Dr. Wendy Benoit

team-builder, collaborator, learner, teacher, scientist, parent, white settler on Treaty 7 land, she/her pronouns, tweets/opinions my own

[Native Calgarian Podcast they/them/cis @N8V_Calgarian]

Indian Act is not Treaty

[Native Calgarian Podcast they/them/cis @N8V_Calgarian]

Dear settlers, unless you’re accepted by Indigenous, do NOT engage on Indigenous issues. We are wards of the state that you and your ancestors have benefited from. Your opinion shows you don’t understand the power dynamics&is completely irrelevant. Go amplify Indigenous experts.

[Jared Wesley @DrJaredWesley]

"As an ongoing project, Canada requires us to live in the real world, alongside people with different experiences, priorities and values. It means understanding and persuading them if we want to govern on behalf of the entire society."

My latest.

🔗https://t.co/BO09nH8dBJ

[Dr. Wendy Benoit @wlbenoit]

https://t.co/AzMyzKw4HR

[Ximena González @XiMeNaKa]

It looks like i had more than two cents to say about Calgary’s upzoning debacle.

Given that council has spent two weeks listening to the often misguided grievances of homeowners, i believe Calgarians have been asked to address the wrong question.

[Dr. Wendy Benoit @wlbenoit]

@GK_Fellows @kathleen_petty @checkupcbc @CBCRadioCanada . .- a

[Dr. Wendy Benoit @wlbenoit]

@N8V_Calgarian @WordfestTweets @CatSettler @Pattidbedwell @DaveAlexRoberts @Niigaanwewidam @Sensincmurr Thank you @WordfestTweets and @N8V_Calgarian! Was a great night of powerful reflections and uplifting conversation. Grateful for @Sensincmurr @Niigaanwewidam @DaveAlexRoberts @Pattidbedwell and Shelagh Rogers and all the good they bring through their work

[Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University @KenanEthics]

In its past seasons, the podcast @SceneOnRadio has examined race, patriarchy, democracy, and more. But host John Biewen says there was an unescapable knot at the heart of all these topics.

The new season, "Capitalism," launches June 26. https://t.co/hbN4E608jf

[Native Calgarian Podcast they/them/cis @N8V_Calgarian]

New here?

[Native Calgarian Podcast they/them/cis @N8V_Calgarian]

#EveryChildMatters #YYC #Calgary #Catholic #School #BelieveTheVictim

[Brandi Morin @Songstress28]

I was having some down days lately, from having my pitches being rejected by major news outlets and taking it personally. But I just came from a mentoring session with a young woman and was freshly inspired. If you’re stuck in a rut, turn your focus outside of yourself. It’s powerful when you give back your wisdom, experience and inspiration to others.
Wanted to share these words of encouragement ❤️

[Native Calgarian Podcast they/them/cis @N8V_Calgarian]

“It's a monumental task to get white people to realize that they are delivering microaggressions, because it's scary to them. It assails their self-image of being good, moral, decent human beings to realize that maybe at an unconscious level they have..” https://t.co/rCofYPqicW

[Ahmar Khan @AhmarSKhan]

I had a number of interactions covering Wab Kinew when I occasionally covered the legislature in Manitoba for CBC. One interaction always stood out.

Wab, was a former CBC reporter in Winnipeg. A lot of people I worked with, had worked with him. I would be told how incredibly smart he was and well read. He’d always apparently have a book in-hand.

The interaction starts on December 2nd, 2019, a day after I had been fired from CBC after someone broke multiple laws to read personal messages of mine. I got a message from someone on his staff, saying Wab wanted to connect because he heard what CBC had done.

Later that week, we had coffee and he walked me through a story of him, along with other colleagues at CBC, fighting to use the word ‘survivors’ to describe Indingeous people who came back from residential schools. He fought for it, and won the right to do so.

We talked for over an hour. He was one of the first people to know the truth and listen to me about what happened. He spoke highly about my reporting in the city especially on inner-city issues and told me, that I need to stick to it.

13 months later — I won my legal case. But, I often think back to that moment whenever I see his name. I was a relative nobody, but he, the leader of the opposition, took time to come meet with me and tell me that I matter, and what happened was worth fighting for.

I've never been able to share that, he never did it for publicity, but it did tell me a lot about the person Wab Kinew is and continues to be.

[Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏 @ProfMarkMaslin]

#COP28

#ClimateChange is about consumption of very richest people in our global society.

50% of global emissions are emitted by just 10% of the population.

90% of global emissions by 50% of the population.

We need climate justice to save our planet. The rich need to step up

[Steven Guilbeault @s_guilbeault]

Canada's goal to safeguard 30% of our lands and waters by 2030 wouldn't be possible without Indigenous-led conservation. Programs like Indigenous Guardians play a crucial role, protecting ecosystems, species, cultural heritage, and offering significant climate benefits. #NDTR2023

[UCalgary Arts @UCalgaryArts]

“We all inherited this moment, and when you inherit something, you have a responsibility to do something about it” - Cadmus Delorme, former Chief of Cowessess First Nation.

If you missed his speech, watch the archived stream at: https://t.co/ut8cr0xVWS

#OrangeShirtDay

[Sean Carleton @SeanCarleton]

So, instead, boost the voices of Survivors and Indigenous Peoples this week/weekend; help hold space for their truth-telling about residential schooling. Identifying and confronting denialism, is a task settlers can take responsibility for the rest of the year.