October 2, 1 pm - Guest talk, Dr. Nick Shrubsole - What Has No Place, Remains: The Challenges for Indigenous Religious Freedom in Canada Today

[Doris Jakobsh]

Hi all.  My apologies for this short notice.  The Department of Religious Studies is hosting a talk by Dr. Nick Shrubsole who graduated with a PhD from our department in 2013.   Nick is affiliated with Humanities, Religion, and Cultural Studies in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL).

Dr. Shrubsole will speak about his new book, What Has No Place, Remains: The Challenges for Indigenous Religious Freedom in Canada Today, U of T, 2019.

Where:   PAS 1053 (this is subject to change depending on numbers - so - please do come a few minutes early in case we have to relocate)
When:  October 2, 1 pm - 2:30pm

His research interests include:

The rights of Indigenous Peoples
Contemporary Indigenous Religious Traditions and Philosophy
Religious Freedom
Religion and the law
Religion and politics
Religion in Canada
Secularization

Please bring your lunch.

>From the back cover of What Has No Place, Remains: The Challenges for Indigenous Religious Freedom in Canada Today:

"The desire to erase the religions of Indigenous Peoples is an ideological fixture of the colonial project that marked the first century of Canada's nationhood. While the ban on certain Indigenous religious practices was lifted after the Second World War, it was not until 1982 that Canada recognized Aboriginal rights, constitutionally protecting the diverse cultures of Indigenous Peoples. As former prime minister Stephen Harper stated in Canada's apology for Indian residential schools, the desire to destroy Indigenous cultures, including religions, has no place in Canada today. And yet Indigenous religions continue to remain under threat.

Framed through a postcolonial lens, What Has No Place, Remains analyses state actions, responses, and decisions on matters of Indigenous religious freedom. The book is particularly concerned with legal cases, such as Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia (2017), but also draws on political negotiations, such as those at Voisey's Bay, and standoffs, such as the one at Gustafsen Lake, to generate a more comprehensive picture of the challenges for Indigenous religious freedom beyond Canada's courts. With particular attention to cosmologically significant space, this book provides the first comprehensive assessment of the conceptual, cultural, political, social, and legal reasons why religious freedom for Indigenous Peoples is currently an impossibility in Canada."

https://utorontopress.com/ca/what-has-no-place-remains-2

I do hope to see some of you.

Warmly,

Doris Jakobsh


Doris R. Jakobsh
Professor and Associate Chair, Grad
PAS 1054A, Department of Religious Studies
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario,
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