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| Clockwise from front left, relaxing in the Santiago, Chile Crown Plaza Hotel are: U of S Prof. Patricia Monture-Angus, Quebec Vice-Chief Ghislan Picard, AFN Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come, U of S Prof. Rodolfo Pino-Robles, CAP Chief Dwight Dory, UBC Prof. June McCue, an unidentified Aboriginal representative from B.C., and Ontario Métis Nation Pres. Tony Belcourt. Photo courtesy of Prof. Rodolfo Pino-Robles |
Two U of S Native Studies professors were members of the official Canadian delegation to the "Preparatory Conference of the Americas Against Racism" held Dec. 5-7 in Santiago, Chile as a lead-up to a United Nations World Conference Against Racism, scheduled for Durban, South Africa in late-August.
Patricia Monture-Angus and Rodolfo Pino-Robles joined other delegation members – including Assembly of First Nations Chief Matthew Coon Come, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Chief Dwight Dorey, and Native Women’s Association of Canada President Michèle Audette, and federal Secretary of State Hedy Fry – as Indigenous delegates successfully pressed the Preparatory Conference for recognition of indigenous peoples as official "peoples".
Pino-Robles was selected to be a member of a co-ordinating committee of Indigenous and Afro-descendant people that will develop an action plan and monitor preparations for the August UN Conference. He will attend a committee meeting in March in Quito, Ecuador to begin this work.
The Santiago session was one of a number of such conferences held around the world in preparation for the upcoming UN meeting in South Africa. That World Conference aims to help governments and non-governmental organizations to develop a comprehensive strategy to eliminate racism and related intolerance.
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