Community and Aboriginal People

: She said she did not see a significant representation of that community in the city, adding everywhere she worked she was the only aboriginal individual, according to Guelph Mercury. In her view, "it might not be that there are no aboriginal people in the workplace. I interviewed her recently and asked her about the aboriginal community in Guelph. It is just that maybe they are not identified to the greater community." Holmes believes part of the reason for that is the "indigenous people lack of self-identification, either for safety reasons or because of the lack of knowledge about their own cultural history." In general, she said, indigenous people can be an invisible minority, and that people cannot identify an aboriginal person just by looking at them. "Historically speaking, there has been a lot of downside to known that you are aboriginal. They don't see any benefit to doing it." She calls on organizations and workplaces to recognize that "we are on land that is not our own. So, a lot of people just have got out of the habit of doing it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.