Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  I think in the day of reconciliation, “inclusion” is a good word, and “representation” and “distinctions-based”. Those are key words that I would include in thinking about a board.

Industry committee  I don't know if it has really affected our community. For us, when we think of copyright, I'll go back again to the MMCREP, our own research ethics protocol that we've developed. We've found a way to work with universities and colleges as a partner. When we have a student who com

Industry committee  That's part of what I call “inclusive”.

Industry committee  I also think that when you think of performance, you think of entertainment. A storyteller could be an entertainer at the same time. That's a different kind of storytelling than somebody who is telling you the story for the purpose of giving you a teaching. That's a different kin

Industry committee  Correct. If my father, for example, is taking me out into the bush and teaching me which mushrooms are the ones I can pick, that's information that was passed on to him from his parents. It's not the same type of sacred knowledge. You do have to have permission to use it, but yo

Industry committee  I can tell you, Joseph Boyden is one really good example of that. He, for one, said he was indigenous. He said he was Métis first, which he's not. He's claiming that he's Métis, but according to our definition, he is not Métis. Then he went to indigenous knowledge keepers and as

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  I think you have a couple of different concepts going on at the same time. First, when we use the word “indigenous”, we're talking about a lot of different people. What Camille is doing in her community, what Lynn is doing in hers, and what I'm doing in mine are very different.

Industry committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Sharon Parenteau. I am the General Manager of Louis Riel Institute, the culture and education arm of the Manitoba Metis Federation. We would like to thank you for providing us with an opportunity to present to the Standing Committee on Indu