Cynthia Travers

[Harsha Walia (she/her) @HarshaWalia]

And this continues to happen. now. follow, pay attention, support Gidimt'en and Wet'suwet'en land defenders on their yintah.

https://t.co/vnBSXdW8W8

[APTN News @APTNNews]

"We want them not to forget," says Ava Wilson-Fontaine after passing Manitoba Premier Kelvin Goertzen and other leaders sweetgrass following a pipe ceremony in downtown Winnipeg.

[Pam Palmater @Pam_Palmater]

Remember that litigation @JustinTrudeau said wasn't happening? Well First Nations kids just won - again! Canada must stop fighting First Nations kids in foster care in court & stop racial discrimination once & for all. Thanks @cblackst @SpiritBear #Indigenous #TRC

[Cindy Blackstock @cblackst]

Today's #reconcilinghistory Fed. gov't discriminatory underfunding of First Nations public services is linked to there being more kids in foster care than in residential schools. Feds ordered to stop discriminating in 2016. 20 non-compliance orders since. Today 2 more rulings:

[APTN News @APTNNews]

Sandra Racine attended the Big Cove federal day school for ten years. She says speaking Mi’kmaw was not allowed.

“That’s why I speak out and protect the culture,” she says. “I feel like it belongs to us and we have to keep teaching our children.”

[Cynthia Travers @CynthiaTravers4]

Thank you for sharing your caring for the world

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

"Build back better, blah blah blah. Green economy, blah blah blah. Net zero by 2050, blah blah blah."

Climate activists @GretaThunberg and @Vanessa_vash criticized world leaders over "empty words and promises" during a #Youth4Climate event in Italy

[APTN News @APTNNews]

Join us on Thursday, September 30 for a special report from Kamloops with APTN reporter Tina House, part of our coverage honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Tune into APTN or watch live online.

[Pan-Canadian Voice for Women's Housing @voice4housing]

Housing in Canada does not have a grasp on the specific issues that various women face while searching for safe and affordable housing!

Join the conversation and register today for our 5th annual Women's Housing symposium, October 18th ! 🗣

Register: https://t.co/xdf2rPmTIR

[APTN News @APTNNews]

A dozen women proudly walked a mile in a ribbon skirt for the second annual event that aims to bring awareness and honour to those who wear them.

April Eve Medicinespiritdancer is a co-organizer and says abuse against women has to stop.

[Kanahus Manuel @KanahusFreedom]

Royal Canadian Mounted Police #RCMP + #TransMountain Pipelines Security = Canada's Petrol Police State + VIOLATIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

[Cynthia Travers @CynthiaTravers4]

I cried all the way to Vancouver and back all I saw was this rapping the land and the rivers

[Gidimt’en Checkpoint @Gidimten]

CW: Police violence
Early in the morning on September 25th a supporter was tazered and arrested on the road to the drill pad site where CGL plans to drill under Wedzin Kwa, where they would destroy precious salmon habitat and make the pristine water undrinkable.

[Cynthia Travers @CynthiaTravers4]

@CBCIndigenous Me too WHY is the bay doing this??? They did so much harm they should have to pay back what they stolen too.

[The Indigiverse on SiriusXM @Indigiverse165]

Join us this Thursday, Sept. 30th for a very special townhall event to recognize the inaugural National Day for #truthandreconciliation
We will be simulcasting #TurtleIslandTalks on The Indigiverse and SXM Canada Talks on SiriusXM Canada beginning at 10 a.m. ET.

[APTN News @APTNNews]

Federal officials worry the Crown may lose a potentially trillion-dollar lawsuit launched by Six Nations over the community’s land claims.

Internal documents say the suit poses 'high risk for the Crown' and 'will result in a significant damage award' https://t.co/DEJmyuBASY

[The Tyee @TheTyee]

Videos have shown chainsaws used near protesters who’d chained themselves to logs, a 17-year-old falling at least five metres as police dismantled a structure he was on, and RCMP officers pepper spraying protesters.

@Michelle_Gamage reports.

https://t.co/wPjaOtckkW

[Protect the Planet @PPSTMX1]

Save this treehouse, stop this pipeline, prevent climate chaos.

We've made it this far, we need to make it through this week, we need more reinforcements. Can you help? Here are ways you can get involved:

#StopTMX #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency

[The Tyee @TheTyee]

Did you work in a restaurant for your first-ever job? Twenty-two per cent of Canadians did.

But the pandemic brought on the realization that, until we do something about those toxic work environments, it’s no longer worth it.

https://t.co/PzPRczlMYp

[The Back Pack Project Victoria BC @TheBackPackPro1]

After Bylaw left, I am told that they had to turn away seven people who were sick and looking for respite. They had to turn them away in the pouring rain. I am devastated and heartbroken and utterly shocked that we are so woefully unprepared and cruel. 1/3

[CBC Indigenous @CBCIndigenous]

Gerry Shingoose said survivors like her should have been invited to hear the apology be read, instead of just reading about it on the news.

https://t.co/tIC57y3FHP

[Cynthia Travers @CynthiaTravers4]

If I had to I would choose the tent 🏕 it’s my space.

[Jesse Rabinowitz 🔥🌹@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social @jesserbnwtz]

Why ppl choose (rationally) to live in tents: A thread

Pandemic: COVID spreads through prolonged, inside contact w. others. Shelters are crowded. Would u want to live in a room with 30 ppl, sleeping 3 feet away? I wouldn't. Shelters were unhealthy before COVID. Now even more so