news | Friday February 10, 2017
Above: Bev Sellars and Bill Wilson with indigenous students at Sauder School of Business, UBC. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Bowker
Bev Sellars and Bill Wilson spoke at the Sauder School of Business on January 31 about their new book, Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival. This new book untangles truth from some of the myths about First Nations and describes life under the Indian Act. A review of Price Paid, published this week in the Pacific Rim Review of Books, said,
[Sellars] tells Canada’s history from a perspective that has rarely been used before: … the people who call these lands their ancestral home. … This book is not a recommended read, it is a necessary read – especially for Canadians. … most readers will feel reborn upon reading this book, so hidden is the truth of Canadian history. … Equipped with the truth, Canadians can finally honestly and comprehensively celebrate our country.
Watch the whole lecture here:
After Sellars’s talk at UBC, the indigenous studients waited for Bev Sellars and Bill Wilson to emerge from the lecture hall after everyone else had left. They then spoke with Bev and Bill and had a group photo taken. Elizabeth Bowker, the Sauder School law and business communications lecturer who arranged for Sellars’s visit, sent us a note of thanks: “I have no words to say how great they were. We are so grateful.”
We are grateful, too, Professor Bowker, that the business students learned something about the history of Canada and appreciated the aboriginal perspective. Thank you for inviting Bev!
Price Paid is available from the UBC Bookstore, a variety of local and online booksellers, or directly from Talonbooks.