, 2020 Time: 6:00 pm

Where: Musqueam Community Centre – Classroom 1 & 2

Snacks will be provided

MUSQUEAM SECURITY AND SAFETY PATROL : 604‐968‐8058

Health Department Newsletter March 6, 2020

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The First Nations Health Authority launches direct payment for Shingrix® shingles vaccine

February 2020

The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is now providing direct payment for the Shingrix® shingles vaccine. This means that FNHA clients age 65 to 69 can receive the vaccine from a licensed pharmacist without having to pay up front and send in receipts for reimbursement.

Shingles – the common name for herpes zoster – is a painful blistering rash caused by a re-activation of the varicella-zoster virus. The pain of shingles can persist for weeks, months, or even longer after the rash has healed. Shingles can occur in anyone who has had chickenpox. However, it is more common – and more likely to cause complications and long term effects – in older people.

Last May, the FNHA introduced coverage for zoster vaccine Shingrix as a reimbursement process, and has since worked with benefits partner Pacific Blue Cross to enable direct payment. The FNHA is the first health authority in Canada to cover Shingrix, and has been working since last year to enable our clients to access it without having to pay up front.

Coverage of a shingles vaccine has been an important and recurring part of discussions with Chiefs, Health Directors and other First Nations health leaders in order to protect the health of Elders. “We are pleased we can respond to feedback and now offer direct payment to pharmacies for Shingrix, which has a 90 per cent effectiveness rate," said Dr. Evan Adams, the FNHA's Chief Medical Officer.

The 65 to 69-year-old age group was selected for the benefit coverage because the vaccine has a high impact on this age group. People in this age group are more likely to get shingles and have higher rates of hospitalization from it. The vaccine requires two doses to be fully effective. FNHA clients who received their first dose through the reimbursement process will be eligible for direct payment for their second dose.

Requests for coverage of the vaccine for those outside the 65 to 69-year-old age group will be considered if submitted with medical documentation from a primary care provider to support the request. The FNHA invites clients with questions about their health benefits coverage to visit www.fnha.ca/benefits or call First Nations Health Benefits at 1-855-550-5454.

Health Department Newsletter March 6, 2020

Community Health Program

UBC ACTIVE KIDS—Is Returning to Musqueam every Monday

Starting February 3rd – April 6th (excluding March 16th & 23rd – due to spring break)

SNACKS AVAILABLE @ 4:30PM, ACTIVITIES START AT 4:35PM WITH THE UBC COACHES

Active Kids Multisport & Playtime—Parent + Tot | AGES: 1.5 to 3 year olds

This is a fun, high energy class that will introduce your child to agility, balance, coordination & basic movement skills

(ie running, jumping, throwing & catching) through a variety of sports and games

**Parent Participation is required for this age group **

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Active Kids Multisport & Games | AGES: 4 + 5 year olds

This class will introduce your preschooler with basic sport specific skills and reinforce movement skills

including running, jumping, kicking, throwing & catching.

REGISTRATION: Sign up at the MIB Daycare, or Contact the Health Department:

Crystal Point @ 604 269 3313 or Arlene Haldane@ 604 269 3354 for more details & to register your

child/children!

Health Department Newsletter March 6, 2020

Community Health Program Crystal Point, RN, CHN

Musqueam Pre- and Post-Natal Group

Are you pregnant or have you recently had a baby? Tuesdays in the Youth Centre Please join us for an informal drop-in group (partners welcome!). Lunch is provided. Please call ARLENE to pick up your vouchers. The Musqueam Health Department offers some valuable incentives to pre-natal and post-natal Mothers who live on reserve: ➢ From the onset of pregnancy, until 3 months postpartum we offer weekly $25.00 Save on Foods Gift cards for

nutritious foods such as – milk, eggs, cheese, fruits & vegetables. ➢ Nursing pads, one box per week as needed ➢ A one-time gift of an Electric Breast pump. One per family ➢ Welcome gift for your new baby To register for the Program, call the Community Health Nurse Crystal Point, in the Health Dept.

Vitals Checks in the fitness Centre: January to April:

CHN will be checking Vital Signs in the fitness centre on MONDAY Mornings Any questions please contact Crystal Point

Crystal Point Hours:

Mon-8:30-11 / 12:30-5 | Tues: 8:30-11 / 12:30-4:30 | Wed: 12:30-4:30 | Thurs: 12:30-5 | Fri: 9-4:30

Email: chn@musqueam.bc.ca Ph: 604-269-3313

Arlene Haldane, Assist: Hours: 8:30-4:30 Tuesdays 8:30-3:30 | Ph: 604-269-3354

Musqueam Elder’s Centre Brenda Campbell, Elder’s Coordinator

Hours: Monday/Wed/Thurs.: 8:30am-4:30pm | Tuesday 1-8:00pm | Fridays: 8:30am –

12:30pm

➢ Tuesday & Thursday – 1:00 pm – 3:00 Elders Computer Class’s

➢ Elder’s Ladies’ Night: Tuesday Evenings 6pm-8pm Join us for Crochet Night at the Elder’s Centre. *Please respect that this is for Elders Only.

➢ Elder’s Drop-in Wednesday afternoon: 1:00 – 4:00pm Elder’s wanting to drop by the elder’s center to Play cards, puzzle’s, crafting, etc.

➢ Elder’s Wellness Chair Exercise session: Thursdays: 10:00 –12:00 (Breakfast at 9am)

➢ NEW: Fridays: Elder’s Luncheon – Time: 12-1pm

Health Department Newsletter March 6, 2020

Musqueam Wellness Program Janice Cross

Did you ever have a journal as a child? What about now?

You might be wondering why I’m asking about journaling, and

that’s because it can have a positive impact on your mental

wellness. Journaling and/or expressive writing has been found to:

• Reduce stress

• Boost mood

• Enhance sense of well-being

• Keep your memory sharp

• Improve immune function

If you’d like to learn more about self-care, how you can reduce stress, anxiety, and/or

depression, call 604-269-3449 or email: mentalwellness@musqueam.bc.ca and set up a time

to talk to Janice.

Janice Cross’ hours: Monday-Friday: 8:30- 4:00 Direct line: 604-269-3449 Email: mentalwellness@musqueam.bc.ca

Health Department Newsletter March 6, 2020

Home & Community Care Program Home Care Nurse: Romeo Cosio, RN

The Home Care Program is available to our community members to assist with hospital discharges, home care aides, and all medical supplies & equipment. Home care services & medical equipment require a note from your doctor with your needs specified.

Home Care Office Ph: 604-263-6539 email: homecare@musqueam.bc.ca or

Romeo’s Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday - Friday from 8:30-5:30, Tuesdays - Off

Arlene Haldane email: nurseassist@musqueam.bc.ca

The Arjo Tub Program: Is available at the Elder’s Centre between 7-9am Mon.-Fri. Please provide a doctor’s order for the use of the Arjo tub; describing your condition, and how often you are advised to use the tub per week. Please call the Nurse Assistant for a Tub appointment @ 604 655 0580.

Home Care Services: If you will not be home during your scheduled hours - please contact the Nurse Assistant, Arlene Haldane – 604 269 3354 or 604 655 0580.

**Please note, the home care nurse may be on a house call so please leave a message.

*For Emergencies Call 911 right away! *

Chronic Disease Management Program Merv Kelly, Coordinator

Hours: Monday -Thursday: 8:30am - 2:30 pm / 5:00-6:00pm | Fridays: 8:30am – 3:30pm

Strength Training

Do you want to exercise but don’t know what’s best for you? I am available to assist all ages and levels of fitness for all community members, call me or drop by my office. We also assist with health information about Diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, etc., and how to help manage these. Please provide a doctor’s note for clearance to workout.

Merv Kelly | Chronic Disease Management Facilitator | Ph: 604-263-3261 | Email: merv@musqueam.bc.ca

Elder’s Wellness Chair Exercise session:

Thursdays: 10:00 –12:00

Breakfast at 9am

Diabetes Assistance

**IF YOU ARE IN NEED of a glucometer,

supplies, assistance with testing please see

Crystal or Merv in the health department.

Health Department Newsletter March 6, 2020

Safe Drinking Water Monitoring Program Charlene Campbell-Wood, Water Monitor

Drinking Water Quality

British Columbia's drinking water at the tap is generally very safe. However, outbreaks of water-borne disease caused by pathogens (e.g., bacteria, protozoa and viruses) and chemicals occur from time to time. Pathogens usually get into drinking water supplies when lakes or streams, or community water-supply pipes or storage reservoirs, are contaminated by animal wastes or human sewage.

Water suppliers are responsible for delivering safe drinking water that meets the requirements of the Drinking Water Protection Act and Drinking Water Protection Regulation, as well as the conditions set on their operating permits. These requirements include treating the water, if necessary, and ensuring water quality through monitoring. Water suppliers must notify the public when there is a potential or actual problem.

The health authorities' drinking water officers are responsible for providing the oversight to ensure compliance and drinking water safety. Environmental health officers, public health engineers and medical health officers are also involved in this work.

Water suppliers should contact their local drinking water officer and public health engineer before building or altering a drinking water supply system to determine if a construction permit is required. They must also ensure new drinking water systems have the proper certificates and approvals from other government ministries.

Drinking water officers are mandated to apply and enforce the Drinking Water Protection Act and Drinking Water Protection Regulation. They monitor the operations of drinking water systems and act on any notices of threats to drinking water quality. Drinking water officers are responsible for issuing operating permits, and will work with water suppliers to help them achieve compliance with the legislation and the conditions on their permits.

The health authorities use progressive enforcement to ensure compliance with the Drinking Water Protection Act and the requirement for the provision of potable drinking water. Part of this progressive enforcement involves requiring planning information from the water supplier that demonstrates, using critical time frames, that infrastructure and treatment upgrades are being addressed responsibly.

For example, a water supplier can be required to have a cross-connection control program if so directed by a drinking water officer, or as part of a system assessment and response plan including time frames.

Water suppliers are required to have the water from their systems analyzed for the presence of microbiological pathogens and other indicator organisms by a laboratory approved by the Provincial Health Officer. They must make the results of drinking water quality tests available in an annual report.

Concerns or questions about requirements for managing a drinking water system, or how it is being managed, should be directed to the water supplier or the drinking water officer/contact at the local health authority.

For more information, see Shared Roles and Responsibilities in Protecting B.C. Drinking Water.

Health Department Newsletter March 6, 2020

Musqueam National Native Alcohol & Drug Awareness Program

Nicolette & Brad are the Musqueam NNADAP workers and they offer one to one counselling, treatment referrals,

outpatient resources, information and support in relation to drug and alcohol use.

DROP-IN at the NNADAP Office 2nd floor of community centre or CALL to make an appointment:

604-269-3454

Program Hours

Nicolette Moore’s hours: Monday – Wednesday 9am-5pm | Thursday 1-8pm Friday 9-5pm

Direct line: 604-269-3454 | Cell: 236-558-8482 Email: nnaadap.nmoore@musqueam.bc.ca

Brad Morin’s hours: Wednesday - Friday evenings 6:00 - 9:00 pm Saturdays & Sundays 1 - 5pm

Brad’s Cell: 604 652 1368 Email: nnadap.bmorin@musqueam.bc.ca

Coffee Time with Brad

Coffee with Brad: Fridays, 6:00-7:00pm in the Café. Come enjoy coffee and chats about interests in recovery, healthy changes and other related stories and questions. Drop by to chat, share stories, questions & info and about substance abuse.

Art Therapy for Children & Youth Janice Carroll,

Monday to Thursday from 8:30 to 2:30pm

Is Your Child/Youth Experiencing Anxiety, Depression, Experiences of Trauma/Abuse; Issues Such as Bullying or Social

Isolation, Behavioral or Learning Challenges, Grief and Loss, Family Dynamic Challenges?

Art Therapy combines the creative process and Psychotherapy, facilitating self-exploration and understanding. Using

imagery, color and shape as part of this creative therapeutic process, thoughts and feelings can be expressed that would

otherwise be difficult to articulate.

Quote of the week: Tears are the words that your heart couldn’t say.

Call or email Janice to make an appointment: 604-269-3453 or jcarroll@musqueam.bc.ca

Health Department Newsletter March 6, 2020

Monday Mar.9

Tuesday Mar.10

Wednesday Mar.11

Thursday Mar.12

Friday Mar.13

Karen Chandra, NP Clinic hours 9:30-4:00

Dr.Dumont, GP Clinic hours:

9:30-4:00

Karen Chandra, NP Clinic hours 9:30-4:00

Karen Chandra, NP Clinic hours 9:30-4:00

Karen Chandra, NP Clinic hours 9:30-4:00

Traditional Wellness 1-3pm

REMINDER:

Please call into make an appointment, unfortunately we cannot accommodate drop-ins.

If you are late and have not called in, you will need to REBOOK for the next avalible date

The last appointment is 3:30pm

MUSQUEAM PRIMARY CARE CLINIC Location: Musqueam Elders Centre, 4010 Si Lu Drive, Vancouver BC V6N 4K7

Clinic Hours are as follows: Clinic closed 12:00 – 1:00pm for lunch

PRIMARY CARE FAMILY PHYSICIAN – Tuesday 9:30am – 4:00pm

Welcoming all Musqueam Community members; including infants and children; pregnant women; youth;

adults and elders. Come and join our wonderful Musqueam Primary Care clinic and become a regular patient!

Our team meets the highest standards necessary to provide you with safe and confidential health care.

PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER – Monday, Wednesday - Friday 9:30am – 3:30pm PRIMARY CARE FAMILY PHYSICIAN – Tuesday 9:30am – 4:00pm

Services available:

• Check-ups (PAP, STI, Baby growth checks) and assessments

• Diagnosis and prescriptions

• Testing (X-rays, ultrasounds and blood work)

• Birth control options

• Chronic disease management (diabetes, hypertension, C.O.P.D and lung disease)

• Immunizations, tetanus shots, etc., MEASLES VACCINE AVAILABLE

For an appointment please contact 604. 266. 0043

Phone hours: Monday – Friday 9:30-4:00pm

Closed 12:00-1:00pm for Lunch.

 

Arkaya Embodiment Deep Stretch and Breath Class   

Thursdays 6 pm in the Yoga Room 

 

~Led by Kiana, a heart-centered Arkaya yoga teacher and healer.  

FREE 

Snacks and chats after class. All Levels and People Welcome.  

Next Class: Thursday March 12th 2020 

 For more information please contact Meghan @ 604.671.1258 or @mhajash@musqueam.bc.ca 

 

UNDERSTANDING Gang Online ExploitationJoin us for two hour-long workshops designed specifically f or parents / guardians to better understand how to keep youth safe from gang and on-line exploitation. Youth of all ages are encouraged to attend.

When: MarCH 18th, 2020Where: MUSQUEAM COMMUNITY CENTRE Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Food! & PrizesHer Time provides parents/guardians with information on the dangers and effects that gangs have on youth and what to do if you suspect a young person is involved. Exiting tools and resources are provided.

Her Time was started by Detective Anisha Parhar and Detective Sandy Avelar, while active gang crime detectives and partners on the frontline. Anisha and Sandy present with women who have successfully exited lives in organized crime, their experiences and stories assist young girls and women who may be exposed to gangs.

For more information contact Constable John Gravengard

constable@musqueam.bc.ca or 604-348-6608 or Recreation

recreation3@musqueam.bc.ca

MUSQUEAM101–WednesdayMarch11,2020stem?(what?)Musqueam101March11,2020

UBC’sNEWIndigenousStrategicPlanComeandlearnaboutUBC’snewIndigenousStrategicPlan(ISP),howitwasmade,bywhom,andwhatitmeansfortheUniversityanditsIndigenouspartnersmovingforward.UBC’sISPteam–Dr.SherylLightfoot,Dr.MargaretMoss,VickiGeorgeandAlexAsh–willbeinattendancetosharehowthevoicesofUBCcommunitieshaveproducedanactionplanthatprovidesthepathforUBCtobecomealeadingvoicelocally,nationallyandgloballyintheimplementationofIndigenouspeoples’humanrights.Presenters:SherylLightfootisSeniorAdvisortotheUBCPresidentonIndigenousAffairsandtheCanadaResearchChairofGlobalindigenousRightsandPolitics.MargaretMossisDirectoroftheFirstNationsHouseofLearning.VickiGeorgeistheAssistantDirectorattheFirstNationsHouseofLearning.AlexAshistheIndigenousStrategicPlanningManagerattheFirstNationsHouseofLearning.niʔʔəncə?(where?)Classroom1-MusqueamCommunityCentre

təmtem?(when?)Wednesday,March11.Dinnerwillbeservedat6:00p.m.Thepresentationwillstartat7:00p.m.

Community Newsletter | February 28, 2020

207-5704 Balsam St. | Vancouver, BC | V6M 4B9 | T: 604-559-5400

The lelǝḿ Art Committee in collaboration with the Musqueam Capital Corp. development team and Ballard Fine Art

Consultants provided input and feedback to form the lelǝḿ Public Art Master Plan.

The lelǝḿ Art Committee consists of: Leona Sparrow, Musqueam Elder

Johnna Crawford, Musqueam Member

Gordon Grant, Musqueam Member

Desirae Fraser, Musqueam Capital Corp. Rep

Chris Ho, Polygon Rep

Margot Long, PWL Landscape Architect

Sue Rowley, Art Curator

lelǝḿ Public Art Master Plan Expressions of Interest

• Context Map & Site location

• Project Description

• Musqueam Teachings & Community Engagement

• Guiding Principles

• Theme: Musqueam Through Time: Past, Present & Future

• Public Art Opportunities

• Public Art Budget

• Selection Process

• Specific Public Art Opportunity

• Art Work Budget

• Eligibility

• Site location

• Project Description

• Theme: Musqueam Through Time: Past, Present & Future

• Submission Information & Requirements

• Selection Process

We invite members to attend the next Artist Info Session, where we will further discuss the lelǝḿ Public Art

Master Plan and the first set of Expressions of Interest’s. Members will have the opportunity to provide input,

voice any concerns, ask questions and provide feedback.

The next Artist Info Session will be:

Date: Tuesday, March 10th, 2020

Time: 5pm—7pm

Location: Cultural Centre—4000 Musqueam Ave

We encourage members to visit our website at www.musqueamcapital.ca to read full details of the lelǝḿ Public Art

Master Plan and Expressions of Interest.

If you have any questions or would like a hard and/or soft copies emailed or printed for you, please contact Grace

Ulu, Communications and Marketing Coordinator at 604-559-5400 or by email at gulu@musqueamcapital.ca

What’s included in the lelǝḿ Public Art Master Plan and Expressions of Interest?

Community Newsletter | February 28, 2020

207-5704 Balsam St. | Vancouver, BC | V6M 4B9 | T: 604-559-5400

Opportunity #1: Forest Park Play Area Carving Target Install: Fall 2020 One artist will be selected to work with the existing wood “column” located in the Forest Park Play Area. The Carving will be an integrated artwork adjoining the children’s play apparatus. This opportunity involves onsite carving, allowing for community participation and learning. Opportunity #2: Light Shrouds (Design) Target Install: Fall 2020 An artist or artist team will be selected to create a single design for a number of light shrouds, located throughout Phases 1 - 4 of the site. The artwork design will be translated onto the freestanding light shrouds, and the selected artists will work closely with the landscape architect. Strengthening the develop-ment’s wayfinding and placemaking qualities, the Light Shrouds will provide interconnections for pedestrians while also contributing to safety and comfort. Opportunity #3: Welcome Figures (x3) Target Install: Summer 2022 An artist or artist team will be selected to each create one Welcome Figure, for a total of three figures. The Welcome Figures are envisioned as prominent and striking, underlining leləḿ’s sense of place while also providing wayfinding and placemaking. Potential site locations include: the lelǝḿ́ Plaza at Shortcut Road, the Community Centre Plaza, and University Blvd. at the end of Sword Fern Trail.

Opportunity #7: Elevator Shaft at leləḿ Plaza Target Install: Summer 2022 One artist or artist team will be selected to create a dynamic, signature artwork for the elevator shaft at lelǝḿ́ Plaza. The art opportunity may include a wide range of approaches, mediums and forms, including lighting. The artist or artist team may work with the proposed material (glass), or propose an alternative material. The selected artist or artist team will work closely with the design team and be provided with as much creative license as possible. The Elevator Shaft at lelǝḿ́ Plaza is sited at the heart of the development, and the artwork will anchor this important entry to the plaza, creating a sense of identity, place, and connectivity.

Opportunity #5: Series of Townhouse Gates (Design) Target Install: Spring 2023 An artist or artist team will be selected to each create a single artwork design for a number of townhouse gates located at Parcels L & M of the lelǝḿ́ development. There are a total of 59 smaller gates at the townhouse entrances and 6 larger connector gates situated between the buildings. 3 artists or artist teams will be selected to each create a single artwork design that will be repeated throughout a number of smaller gates (approximately 20 gates each), and one artist will be selected for the design of the larger gates (6 gates). The artist or artist team will provide a design for the proposed stamped/cut out aluminium panel material of the gates. The selected artists and/or artist teams will work collaboratively with the design team and may consider alternative material options. The public art will provide meaningful opportunities for expression, placemaking, and storytelling.

First Five Expressions of Interest are the following:

MUSQUEAM

INDIAN BAND

Call Out to Musqueam Youth Artists! CONFERENCE LOGO DESIGN

Sparrow’s Flight: Revisiting the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision after 30 Years

We are seeking a distinctive logo design by a Musqueam youth artist (aged 29 years or younger) for a conference co-hosted by Musqueam and the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC.

Sparrow’s Flight will be held in October 2020 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in R v Sparrow, the Court’s first decision on the rights of Aboriginal peoples under section 35 of the Canadian Constitution. The decision has had a profound impact on the nature and character of Aboriginal rights and on the management of the fisheries, not just on the Pacific, but across Canada. This conference on the 30th anniversary will revisit the events leading to the charges against Musqueam fishers, the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the impact and continuing possibility of the decision.

The conference logo design should follow the following guidelines:

Represent Musqueam and our fishing culture

Maximum three colours. While designs in colour are encouraged, the design should also translate well into black and white, as it could be used in different formats.

Simple enough so that it can be reproduced and re-sized depending on its use – e.g. flexible enough to be used in a range of media, including in print and on-line

Sharp lines in the design are encouraged, as shading and intricate details can be difficult to reproduce

Designs submitted on paper should be no larger than 8.5” by 11” (letter size)

Please include a write up with your design, explaining its meaning and inspiration, along with your name and contact details.

Submitted designs will be adjudicated by the Sparrow’s Flight conference committee.

The artist of the chosen design will be awarded $500. Design will be for the exclusive use/ ownership of the UBC Faculty of Law.

Submissions can be emailed to communications@musqueam.bc.ca or dropped off in person at the Musqueam Administration office.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 13, 2020 at 4:30pm

CALL for PROPOSALS

Sparrow’s Flight: Revisiting the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision after 30 Years

October 23 & 24, 2020

Hosted jointly by the Musqueam Indian Band and the Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC

This call for proposals goes out to Indigenous community leaders, members, and activists, those engaged in legal struggles concerning Indigenous and Aboriginal rights, and to academics in varied disciplines whose work touches on the legal, social, and political implications of the entrenchment of Aboriginal rights in section 35 of Canada’s Constitution Act, 1982.

In 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its first decision on the rights of Aboriginal peoples under section 35. The decision in R. v Sparrow breathed life into the slim text that “recognized and affirmed” the “existingAboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal people in Canada.” The fact that the first case to test this provisionwas a fishing rights case was no accident. Fisheries have long been a significant point of conflict betweenIndigenous peoples and the Canadian state. The fact that the case originated on the Fraser River, near one of itsmouths at Musqueam, and involved Musqueam fishers, was also no accident. For millennia, the Musqueam hadlived and fished at the mouths of one of the largest salmon bearing rivers on the Pacific, but decades of intensivecommercial harvesting, calamitous damage to the river system, and a history of efforts to exclude Indigenouspeoples from the fisheries, as well as the willingness of the Musqueam to use Canadian courts to advance theirinterests, led the parties to the Supreme Court of Canada.

In Sparrow, the Supreme Court recognized that the Musqueam had an “aboriginal right to fish for food and social and ceremonial purposes”, that this right had not been extinguished, and that the charges against Musqueam fishers, including Ronald Sparrow, for fishing in violation of regulations under Canada’s Fisheries Act infringed this right. The Court interpreted these rulings to mean that the Musqueam food, social and ceremonial fishery had priority over commercial and sport fisheries, subject only to conservation requirements. More generally, the Supreme Court ruled that the courts were to construe section 35 “in a purposive way” and that the provision demanded “a generous, liberal interpretation”.

“Sparrow’s Flight” takes the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s first statement on the constitutional entrenchment of Aboriginal and treaty rights as an opportunity to revisit the case, to reconsider its history, to understand its impact, and to explore its possibility. This call seeks contributions to a two-day conference, hosted jointly by the Musqueam Indian Band and the Allard School of Law, that revisit Sparrow. The aim is to create space for broad, meaningful discussions, and with that in mind this call goes out to Indigenous nations engaged in struggles over access to and control of fisheries, and to those whose work grapples with the colonial legacy that section 35 seems intended to address.

Please submit proposals of 250-500 words, outlining the proposed contribution to sparrow2020@allard.ubc.ca by 1 June 2020.

Musqueam Indian Band

MARCH 12TH 2020 | 9 TO 5PONDEROSA BALLROOM (UBC CAMPUS)

/ 12TH SCARP

SYMPOSIUMImaginingOtherwisePathways to inclusive, sustainable and resilient futures;

FEATURE SPEAKERS

NORMA KASSIIndigenous scholar

• Free admission;• Lunch and snacks provided;

This is your chance to learn about a career in

planning through speakers, panel discussions,

workshops and more. Check out our website

and social media for event details!

http://scarpsymposium.ca

JESSIE HEMPHILLIndigenous

community planner

TICKETS ARE LIMITEDRESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW

For more information and to secure your ticket, contact us at scarpsymposium2020@gmail.com.

12TH Annual Scarp Symposium

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Is inviting Indigenous young adults age 16-30!