Ben Kuzma: UBC professor calls for conversation on changing Canucks logo
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The logo has been described as 'cultural appropriation' as it includes Haida elements Shannon Leddy is an assistant professor at UBC. She has a long-standing understanding of Indigenous issues.
When Sean Carleton, a University of Manitoba professor of Indigenous studies and history, suggested this week that the Vancouver Canucks scrap the orca logo out of respect — believing the NHL club has profited from appropriating an art style that contains elements of Haida design and thus hurting Indigenous people — it wasn’t surprising to Leddy.
It gives us all a point of unity when we’re wearing the same thing, but when we see teams like the Indians and Eskimos reckoning with these issues, this is a good place to start that conversation with the Canucks.
He said the Canucks should work with Indigenous people and allow them to be included in future designs.
Half of my family is not Indigenous, so I’ve had to learn to do this work with love and care. In my own practice as a teacher-educator, most of our students haven’t been exposed to any education of Indigenous people.
When Sean Carleton, a University of Manitoba professor of Indigenous studies and history, suggested this week that the Vancouver Canucks scrap the orca logo out of respect — believing the NHL club has profited from appropriating an art style that contains elements of Haida design and thus hurting Indigenous people — it wasn’t surprising to Leddy.
It gives us all a point of unity when we’re wearing the same thing, but when we see teams like the Indians and Eskimos reckoning with these issues, this is a good place to start that conversation with the Canucks.
He said the Canucks should work with Indigenous people and allow them to be included in future designs.
Half of my family is not Indigenous, so I’ve had to learn to do this work with love and care. In my own practice as a teacher-educator, most of our students haven’t been exposed to any education of Indigenous people.