Community Connector | Narrative Challenger | Truth Seeker | Treaty Person
Treaty Six
Joined October 2011
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“If this is the place you call home and the place that you live and breathe and play in, how are you connected to it?” #yeg
Neon fairies, kaleidoscopic tipis, and rainbow mountains.
They’re adding joy and colour to the streets of Edmonton, as part of the City’s Vibrant Streets Art Contest.
Can you spot them all? 👀
transforming.edmonton.ca/art…
#YegArt
ALT A City of Edmonton worker in an orange safety shirt wraps a traffic control box with artwork featuring kaleidoscopic circles.
ALT A car drives by a control box wrapped with a design of a wavy mountain.
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A powerful new visual of the famous Desmond Tutu quote, created by @Juliet_Young1: ‘We need to stop just pulling people out of the river. Some of us need to go upstream and find out why they are falling in’.
Check out the @CanAsianArts workshop series launching soon, exploring themes of #Land #truth #reconciliation & #allyship through conversations with #Indigenous & #canasian artists, starting during #asianheritagemonth. Details at canasianarts.com/may #asianart #decolonization
“Even though they will find some bodies, baby bodies up there, in my mind, I picture they all went to a good place.”
Proud of my Auntie Karen for her work to uncover #truth, offer #healing & seek #justice for my family & home community of #Thunderchild
thewalrus.ca/where-the-child…
Delighted to hear tomorrow's event is at capacity! I look forward to seeing so many of you there.
I'll be on @EdmAMCBC in the morning giving folks a preview of my talk on the #Camsell. Tune in after the 7 o'clock news.
#yegheritage #IndianHospitals #truthbeforereconciliation
I've been invited by the @EdmontonDHS to speak about the #Camsell & #IndianHospitals. If you're in #yeg, come join me March 28th! #yeghistory #yegheritage #truthandreconciliation #truthbeforereconciliation
eventbrite.ca/e/the-history-…
I've been invited by the @EdmontonDHS to speak about the #Camsell & #IndianHospitals. If you're in #yeg, come join me March 28th! #yeghistory #yegheritage #truthandreconciliation #truthbeforereconciliation
eventbrite.ca/e/the-history-…
"Throughout my adult life, I have been on a journey of (re)education on the racial injustice that plagues Canadian society. Once your eyes are open to it, you begin to see it everywhere." #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2023 #BHM
Our featured Planning Exchange Blog post this month is Calling for Allies in Combating Anti-Black Racism by Miranda Jimmy.
Read our blog post. ow.ly/ivXx50MGaGH
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Indigenous prof says UBC's silence on Turpel-Lafond controversy casts 'shadow' on institution - Internal university email says the university wanted to avoid doing ‘damage control’ cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…
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Birth certificate contradicts Turpel-Lafond's account of her father's parentage and ancestry |
--- Also Turpel-Lafond claimed in a national radio interview that she was born in Norway House, Man.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…
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Opinion: There is nothing innocent about the false presumption of Indigenous identity - The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
For those from @BCMuseumsAssn @HeritageBCanada interested in learning more about #IndianHospitals & their connection to #IndianResidentialSchools, check out "The Story of a National Crime" podcast from @KnockaboutMedia. I'm in this week's episode! nationalcrimepod.ca/ #truth
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T O D A Y
IBPOC Tea and Talk will be in-person for the very first time, this afternoon! We welcome all IBPOC professionals, not just conference ticket holders.
We'll meet at Sequoia Café inside the Royal BC Museum atrium at 4:45pm.
More details here: ow.ly/cHyi50LqgjV
ALT Tea and Talk graphic, with yellow, white, teal, and orange graphic elements below. Text overtop reads, “In-Person Tea and Talk. November 3, 4:45-5:45pm. No conference ticket needed to attend!” Joint Heritage BC and BCMA logo above.
An afternoon of visiting with fellow #truth seeker @rymoran, talking about how our personal stories intersect with our community work in #truthandreconciliation. Grateful for time with someone who understands how challenging & rewarding this work is. Thank you, my friend ✊🏽🙌🏽🫶🏽
Grateful to share space with @jadhulbert exploring #reciprocity.
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Indigenous women are steady in holding METL accountable. Indigenous men keep running to her rescue - this is the very basis of Colonization. Elevating Indigenous mens’ voices (imposed patriarchy) and silencing Indigenous womens’ voices - in this case for a non-Indigenous woman.
Missing book, non-existent honour, leaked membership list among new Turpel-Lafond revelations —- Turpel-Lafond’s ex-husband says she's not a 'villain' but 'more like a flawed hero' cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…
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Indigenous women's collective wants universities to revoke Turpel-Lafond's honorary degrees -- Retired Canadian Senator Lillian Dyck says Turpel-Lafond's conduct should have consequences cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…
Amazing first full day at the @BCMuseumsAssn & @HeritageBCanada #JointConference! Still reflecting on the audience definitions & reflections of #reciprocity. Grateful for the support from @yegheritage to be here and looking forward to tomorrow!
