Indigenous Human Rights

In our second episode, we talk to Crystal Smith, a member of the Tsimshian and Haisla Nations and a mother, artist, activist, and teacher.  She tells us about the time her landlord tried to evict her for smudging in her apartment with her children, and the long road she travelled to fight for her family's cultural rights. Crystal won her case at the BC Human Rights Tribunal in 2020, paving the way for a better future for her kids and many others.

Discussed: children and youth, smudging, human rights, discrimination, cultural rights, colonial legal system, Indigenous laws.

Music: Ross Bugden, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.   

In our first-ever episode, we talk to Cree and Métis-Cree lawyers Amber Prince and Myrna McCallum about their experiences representing Deborah Campbell, an Indigenous mother who took the Vancouver Police to the BC Human Rights Tribunal. In 2019, she won her case, and we've all got a lot to learn from it.

Discussed: acts of resistance, trauma-informed practice, cultural humility, Indigenous lawyers representing Indigenous people.

Music: Ross Bugden, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.