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 […]

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 […]

…and I did not feel the ghosts or know their form it wasn’t the first hotel, it wasn’t the last, but all, branded with same a repetitious reminder whether it sat on Hollis or across from Pearson or in Victoria it was our first time taking off, the first time landing, our first taste of […]