4 years ago today I was in California visiting my brother, 1 year ago today I was shopping in Toronto, today I am slipping on ice in the student parking lot on the way to the library... cheers to exams
do not look away. encampments are a symptom of a chronic policy failures on homelessness. we cannot police people out of poverty — need all levels of government committed to ending this public health crisis with housing for all. https://t.co/IKxxd90nG4
215 Indigenous kids in graves in Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Some as young as 3.
This is but one location.
There were 15 residential schools in Ontario.
And, 130 across the country.
And, Canadians seriously want to debate the use of the word “genocide”.
Today is Red Dress Day. It is a day when we honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls & gender diverse people. We remember & uplift them. We support their families. We recognize this disproportionate violence as a national tragedy. We advocate for change. #MMIWG2S
On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 people were murdered at l'École Polytechnique because they were women. This act of hatred must inspire change, and be remembered. We remember them on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women #OurActionsMatter