So a white man who was part of a slave auction 15years ago is Ontario's Minister of Education under conservative leadership and people are okay with that correct? Says a lot about deeply rooted anti-Black racism in Canada.
All Canadians—especially all Canadian women who care about a woman’s right to choose—need to be active, vigilant, and speak out.
See my comments from today:
Reminder: The system that found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty is a LEGAL system...not a JUSTICE system.
The system is not broken...it was literally designed to work this way.
You know what @fordnation then reopen Queen's Park! Open the Legislature NOW so we can pass IMMEDIATELY the @OntarioNDP Bill put forth by @AndreaHorwath to create Safety Zones to PROTECT hospitals and frontline health care workers from these antivaxxers. #onpoli
BREAKING: Ryerson University will officially be renamed.
In case anybody forgot, Egerton Ryerson was a creator of Canada's residential school system that devastated generations of Indigenous peoples.
Good riddance.
Since I’m the only Indigenous person in the academic spaces I navigate, I’m always asked about land acknowledgements. So here are my common responses bc I try to keep in mind that everyone uses their “only X friend” to justify their racism at times. 🧵
Today, Canadian Radio, and the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, come together for A Day To Listen to the voices and stories of Indigenous people in Canada. You can #DoSomething - Just text DWF to 20222 to donate $10 to the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund!
So excited to be a part of #TorontoVaccineDay!!! And I am even MORE excited (and overwhelmed with gratitude and awe of science) to being one step closer to fully vaccinated 🙌🏻
215 Indigenous children found dead.
215 reasons to learn about residential schools.
215 reasons to reflect on Canada's blood stained colonial past.
215 reasons to face this country's role in genocide.
An infinite number of reasons why an entire country should be grieving.