Jason Bird chuckled when asked about the fuss that singer Jully Black has raised by changing a line in Canada's national anthem to “on native land.” The professor of governance at the First Nations University of Canada says he and his friends used to sing the opening lines to “O Canada” that way all the time when he was in school.
Jason Bird chuckled when asked about the fuss that singer Jully Black has raised by changing a line in Canada's national anthem to “on native land.”
Black's version of the song at the National Basketball Association all-star game Sunday raised plenty of dissonance on social media. It was just one syllable, but it was heard loud and clear, with some complaining about the “woke NBA.” University of Calgary sociologist Cora Voyageur, a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, called Black's version “stating a fact.”If nothing else, some heard Black's version as a way to lever open a conversation.
“People, in their own way, like to make statements that contribute to reconciliation,” Jedwab said. “There's some value in trying to recognize who we are, properly.”Bird said he would prefer that conversation take place on economic and political reconciliation, but symbols have their value. An early version of the opening line went: “O Canada! Our fathers' land of old, thy brow is crowned with leaves of red and gold.”
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