The Climate Disaster Project and @currentfv are proud to have been invited by @ufvenglish's Michelle Superle to contribute to this vital exhibit. Documenting the impact of the atmospheric rivers that flooded southern British Columbia, it opens at @TheReach on January 27.
“Our farmyard just turned into the hub. These people came in fully devastated. They looked like deer in the headlights. You sit them down. You give them hugs. They needed to cry.” - dairy farmer Alison Arends, Fraser Valley floods, 2021
Couldn’t ask for a better example of the powerful storytelling when news outlets marry excellent writing with exceptional photojournalism. More of this, please @CBCVancouver
DISPATCH: Buckingham Palace. Rain pours but does not deter. Hundreds slowly gather. Hair pushed aside, faces glimmer wet. Someone yelled, "long love the queen." Camera flash sparkles the scene. Proper applause. A hearse bearing the late Queen Elizabeth II arrives. Everyone looks.
THREAD: Last year, tens of thousands of Afghans fled #Afghanistan as the U.S. made a chaotic withdrawal. Taliban took over as the new rulers. Many arrived in America as refugees, but is just the beginning of a difficult journey for many. w/@sarahparvini
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“Indigenous storytelling is coming to the forefront of what we do in Canada, and there’s certainly a wealth of stories to be explored and told.”
Story by @newspaperphil
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(1/2) Thuy’she’num Tu Smun’eem at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) located on the @Snuneymuxw First Nation is a summer camp designed to set up Indigenous youth for success by “building a foundation” for them.
Latest story by @newspaperphil
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Snuneymuxw First Nation (@Snuneymuxw) is celebrating the opening of a new culture-focused learning academy, culminating decades of work to preserve and reclaim the Hul’q’umi’num language on their unceded territory.
Story by @legally_cree
https://t.co/ZG5I4jHj9t
Man who defrauded Indigenous youth while posing as a social worker sentenced to 5 years in prison
Saunders misappropriated $460,000 from youth under his ‘care,’ using the funds to finance a lavish lifestyle
Story by @aaron_hemens
https://t.co/5kn3oIVWCU
Advocates are questioning the RCMP's role in the death of a Williams Lake First Nation man — and reiterating calls to reform a police force which one chief says has an "inherent bloodlust against people of colour." ✍️🏾@newspaperphil https://t.co/jRBDluJIU6
Williams Lake First Nation and UBCIC are calling for change after Rojun Alphonse died following a distress call to his home that his relations say was escalated by officers with tear gas, armed vehicles and weapons - my latest for @IndigiNewsMedia https://t.co/lDC24CeK4K
“As important as any aesthetic theory stemming from Europe is, Indigenous contemporary art theories from here are essential to understanding contemporary art..” said Tania Williard, assistant professor @UBCOkanagan who leads the Indigenous Art Intensive. https://t.co/Z9V36kXSMI
Following protocol, Alunaye Laura Holland has focused on grieving her son's death over the past year. Now begins “my year of love and rage,” she says. “I’m going to turn my rage into action, and my pain into power.”✍️🏾by @OdetteAuger 📸 by @newspaperphil https://t.co/zCALYtNEEE