Bird biologist turned JD grad from @uocommonlaw. Retired hockey player. UBC & Queen's U alumna. Settler. she/her.
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Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women. On this day, we honour those killed and injured during the École Polytechnique tragedy, and all women who experience violence.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/e…
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Tune in to the #BillC92 Reference hearings @SCC_eng tmrw and Thurs @ buff.ly/3UvdMKk. Check out our blog post by @KateGunn3 to learn more about this important case and its implications for Indigenous Peoples across the country @ buff.ly/3D6QXpy #IndigenousRights
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Cambria Harris speaks to media in Ottawa this morn-she’s daughter of Morgan Harris, taken by the serial killer in Winnipeg who murdered 4 Indigenous women.
‘Police have failed us time & time again…your government started this genocide. Now it’s your turn 2 help us end it’ – at Stony Plain, Alberta
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Remember. Act. Give. ywcacanada.ca/survivaltakest… #NationalDayOfRememberanceAndActionOnViolenceAgainstWomen #December6th
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First Nations hope landmark #BC case will mean a positive outcome in their case - 3 N Ontario First Nations take #ontario to court over environmental protection, treaty rights #Onpoli @TheAgenda #QueensPark
@BBCNews @CBCSudbury cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/f…
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A group of First Nations in N Ontario part of James Bay Treaty #Treaty9 taking Ontario to court over changes to environmental & forest management legislation & regs.-Chapleau Cree First Nation, Missanabie Cree First Nation, & Brunswick House FN #NAN northernontario.ctvnews.ca/t…
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Ontario has harmed the boreal forest, 3 First Nations argue ahead of court battle | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/f…
"Ontario’s promises to the plaintiff First Nations that their way of life and livelihoods and their territories could continue has been breached"
Three First Nations have filed for legal action against the provincial government, alleging Ontario is responsible for the degrading health of the province’s boreal forests.
thestar.com/news/ontario/202…
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Residential school survivor Dennis Saddleman discovered a talent for poetry in later life that helped with his healing.
Here he reads one of his poems, Once We Were Many.
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Big Time Deadly Announcement 🚨📢
We are excited to announce that we will be opening up a storefront in the Byward Market. Our storefront will be called “Adaawewigamig” which means place of trade/selling in Anishinaabemowin.
Stay tuned for more updates in the upcoming weeks!
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Today is #December6 the National Day Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women. On December 6, 1989, 13 women-engineering students & 1 woman-administrator at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal were victims of #femicide, an act of misogynist anti-feminist violence. #16Days
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December 6th marks the National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women.
Learn more about @OaithDotCa femicide work: oaith.ca/oaith-work/current-…
#CallitFemicide #WeCountFemicideBecause #December6 #16Days
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Hot off the press! "Made of Sterner Stuff—The Problem with Allies" by @BruceMcIvor @ bit.ly/3uiEXN0 #Allyship #IndigenousRights #cdnpoli
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I am seeing a lot of posts about #TruthandReconciliationDay or #OrangeShirtDay on #September30 but not a lot of posts about supports for people who are struggling or triggered by these topics.
Please RT these for anyone who needs to talk (but may not know how to ask).
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Over 6000 children’s graves on government run residential schools and counting and the question taking up significant air time in the French debate was on one group burning books? I am so sad for those children, their families and the moral state of Canadian politics.
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A Court Official has determined that the compensation claims of 81 survivors of St. Anne's residential school (which has an electric chair) require review because the federal gov't literally refused to disclose the records that could have proven their claims. #Notinmyname
81 St. Anne's residential school compensation cases require 'significant review,' says court filing cbc.ca/news/indigenous/st-an…
Year-round monitoring at a Pacific coastal campus reveals similar winter and spring collision mortality and high vulnerability of the Varied Thrush academic.oup.com/condor/adva…
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Prime Minister Trudeau nominates the Honourable Mahmud Jamal as the next member of the Supreme Court of Canada. Fully bilingual Justice Jamal was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 2019 & appeared in 35 appeals before country's top court. cbc.ca/1.6069406