David Warkentin

Educational researcher and teacher in place-based curriculum. EdD student with @edstubc. he/him/his

[U of Fraser Valley @goUFV]

Dr. Jo-ann Archibald, a leading Indigenous education scholar, has been appointed as the new Chancellor of UFV. With deep connections to the university since 1974, she joins UFV in its 50th anniversary year. Learn more: https://t.co/Z6BkF0Sj7A #UFV50

#UFV50

[David Warkentin @warkd]

@SharnFTC In Tuck & Yang’s, Toward What Justice, Leigh Patel comments, “Justice is not an unfortunate casualty that has been left in the ruins by injustice. Justice and injustice are irrationally breathed in the same case, with justice doing the bidding of injustice.” Same for peace?

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@PsJustinSun 🙋🏼‍♂️Thought the same this week!

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@mathewsbrett1 🙄

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@mathewsbrett1 Ugh. 😑 How did the church react? Are they fueling this nonsense? And the, “But I’m heterosexual!” 🚩🚩🚩

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Is misinformation and disinformation getting worse?

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2/2 Let’s not be fooled by the dog whistle of “parental rights” in public education as it’s just stoking fear to prevent the necessary changes needed for LGBTQIA2S+ safety and inclusion.
#NoSpaceForHate

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1/2 As someone with kids in public school, who benefit from caring teachers and an inclusive learning environment, I’m so grateful for an educational system in @abbotsfordsd that supports us as parents wherever our kids are at.
#NoSpaceForHate

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@PsJustinSun 🙋🏻‍♂️- everyday! 👍🏻

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@KevinWSnyder1 What’s Twitter?

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Well deserved! Such a wise and engaging presence who has invited so many to understand and connect with the place that is S'olh Temexw (Sto:lo land)

[U of Fraser Valley @goUFV]

Naxaxalhts’i (Sonny McHalsie) has taken his talent for sharing stories & capacity for listening to Stó:lō Elders, and used it to collect & share a huge body of Indigenous knowledge. He received an honorary degree from UFV today. https://t.co/Tt1upD5P44

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@RunHudi Wow, you discovered the key to a great pun 👌🏼

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@RunHudi Oh wow, sorry to see this. 😟

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“Some languages belittle us, and still, we must adopt them to assimilate. These languages are said to edify. They only stultify. They bind us to realities in which we are diminished. We come away not civilized, but colonized, held hostage by a new vocabulary” @HarrisonMooney

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“The past will remain horrible for as long as we refuse to assess it honestly” (James Baldwin).

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Insightful overview of the complexities and conflicts re/ #Abbotsford community development from @ty_olsen
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The compromises, questions, and threats that have driven the development destiny of a cherished mountainside. https://t.co/qQG6MVCSMg

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@SeanCarleton 🙋🏻‍♂️

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Wait, there’s a “plastics lobby”!?!

“Canada's single-use plastic regulations face their first legal test today as the plastics lobby and the federal government head to court.”

https://t.co/vLVdQGdYh4

[Sean Carleton @SeanCarleton]

If you want to learn more about how identify and confront residential school denialism, here's a free primer: https://t.co/jpfQCexdYQ

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“We have found that there is a significant gap between people’s intellectual ability to acknowledge these patterns in the abstract and their affective and relational abilities to identify and interrupt when they or others embody these patterns in action.”

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Settlers, take note: “While it is vital that Indigenous perspectives are prioritized in decolonization, this is different than assuming Indigenous people should do all of the work.”

-Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures Collective

https://t.co/bagXhxjknl