A University of Saskatchewan student group abandoned plans for an Hawaiian-themed fundraiser after complaints that it insensitively appropriated indigenous Hawaiian culture.
What was intended as a benign escape from winter ignited a small controversy on campus when organizers central to the Idle No More movement complained about the “Hawaiian Night” poster this week..
Apparently the students who were hoping to blow off a little steam and have some fun didn’t have enough idle time to reflect:
“It’s basically an outsider selling an outsider culture to other outsiders without really reflecting on that process,” said Adam Gaudry, an assistant professor of native studies at the university.
True Canada. Trudeau’s Canada. sigh