Author: aylanx

Aylan Couchie is an Anishinaabe interdisciplinary artist and writer hailing from Nipissing First Nation in Northern Ontario.

ICF – Email/Letter Template

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Dear In 2008, the Harper government apologized to Residential School survivors because we now recognize, regardless of our political affiliations, that the attempted eradication of Indigenous cultures was morally reprehensible and wrong. Former PM Paul Martin “call[ed] a spade a spade” and acknowledged that residential schools used education for cultural genocide. In a 2017 Ontario […]

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ICF – Contacting Your MPP in Person – Script/Talking Points/Links

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Indigenous Culture Fund – Phone Script and Talking Points for contacting MPPs I am contacting you today as a constituent in your riding who is concerned about the future of the Indigenous Culture Fund and what its dissolution will mean for Indigenous communities and peoples in Ontario. As you are well aware, Indigenous communities have […]

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Indigenous Culture Fund – Ontario Legislative Petitions – Information for Contacting MPPs – Email/Letter Templates – Script/Talking Points & Links for Contacting MPPs in Person

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How to Get Involved Visit or Call your MPP Queens Park is currently not in session. During this break, MPPs are supposed to be spending time in their home ridings meeting with constituents. We’ve prepared a script which includes talking points and links to more information, which you can use should you like to contact your […]

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