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Day One
Urban Indigenous Self-Determination
The purpose of the Symposium is to deepen the dialogue within urban Indigenous communities, First Nations, and governments about implementing the right to self-determination in an urban context. Specifically, the adoption of the Declaration by BC and Canada presents a historic opportunity to implement self-determination in the places where the majority of Indigenous people in Canada live. Affirming this right in an urban context affirms that Indigenous rights, and Indigenous people, are capable of evolving, changing, and adopting new forms of social and political life, and that these are not subordinate to the settler state. Urban communities, then, are a central location in the urgent project of decolonization.
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Day Two
Urban Indigenous Self-Determination
The purpose of the Symposium is to deepen the dialogue within urban Indigenous communities, First Nations, and governments about implementing the right to self-determination in an urban context. Specifically, the adoption of the Declaration by BC and Canada presents a historic opportunity to implement self-determination in the places where the majority of Indigenous people in Canada live. Affirming this right in an urban context affirms that Indigenous rights, and Indigenous people, are capable of evolving, changing, and adopting new forms of social and political life, and that these are not subordinate to the settler state. Urban communities, then, are a central location in the urgent project of decolonization.