“The Canadian Roots Exchange operates trips and hosts conferences across Canada for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth. Founded in 2009, the CRE provides an opportunity for youth to learn and discuss the experiences and perspectives of Indigenous peoples around the country.” -Canadian Roots...
With the acknowledgement that churches in Canada exist within the context of stolen Native lands comes the responsibility to acknowledge, respect, and look towards Indigenous ways to re-construct Western perceptions. I am not a direct survivor of the residential school system in that I didn’t attend any...
Randy Fred discusses the Blackwater trial and the self-medicating that followed. Photos from Alberni Indian Residential School, archived in the childrenremembered.ca, Residential School Archive Project. Who were the real beneficiaries of the millions of dollars paid out as compensation for Indian Reside...
Special Visioning Across the Pillars of White Supremacy As part of the 2012 TRC Toronto based gathering, “The Meeting Place”, activist and educator Zainab Amadahy facilitated a workshop exploring relationships between and among Indigenous and other racialized communities in Canada. On Friday June 1, I p...
