Alexandria J. Winterburn

Mohawk and Abenaki lawyer, activist, my mothers daughter, just trying to make my way in the world...

All tweets and views are my own and not legal advice.

[Alexandria J. Winterburn @Winter_Ajay]

#TRC

[Alexandria J. Winterburn @Winter_Ajay]

♥️🥳😁

[Janani Shanmuganathan @_JananiS]

Come be my very first articling student!

[Wab Kinew @WabKinew]

If you’re looking for a way to help, the @redcrosscanada is accepting donations for wildfire relief.
https://t.co/J8bkEICJrl

[Sean Carleton @SeanCarleton]

Today is the 4th anniversary of the Kamloops announcement, a time when residential school denialists target statements of solidarity to spread anti-Indigenous hatred and undermine truth and reconciliation. @Niigaanwewidam and I explain for @TheTyee: https://t.co/wydiotK5gg

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

HOW TO LET GO OF SOMEONE YOU LOVED:

Stop checking if they viewed your story. Stop checking if they miss you. If they did, you’d know. Mute their name, their posts, their presence. It’s okay if that feels like a small death. Grieve the version of you who loved them too much. Forgive yourself for staying longer than you should’ve.

Delete the chats you scroll through at night. Stop rereading old messages looking for signs they cared. They left. They knew what they were doing. Let that be the closure. Cry if you have to. Scream into your pillow. Feel every ounce of the heartbreak.

It’s not weak to hurt. What’s weak is pretending you don’t. Don’t punish yourself for still caring. Don’t confuse missing them with needing them. Missing them doesn’t mean you should go back.

Think about how you felt when they made you feel invisible. Think about how often you had to ask to be chosen. Stop stalking their new life, it will only break you. Start focusing on yours, even if it feels empty.

Feel the emptiness fully. Don’t rush to fill it. Make peace with the silence. Talk to your friends about everything, even the parts you’re ashamed of. Stop waiting for closure from them. Some people never give it, and that’s its own kind of answer.

Write until it stops hurting. Cry again, if you need to. But keep going. Healing is not pretty, but it’s honest. Let the pain visit, then let it leave. Don’t look for them in everyone else and if you do, forgive yourself.

Let yourself fall apart. But also put yourself back together, piece by piece, day by day. Remind yourself that you were whole before them, and you will be whole again after them. Stop trying to win them back.

Win yourself back. That’s who’s worth fighting for.

[Celeste George @cie1947]

Federal cuts leave Indigenous children without vital services
'If they want this program to end they're going about it in the right way,' says executive director of Indigenous child-care provider in the Sault amid large-scale cutbacks

https://t.co/UyJ9hbRi2H via @SooToday

[APTN News @APTNNews]

The Yukon RCMP is appealing to the public for information in a historical investigation surrounding the death of Tootsie Jimmy-Charlie in 1967.

The RCMP apologized to Jimmy-Charlie's family in 2022 for not conducting a thorough investigation.
https://t.co/hY6jNFuvpr

[Ember Spotted Elk @SpottedElk7]

Today is MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women), awareness day. We remember all our Stolen Sisters and Daughters. ❤️⭕❤️⭕❤️
#MMIW
#MMIWG
#MMIWG2S
#MMIP

[NWAC @NWAC_CA]

This is not history. This is now.
Wear red. Raise your voice.
No More Stolen Sisters.

#RedDressDay #NoMoreStolenSisters #VoicesInRed #JusticeNow #MMIWG #MMIWG2S

[Alexandria J. Winterburn @Winter_Ajay]

Still one of the best things to come out of the pandemic for lawyers

[Judge Roy Ferguson @JudgeFergusonTX]

Today, the #lawyercat video was added to the YouTube Hall of Fame. The @nytimes named it one of the top YouTube videos of all time. It will forever be part of my story. As I've always said, "You don't choose your legacy. Your legacy chooses you!"

[Travel.gc.ca @TravelGoC]

We have updated sections of our travel advice for the #UnitedStates with information on screening at the border, carrying proof of status, and instructions on visa applications. Read our full advice here: https://t.co/fvcboq8f0a

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:

Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom

[First Nations Child & Family Caring Society @CaringSociety]

The Shannen's Dream Scholarship is open for applications! Make sure to attach all your required documents before you submit your application!

Learn More:
https://t.co/7kQqio4ltZ

[Fun Tom 🇨🇦 💂 @funtomvids]

🟥 This Liberal Party AD ... wow ... 👍🏼🎞️✅

#GoodNeighbours 🇨🇦🇺🇸

[David Suzuki FDN @DavidSuzukiFDN]

An AMERICAN COMPANY could drive two caribou herds in Canada to extinction. This is unacceptable. #ProtectWildlife #SaveTheCaribou #NotForSale

[APTN News @APTNNews]

At a press conference on Wednesday, Winnipeg police confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be Ashlee Shingoose.

Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.

[Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law @LawyersComm]

Today, in response to a Presidential Memorandum weaponizing the powers of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security against lawyers who oppose the Trump administration’s actions, Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement: