Parting thoughts:
-Never say “our” Indigenous people
-Capitalize Indigenous
-Buy orange shirts from Indigenous people or businesses: https://t.co/TEnCoEMLgn
-It was genocide, not cultural genocide
-Demand more from leadership
-Work for a country that deserves celebration
UBCIC Calls for the Immediate Resignation of Carolyn Bennett as Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations following Racist, Demeaning Message to Indigenous MP Jody Wilson-Raybould: "Now is not the time for promises to do better." https://t.co/UAQSBchTkQ
❌ HAPPENING NEXT SATURDAY ❌ Please show up to the BC legislature in solidarity with the forest defenders being arrested on the frontlines! SPREAD THE WORD Bring your friends and family, let’s demand @johnhorgan4bc end old growth logging ✊
30 little Students of a local kindergarten class created small framed pictures for the @ourplacesociety Tiny Homes tenants. What a huge gesture of hope and belonging! #gratitude#community#yyj
On Vancouver Island, the battle over old-growth logging continues and more protesters have being arrested.
But on Tuesday, a large group of seniors joined the blockades, ready to be arrested to send a message to the B.C. government.
Orange Shirt Day takes place on Sept 30. Let us be reminded of over 150,000 Indigenous children sent away and left with the lasting effects of residential schools. Let’s create awareness and understanding in our communities of this upcoming day. #EveryChildMatters#WeAreOrange
“There were 175 illicit drug toxicity deaths in B.C. in June, an average of 5.8 fatalities every day.
The latest numbers have pushed the province's total to 728 lives lost to illegal drugs in the first six months of 2020” https://t.co/vYDJ1Ixgjt
Edmonton’s Heather Fryer commemorates Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls with her beautiful art work.
The funds raised from purchases will be used to create roadside memorial plaques of #MMIWG.
https://t.co/6ZnMpXliiq
Canada’s largest Indigenous police force has never shot anyone dead.... key difference = relationship building w/ people the officers serve /via @globeandmail https://t.co/XmdtT2LAa5
We've added a bin outside of the New Roads Therapeutic Recovery Community, 94 Talcott Rd. in View Royal to drop off bottles & cans (in case you can't make it to any of the 3 Bottle Depot locations (655 Queens Ave, 935 Ellery St or 3961 Quadra St.) Look for their charity bins.
Serious concerns raised about information missing from Vancouver police street check report | Stories about alleged racist and inappropriate behavior of 2 VPD officers left out of the final report.
https://t.co/qiIxQm6CeA