Sheryl Lightfoot's guest appearances

Sheryl Lightfoot

Hokkaidō 150

Ahkameyimok Podcast with Perry Bellegarde

Pedagogies for Peace: Intersectional and Decolonial Teaching

Marc Miller

Scott Harrison

Carol Hopkins

Marie Wilson

Wade Davis

Jagmeet Singh

Brian Mulroney

Mark Watson

Tom Jackson

William Prince

Noemi Godefroy

Katsuya Hirano

Catherine McKenna

Michael Roellinghoff

Mai Ishihara

OwlTail

"The rule of thumb, "Nothing about us, without us," also applies to the United Nations and we (First Nations people) should always be in the room, participating in conversations, when there are global decisions being made that will come back and impact us."Sheryl Lightfoot is the first First Nations woman from Canada to be appointed as the North America Representative to the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She joins National Chief Bellegarde to discuss the important role First Nations peoples have to play at the UN, their decades long battles to win a seat at the table, and how joining forces with on common causes with Indigenous people around the world benefits First Nations right down to the grassroots level. She points to Bill C-15, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, working its way through Parliament in Ottawa, as a prime example of the positive impact International engagement by First Nations has had.Sheryl Lightfoot is the Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics at the University of British Columbia. She is an Associate Professor in First Nations and Indigenous Studies, Political Science, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. She is proudly Anishinaabe from the Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe.You can learn more about the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples here:https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/ipeoples/emrip/pages/emripindex.aspxAnd for more about the important work of the Assembly of First Nations, including advocacy for Bill C-15, please visit AFN.caThe Akhameyimok Podcast is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa,Our theme music, Intertribal, is by the Red Dog Singers from Treaty 4 territory in southern Saskatchewan.

"The rule of thumb, "Nothing about us, without us," also applies to the United Nations and we (First Nations people) should always be in the room, participating in conversations, when there are global decisions being made that will come back and impact us."Sheryl Lightfoot is the first First Nations woman from Canada to be appointed as the North America Representative to the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She joins National Chief Bellegarde to discuss the important role First Nations peoples have to play at the UN, their decades long battles to win a seat at the table, and how joining forces with on common causes with Indigenous people around the world benefits First Nations right down to the grassroots level. She points to Bill C-15, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, working its way through Parliament in Ottawa, as a prime example of the positive impact International engagement by First Nations has had.Sheryl Lightfoot is the Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics at the University of British Columbia. She is an Associate Professor in First Nations and Indigenous Studies, Political Science, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. She is proudly Anishinaabe from the Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe.You can learn more about the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples here:<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/ipeoples/emrip/pages/emripindex.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/ipeoples/emrip/pages/emripindex.aspx</a>And for more about the important work of the Assembly of First Nations, including advocacy for Bill C-15, please visit <a href="http://AFN.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AFN.ca</a>The Akhameyimok Podcast is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions in Ottawa,Our theme music, Intertribal, is by the Red Dog Singers from Treaty 4 territory in southern Saskatchewan.

Episode 49:  Sheryl Lightfoot - Representing First Nations at the United Nations

In this episode, panel discussant Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot reacts to themes raised in the "Hokkaidō 150: Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in Modern Japan and Beyond" workshop, noting how the case of the Ainu complicates prevailing settler colonial paradigms.  This event took place on March 15, 2019 at the University of British Columbia, located on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded land of the Musqueam First Nation.

Hokkaidō 150 Workshop Audio - Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot (UBC)