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? 👀
https://t.co/qkPmZ4VUFC
#YegArt
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’.
“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
https://t.co/ybQVRPdnxH
"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. https://t.co/RujxiYk8YK
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’ https://t.co/WmDKLSKf9C
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.https://t.co/PSxovzjE8V
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! https://t.co/vMjxJMZT1K #truth
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: https://t.co/hY7L38WOFR
@HaidaMuseum is doing amazing work! To say thanks for all the teachings they shared at @BCMuseumsAssn / @HeritageBCanada #JointConference, I made a donation to support their #repatriation efforts & encourage all other conference attendees to do the same! https://t.co/3IjLV7wLka
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 ✊🏽🙌🏽🫶🏽
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.
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 https://t.co/GaJwElSJu1