Cynthia Bettio @MsCBettio, a teacher at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic High School @ycdsb in Stouffville receives the Esri Canada Making a Difference award for using GIS to bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world: https://t.co/SrJkAgs4OX
#GISinEducation#GISDay
Tom Longboat(right) during World War I in France. Longboat, an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario, was arguably one of the most famous athletes in the world at the time. Longboat was wounded twice and once was wrongly reported killed. He would survive the war. Here he is shown buying a newspaper from a French newsboy in 1917. #indigenousveteransday
Private Mary Greyeyes of the maskêko-sâkahikan (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps in 1942, making her the first Indigenous woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces.
#NationalIndigenousVeteransDay
Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Today — and each day, we honour and remember residential school Survivors and the children who never returned home, their families and our communities. Let's work together towards healing, understanding, and reconciliation.
Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Hotline:
1-866-925-4419
Crisis Services Canada: 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645;
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868.
First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310.
Native Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-877-209-1266.
“Reconciliation is a shared pursuit. We all have a responsibility to take steps, collectively, to right the historic wrongs that continue to impact the present.”
Message: https://t.co/Arp8xtcSN8
#NDTR
Today we observe, not “celebrate”, Orange Shirt Day. It is our Remembrance Day. This day represents many lost children and widespread intergenerational trauma for our communities. Its a time to learn and reflect. #EveryChildMatters
I learned about this at the @ArchivesOntario@ARCHIVESTORONTO Teacher Institute last week. Who knew that clowns and firefighters were a bad combination?
1. The Toronto Circus Riot broke out 169 years ago this weekend.
It was sparked by a brawl between circus clowns & firefighters at a Victorian brothel.
So, here's a thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...