Sandra Cadeau

OPSEU Sector 3 Boards of Education and Cultural Institution Chair and VP Local 330 and Opinions are my own and not those of any organization or affiliation.

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

We encourage all members to take this opportunity to reflect, learn, and stand in solidarity. Visit OPSEU/SEFPO’s Indigenous History Month blog post for resources and ways to take action: https://t.co/CVulAOAibG

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

Right now, Indigenous sovereignty and the right to self-determination are under attack. The provincial and federal government have introduced sweeping legislation that threatens treaty rights, overrides environmental and social protections, and puts our shared future in peril.

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we honour and celebrate the rich cultures, traditions, and enduring contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples across Turtle Island.

In a settler nation like Canada, solidarity must mean action. #NIPD2025

[Sandra Cadeau @CadeauSandra]

https://t.co/JqwyBRD5qd

[David Suzuki FDN @DavidSuzukiFDN]

Today, we mourn. Tomorrow, we rise.

#Bill5 just passed in Ontario.
✅ The Endangered Species Act? Repealed.
✅ Environmental assessments? Gone.
✅ Indigenous consent? Ignored.
✅ Public input? Erased.

And @fordnation? He didn’t even bother to show up for the vote.

#onpoli

[Free Grassy @FreeGrassy]

Indigenous land defenders are leading the fight to protect lands and waters from Bill 5. Today mothers from Grassy Narrows were removed from the legislature today trying to send their message that their lands and rights will not be trampled #StopBill5 #TreatiesOverBill5

[Wayne Gates @Wayne_Gates]

BREAKING: Ford's Conservatives have rammed through Bill 5, which is a direct threat to our ecosystems & our democracy, without any form of consultation from Indigenous communities or respect for treaty rights.

And the Premier couldn't even show up.

Shameful. #onpoli

[Anishinabek Nation @AnishNation]

Our Rights Are Not For Sale - Peaceful Rally in Opposition to Bill 5

[Anishinabek Nation @AnishNation]

“We come here and speak the truth. Debwewin: the truth, is one of our most important teachings. But yet that house does not allow it. Sol [Mamakwa] messaged me to let me know that they sat late into the evening last night, and the majority government, Conservatives, basically threw all the rules at them, amended the rules, so that very little debate could go on and they could push this [Bill 5] through. As a result, it looks like it’s going to be passed tomorrow afternoon… I want you to think about that as we go into the discussion on Bill 5 and I question whether we even want [Minister] Rickford in this room. But if we do, I ask one thing - that we make him hold an eagle feather when he speaks. We tell him that our rules is you speak the truth,” says Lake Huron Regional Chief Scott McLeod on Day 1 of the Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Assembly. #ANGCA25

[Laura Walton @waltonmom]

What in the fresh hell?!?

We need cash not cops!

We need a government that cares, supports & respects public education not one determined to micromanage it into the ground
@OFLabour #OntEd
https://t.co/KtASDP9Qsf

[Rick Westhead @rwesthead]

Ted Nolan remembers being young and asking his mother why she never taught them to speak Ojibwe, and how she said the residential schools would beat those who spoke the language, or even nail their tongues to a board. He remembers she cried.
Nolan: “When people say ‘Just get over it,’ I mean, how the heck do you just get over that? It’s going to take a little while. It’s going to take a lot of patience.”
A lovely profile of a wonderful man.
via @bruce_arthur.
https://t.co/hBdk17LMFH

[Downie Wenjack Fund @downiewenjack]

On September 30, we wear orange to remember Phyllis’ story and the 150,000 Indigenous children like her who were taken from their families, communities, and cultures.

Join us tomorrow for A Day To Listen or listen now at https://t.co/uYZJT57YLC

#DoSomething #OrangeShirtDay

[OPSEU/SEFPO @OPSEU]

An almost 10% hike in the College of Early Childhood Educators’ annual registration fee is unacceptable. RECEs are a mostly female, low-income workforce who must pay this fee to work in the profession they love.
Read @JPHornick’s letter to the College: https://t.co/XRdL2IdMD4

[Irwin Elman @irwinelman]

Shifting @Sflecce from Min of Ed does not absolve him of the death of Landyn Ferris. The death at minimum in part attributable to the Min sitting for 2 years on his own Ministry report on standards for special education.

[Gracie Cadeau @graciethegoose]

#NewProfilePic

[Gracie Cadeau @graciethegoose]

NAHC Champs, Back to Back #gamewinninggoal

[Hockey Indigenous @HKYIndigenous]

Congratulations to Team Ontario for winning GOLD by a score of 3-0 against Team Alberta in the female division at the 2024 National Aboriginal Hockey Championship!

[Gracie Cadeau @graciethegoose]

Not all storms come to destroy, some clear new paths! #LFG