By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Indigenous leaders are condemning a lawsuit by a group of University of British Columbia (UBC) professors and one graduate student who are against the school making land acknowledgements, along with other diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. One syilx Okanagan chief described the legal demands as \u201cattempts to erase syilx Okanagan presence and rights.\u201d Five UBC faculty members \u2014 including three professors at the school\u2019s Okanagan campus, as well as a professor and a graduate student at its \u201cVancouver\u201d campus \u2014 filed the petition in the B.C. Supreme Court on April 7, calling for a judge to ban the province\u2019s largest university from engaging in what they called \u201cpolitical activity.\u201d Those activities, according to the petitioners, include statements that UBC is on unceded… <\/p>\n
By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Indigenous leaders are condemning a lawsuit by a group of University of British Columbia (UBC) professors and one graduate student who are against the school making land acknowledgements, along with other diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. One syilx Okanagan chief described the legal demands as \u201cattempts to erase syilx Okanagan presence and rights.\u201d Five UBC faculty members \u2014 including three professors at the school\u2019s Okanagan campus, as well as a professor and a graduate student at its \u201cVancouver\u201d campus \u2014 filed the petition in the B.C. Supreme Court on April 7, calling for a judge to ban the province\u2019s largest university from engaging in what they called \u201cpolitical activity.\u201d Those activities, according to the petitioners, include statements that UBC is on unceded... <\/p>\n