By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press The University of Winnipeg is collecting course outlines, historic concerns about systemic racism on campus and related records to mark the 10-year anniversary of mandating Indigenous studies. The unveiling of a new archive drew nearly 200 people to Centennial Hall on Thursday afternoon to reflect on how the Indigenous course requirement, also known as \u201cthe ICR,\u201d came to be. University archivist Brett Lougheed told the crowd its inception is \u201can amazing story\u201d of student activism that, until now, wasn\u2019t accurately reflected in U of W records. \u201cWhat little material we had told the story of administration\u2019s role in developing the ICR as though it was the ultimate driver\u2026 and not a student-led response to racism,\u201d Lougheed said. History professor Mary… <\/p>\n
By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press The University of Winnipeg is collecting course outlines, historic concerns about systemic racism on campus and related records to mark the 10-year anniversary of mandating Indigenous studies. The unveiling of a new archive drew nearly 200 people to Centennial Hall on Thursday afternoon to reflect on how the Indigenous course requirement, also known as \u201cthe ICR,\u201d came to be. University archivist Brett Lougheed told the crowd its inception is \u201can amazing story\u201d of student activism that, until now, wasn\u2019t accurately reflected in U of W records. \u201cWhat little material we had told the story of administration\u2019s role in developing the ICR as though it was the ultimate driver\u2026 and not a student-led response to racism,\u201d Lougheed said. History professor Mary... <\/p>\n