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Item CICR annotated bibliography: Artistic, oral and written resources of colonial injustices and current realities(Colonial Injustices and Current Realities: UVic, 2024) Wabegijig, Shaelyn; Bowick, Emma; Ashrafkhani Limoudehi, Babak; Sy, waaseyaa’sin ChristineThis annotated bibliography, initiated in 2023, identifies publications, sources, and artistic outputs created by scholars, artists, and writers who belong to the Indigenous nations on Vancouver Island, paying particular attention to Ləkʷfəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. One method for disrupting settler colonial orientations to Indigenous intellectual and creative life is to centre and amplify what Indigenous peoples of a particular place document, create, produce, and publish. One way to learn about a place is to learn from the Indigenous peoples who belong to that place. And, one way to learn what is important to the Indigenous peoples of a place is to read, view, and engage with what they document, creative, produce, and publish. This not only enables those who are not Indigenous to a place to learn from an Indigenous-centered method which in turn shapes how they will live in that place with Indigenous peoples. It also enables researchers to conduct research that is informed by the thinking, orating, and creativity of Indigenous peoples in whose lands and waters they conduct research and create. Collating and curating such sources enables Indigenous peoples of a place to witness people who are not Indigenous to their lands and waters actively valuing their contributions in meaningful ways. Additionally, such a resource serves to inform researchers in the absence of living relationships with Indigenous knowledge holders, practitioners, or Elders of a place. Finally, it may serve Indigenous peoples of a place to see the terrain of their collective publications over a period of time. As the project unfolded, it expanded to include additional sources that may be organized within the theme of colonial injustices and current realities of the colonization of the lands and waters in what is currently known as Victoria. We consider this a living document that will ideally have new additions, volumes, and iterations. Archived in CIRC: UVic’s UVic Space repository (2025), in its first volume, we hope this starting point will be helpful to other researchers, including those Indigenous to the lands and waters with whom UVic has relationships, for understanding not just UVic’s settler colonial history but the Ləkʷfəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ histories, presents, and futures of this place. These sources collectively exemplify the intersectionality of these histories and realities. When engaging with complex and layered stories, histories, and lived realities that critically examine colonization and inter-related issues, we should not underestimate the vital importance of privileging Indigenous and other oppressed peoples’ perspectives and voices.Item Historical land title searching at the Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA)(Colonial Injustices and Current Realities: UVic, 2025-04) Mix, Kate; Bowick, EmmaWhat is the LTSA? The Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA) is a corporation that administers the land title and survey services in BC. As of 2005, the LTSA is separate from the BC Government. The LTSA also houses the Surveyor General, which oversees land surveyors. The Surveyor General Office might also have information you are interested in that you can access in your research, such as maps and other information about parcels. Historical Land Titles The process of historical land title searching allows researchers to trace the ownership and geographic boundaries of a piece of land through the LTSA. It also illuminates colonial land and property regimes that govern the ownership of land in Victoria since the 1850s. The search begins with the current title to the land and then can trace backwards the parcel information through time. What Information Does a Land Title Document have? A land title contains the name of the owner of the parcel (either an individual or corporation), the date it was purchased, the legal description of the parcel, and any filed legal notations or charges on the property (e.g. a mortgage or lien).Item Historical timeline and contextualization of settler colonialism and racialization in British Columbia(Colonial Injustices and Current Realities: UVic, 2025) Evans, ShirinaThis timeline highlights the role of law in structuring dispossession and racial hierarchy in what is now Canada, and it uses this focus to contextualize the development of higher education on South Vancouver Island and at UVic.Item Interview with James Rowe(Colonial Injustices and Current Realities: UVic, 2023-06-08) Rowe, James; Bowick, Emma; Turner, KateThis interview with Dr. James Rowe, conducted by Emma Bowick and Kate Turner in 2023, explores his contributions to environmental education at the University of Victoria.Item Interview with Nancy Shackelford(Colonial Injustices and Current Realities: UVic, 2024-08-24) Shackelford, Nancy; Juneja, Manya; Bowick, Emma; Mix, KateIn this 2024 interview, Dr. Nancy Shackelford discusses her leadership in ecological restoration at the University of Victoria, highlighting the Living Lab initiative, experiential student learning, and collaboration with Indigenous communities.Item Interview with Tommy Happynook(Colonial Injustices and Current Realities: Uvic, 2024-06-12) Happynook, Tommy; Turner, Kate; Wabegijig, ShaelynThis 2024 interview with Tommy Happynook discusses his contributions to Indigenous knowledge-sharing at UVic and Camosun, focusing on land-based learning, art, and local cultural practices.Item Remembering, restorying, and reclaiming in the wake of erasure(2025-09-13) Ambo, Theresa Jean; Stewart, Kelly LeahWhat becomes possible when remembering histories are led by Indigenous communities and accountable to Indigenous homelands? Drawing from California-based examples, this lecture offers a guide for how the decolonial practices of remembering, restorying, and reclaiming can reimagine archival work, institutional accountability, and public memory by centering Indigenous knowledge, sovereignty, and ceremonial care to construct prosperous Indigenous futures.