Shelagh Rogers is the 16th Chancellor of Queen’s University, succeeding the 15thChancellor, The Honourable Murray Sinclair. A veteran broadcast-journalist, she most recently was the host and co-creator of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter, the award-winning program devoted to writing in Canada.
In 2011, Rogers was inducted as an Honorary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; she has since devoted her focus to amplifying Indigenous voices and narratives. That same year, she was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Rogers has been recognized with honorary doctorates from eight universities, and served as Chancellor of the University of Victoria for two terms spanning from 2015 to 2021. She is a member of the Métis Nation of Greater Victoria and was the 2022 Symons Medalist. Rogers lives in Winnipeg.
Bob Joseph’s 21 Things(TM) You May Not Know About the Indian Act captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of Canadians by shining a light on the Indian Act and the problems associated with it. In that book, readers learned that the Consolidated Indian Act of 1876 has controlled the lives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada for generations, and despite its objective to assimilate Indians into the economic and political mainstream, it has had the opposite effect: segregation. They live under different laws and on different lands.
People came away from that book with questions such as Can we get rid of the Indian Act? and What would that look like? Would self-government work? These are timely questions, given that 2026 will mark 150 years since the Consolidated Indian Act of 1876. The short answer to these questions is, yes, we can dismantle the Act, and there are current examples of self-government arrangements that are working.
With his trademark wisdom, humility, and deep understanding, Bob Joseph shows us the path forward in 21 Things(TM)You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act, in which Indigenous self-governance is already happening and not to be feared-and negotiating more such arrangements, sooner rather than later, is an absolute necessity.
21 Things(TM) You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act is a call to action.
Starring Brian Thomas Isaac & Tracey Lindberg. Hosted by Shelagh Rogers
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