Karen Restoule
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On October 7, the world witnessed the largest organized campaign of murder and violence against the Jews since the Holocaust.
One thing became very clear: NEVER AGAIN – this is a promise, not a slogan.
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Canadians, walk with us today and everyday in building a better path forward - to honour those that came before us and those that will walk the path after us.
Honouring the survivors and the little ones that died🧡, their families and communities.
#TruthAndReconciliation
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"As Anishinaabe, we are troubled by the expressions of hatred against Jews and Zionists, and the disappointing ignorance, fueled by misinformation coming from universities."
Read this deputation by The Hon. Harry LaForme & me, to Committee-an Anishinaabe perspective:
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I’ll say it again: let’s not wait for Jewish Canadian lives to be taken before showing leadership.
Let’s not let overtly loud, aggressive, antisemitic groups representing less than 0.0001% of the population prevent action to secure neighbourhoods for all citizens across Canada.
A Jewish-owned business in Toronto was firebombed and graffitied. This isn't an act of political protest, it's a terrifying act of unadalterated Jew-hatred.
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So this not “just” about Israel, is it.
It’s now about cancelling Christmas… and bullying kids visiting Santa.
@areacode416ix
pro
#Hamas
#Protests
yesterday across 3 different malls in
#Ontario
(
#BayshoreMall
,
#Yorkdale
, &
#Eaton
Centre) 🎥🗣📢 - -
We told you, it only starts with the
#jews
but never ends with just the Jews
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@MarcMillerVM
I believe Elder Claudette Commanda, who is Algonquin and from Kitigan Zibi, was in attendance at the gathering on the Hill today. And from
@PierrePoilievre
‘s photos it appears there were other Nations in attendance as well. And so it’s not clear to me how this is a mistake.
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I’ve seen people kicked out of malls for much less than this.
These radicals won’t be content until everyone and everything has been cancelled and burned to the ground.
@areacode416ix
pro
#Hamas
#Protests
yesterday across 3 different malls in
#Ontario
(
#BayshoreMall
,
#Yorkdale
, &
#Eaton
Centre) 🎥🗣📢 - -
We told you, it only starts with the
#jews
but never ends with just the Jews
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Thank you to the
@nationalpost
for publishing the deputation submitted by The Honourable Harry LaForme and me to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights study on antisemitism.
Opinion: We are Anishinaabe Zionists. Hateful anti-Israel camps disrespect our lands
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@EricDLombardi
Let’s remember though, that not everyone wants to live downtown [insert name of large urban centre].
And they shouldn’t have to in order to enjoy a similar quality of life to other Canadians.
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"We must all speak out courageously against antisemitic hate in our own land today. We share a collective responsibility to address wrongs. To act. To make things better."
On Monday, I was honoured to be invited to share remarks at
@CIJAinfo
's Rally for the Jewish People:
.
@karenrestoule
: My experience as a First Nations woman inspires me to stand against antisemitism
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This here makes clear that it's not "just about Israel" - it's very clear: It's antisemitism.
I already frequent most of the businesses listed in the boycott - and from now on, will go out of my way to support them tenfold.
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“… Some have suggested correlations between what’s happening in Israel/Palestine and the revitalization and reconciliation work led by Indigenous Nations in Canada. This can’t be further from the truth and we challenge these views.”
👇🏽cc
@MeaghieC
@chrisjsankey
FIRST READING: The Indigenous rejection of massacres as 'decolonialization'
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Excited to share: I’ll be joining
@SharedValueCA
as their CEO!
SVS is an environmental and community development consulting firm that works alongside Indigenous communities towards their goals of prosperity, stewardship, and jurisdiction.
See:
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Earlier this week, I joined the Walk With Israel:
🚶🏻♀️50,000+ Canadians walked in support of Israel and the Jewish people
🇮🇱🇨🇦Many Israeli AND Canadian flags
🙏🏽Many ThankYous to police
😊Many smiles - no hidden faces
💪🏽Strong sense of pride and perseverance
While a small group
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Incredible to see Maori stand and show support. Encouraging that there is full understanding there of the history and current realities.
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For those of you calling for a ceasefire: it’s worth having a listen to what Hamas has to say 👇🏽Canadians, please stop looking at this through a very comfortable Western lens.
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Good grief. Yes, reconciliation requires a greater knowledge of our shared history-it has shaped us as a country as we know it today. That said, reconciliation does not include self-flagellation. We are all here to stay. We are all citizens, if that’s what we choose, with rights
I received an email from a nice person who works at a major university. This is how it was signed after her name : (she/her; settler) This is the first time I’ve come across this convention - Settler. The woman in question was born in Canada. Is this where we’re heading?
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Ditto
@jenniferelle_
We can all park political ideology for a hot second and recognize this for what it is - smashed glass ceiling.
And everyone is better for it - Indigenous peoples, Manitoba, and Canada alike.
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This evening, I attended York University Alumni Awards Celebration in recognition of a friend of mine, The Honourable Harry LaForme, for his outstanding contributions to the legal community, to the First Nations community, and beyond.
Harry’s acceptance speech truly...
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After spending the last 5+ years serving the people of Ontario as a public appointee, I will be resigning from Tribunals Ontario in the new year as I have accepted a new and exciting leadership opportunity in the private sector working on the future of the Indigenous economy. 1/
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Over the course of my career, I've enjoyed driving solutions to meet challenges–big and small!
And how awesome it is to do that wt leading firm
@crestview_strat
Uncertainty is a defining factor of our time. And with it comes great opportunity.
Looking forward to connecting.
Join us in welcoming strategist and communications specialist
@karenrestoule
to
@crestview_strat
!
As a Vice President, Karen brings over two decades of experience in change leadership, organizational governance, and stakeholder engagement. 🙌
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At 6am yesterday👇🏽went live. I have taken notice how politicos, media, critics have been increasingly politicizing Indigenous issues, especially re: residential schools, so I wrote a piece about it.
I hadn't expected my piece to be validated so quickly.
By 5:55pm same day, a
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No one person is above the law. AND these guys here are really putting Section 318 of the CRIMINAL CODE to the test: "Every person who advocates or promotes genocide is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years."
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Kicking off this ice fishing season the right way 🎣
With huge thanks to the guys at home for setting this gal up!
#pickerelintheshack
#hardwater2023
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Smudging Rooms🪶 have been brought into hospitals, schools, justice system, in past years as a commitment to reconciliation. We aren’t the only ones who should have access to a prayer room.
Faith, spirituality promote wellbeing and stabilize communities. It’s fact.
With
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@MelissaMbarki
They also promised clean water for all First Nations by 2021... and it's 2024, and they've barely made a dent into that.
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One week ago, I landed in Israel with a group of community & corporate leaders from Canada as part of a witness mission to visit the Oct 7th attack sites, meet families of those killed and those held hostage, and to meet with hostages who have since been released.
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And the 150+ First Nations who are positioned for equity partnerships with oil and gas industry?
So far, Former Premier Jason Kenney is the only leader to truly advance reconciliation by ensuring that FNs have access to capital.
Nearly 50% of the Conservatives governing party is made up of oil and gas lobbyists.
Pierre Poilievre pretends to care about you, while he cozies up to the rich and powerful.
I'm here to call it out - and I won't stop.
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As many of you know, earlier this year, I went to Israel to see for myself what happened on Oct7. I went into small communities attacked and saw for myself the damage from acts of terror.
It seemed fitting to end my trip at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center.
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Building up rather than tearing down would more effectively heal and unite people, communities, and our country.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to ensure that government and institutions don’t leave out those historically oppressed.
But how we go about that matters.
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"If you think that this ends with the Jews, you have not learned from history. This is about our values as a country. Your silence is powerful, but your words are stronger than you could ever imagine."
This reflection and so much more from
@vcmancinelli
A must read.
Front page of today’s
@nationalpost
.
To our elected officials and all in a position of power who have remained silent and have cowered to the rise of antisemitic hate;
Step up, or step aside.
It should not be up to the Jewish community alone to stand against the hatred
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The silence and beauty of spring is unmatched - where Okikendawt Island meets the French River.
Happy Easter to you and your families!
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A reasonable person would be alarmed… what an embarrassment.
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Not pictured here:
… sound of crunching snow steps of late afternoon winter walk ❄️
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To all of the people who proudly promote these actions of terror, I'm very curious to hear from you:
One, what is the rationale for this?
Two, what is your vision for our country in the short and long-term?
Help me better understand your views and perspectives.
Canadian Jews wake up to news of a firebombing of a Vancouver synagogue.
After a shooting at a Montreal Jewish school.
After a shooting at a Toronto Jewish school.
All in a week’s time.
Jew hatred and violence is a Canadian problem—from coast to coast to coast.
Shameful.
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Let’s be real: the act of decolonization is, in itself, colonial.
While the left's decolonization efforts aim to “dismantle colonial systems,” they use the same hierarchical methods they seek to overthrow.
Isn’t that ironic?
More ⬇️
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Do what you can within your hug range.
Learn about what happened.
Take action on what is within your range of responsibility and accountability - and whatever isn't, influence it.
Today, on
#NDTR2022
let's commit to putting in the work to make this work.
🧡
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Some of the humans who continue to be held hostage by Hamas. And yet there are increased calls for a ceasefire?
Give your heads a shake.
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Check out my 1st piece
@TheHubCanada
on how Indigenous entrepreneurship can inform 🇨🇦’s path forward to recovery and growth.
Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to a platform with the (timely) aim to inspire citizens to think about a dynamic, better future for 🇨🇦!
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Honoured to have been invited by the
@IsraelinToronto
to light the 4th candle with friends of the Jewish community at their Annual Hanukkah Reception, Light Over Darkness, with special guest Premier Ford this past week 🕎
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Going through one of my favourite narrow passage ways (15ft) in the back channels of the French River and likely our last boat ride of the summer ⛅️
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This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
I'd love to live in the world where Hamas wasn't happy to sacrifice innocent Palestinian lives in the pursuit of killing Jews.
I'd love to live in the world where, if Israel stopped attacking Hamas, Hamas would simply give up, and stop their crusade to kill and torture Jews,
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A new path is being cleared.
Thousands of First Nations kids woke up this morning to new possibilities.
Hands up to you,
@WabKinew
Manitoba – thank you so much for this honour.
Our team will give everything we have for the next four years to serve you, the people of this province.
Tomorrow, the work begins to make life better. I know we can do it. Because together, we’re capable of great things.
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This past weekend, my community held our powwow. A rainy weekend moved us to the outdoor rink, The Robert Restoule Memorial Complex named in my late dad’s honour in recognition of his leadership in sport and community, where we gathered in usual form: Big Drums, singers, dancers,
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Very much enjoyed visiting wt
@Sean_Speer
covering a bunch of topics incl the power of shared economic and environmental priorities b/w 🇨🇦 + Indigenous Nations, federal criminal justice, and shared thoughts on growing up in northern Ontario.
Thanks for having me
@TheHubCanada
‘The best is yet to come’ for Indigenous peoples:
@karenrestoule
on why reconciliation is a tangible goal and not a romantic notion
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The only thing that would make this better…
… a 🎣!
Bon weekend!
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This is the moment to not only stand with Indigenous communities, but most importantly, to take the steps to end the awful status quo.
Let's move this country beyond empty promises and platitudes, to action.
#cdnpoli
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As it turns out, 2021 is about speaking frankly and openly about
#mentalhealth
#mentalwellness
#depression
#anxiety
and hitting the
#stigma
head on.
And I'm here for it.
You'll want to read this thread by
@sarahc_robinson
and commit to raising the dialogue on
#mentalhealth
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"We are currently going through two transitions. One, we need to increase energy production while lowering environmental impacts. Two, we need to acknowledge and respect Indigenous communities, employees who are part of the natural resources sector."
Great piece
@MelissaMbarki
Melissa Mbarki: Let Indigenous people prosper from oil and gas
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Happy father’s day to all the dads out there today! Today, I remember my Dad and thank him for one of my favourite teachings: One More.
Growing up, near the end of any practice, just when you thought you had given it all that you had, he would say: “One more.” And sometimes, he
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It’s a moment to learn. Apology accepted.
- Whitecloud’s incredibly empathetic response to the announcer who failed terribly when trying to be funny.
Total class act.
🎥 Zach Whitecloud speaks on his pride for his heritage. 🧡
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Pausing to welcome
#FallEquinox
signalling a change of season, where we prepare for the coldest season ahead.
… leaves changing 🍂, harvesting final crops, animal furs changing colour.
📷: Today’s Fall Equinox sunset.
📷: Harvest Moon over Charlottetown harbour on Sep10.
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Thanks for helping us spread our message,
@vcmancinelli
🙏🏽
A must read from Ms
@karenrestoule
and Hon. Harry S. LaForme, an Anishinaabe perspective
"As Anishinaabe, we are troubled by the expressions of hatred against Jews and Zionists, and the disappointing ignorance, fueled by misinformation coming from universities.
Today,
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Stellar performance by
@TorontoSymphony
accompanied by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir in Messiah 👏🏽 All fully masked incl performers, vaxxed, with no intermission in full support of public health measures, making for a most pleasant holiday evening 🎶
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Tough to leave the fresh mountain air! Awesome gathering of diverse thought and opinion at
#BFCA21
to talk prosperity, reconciliation, energy, race, 🇨🇦/ 🇨🇳, and so much more. Thanks to all for making it possible to gather safely!
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🌟 First Nations Women Builders: Leading the Way 🌟
Continuing with my 5-day series highlighting the incredible contributions of First Nations women builders who are paving the way for future generations - in recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Month.
📣 Day 2:
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One week from today - on July 31st - I will be contributing to a panel discussion about the injustices and implications of the atrocities committed to Israelis on October 7th following a special screening of Sheryl Sandberg’s documentary Screams Before Silence.
The discussion
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Wishing everyone a happy
#WinterSolstice
❄️
The longest night of the year reminding us to slow down, rest, reflect, and give thanks for blessings. The long, dark nights where we gather(covid-safe!) to share stories and reconnect with those around us.
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@MelissaMbarki
@CBCNews
lol Melissa, 100% would not be happening if it were a woman, there would be risk of accusations of misogyny - great point
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We couldn’t have a fish fry or fireworks due to the dry conditions, but we certainly weren’t limited on family and fearlessness!
Wishing you all a happy Canada Day and a restorative long weekend!
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Got out to vote in advance polls 🗳
No lines. No wait.
Fact: First Nations peoples - both on and off reserve - were extended the right to vote in Ontario in 1954. And at federal level in 1960. Before, they had to give up their Indian status to vote.
#VoteEarly
#onpoli
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@Joe_Roberts01
This is what North Americans without real problems are taking on in some weird attempt to gain validation among-shocker-their peers who are in the same boat as them.
The (In)justice Warriors!
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Wishing everyone an awesome National Indigenous Peoples Day! I kicked my day off with the Sunrise Ceremony 🌤 at Toronto City Hall with some of my
@crestview_strat
colleagues.
The Sunrise Ceremony is a tradition that involves greeting the sun as it rises with prayer, drum, and
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Interrupting the usual Twitter feed with a very important update:
@netflix
has added Uncle Buck to their movie lineup.
You’re welcome.
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Wishing everyone a happy
#WinterSolstice2023
The longest night of the year reminding us to slow down, rest, reflect, and give thanks for blessings. We welcome this time to gather and share stories and reconnect with those around us.
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...resonated with me, as it did with others in the room. I’m sharing an excerpt with you, as I know many of you will appreciate this message that he shared with the room this evening:
“[...] As an Anishinaabe, I am troubled by the hatred, the hatred against Jews, and the
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🚨In just 2 weeks, I will be attending the First Nations Major Projects Coalition
@fnmpc
annual conference right here in Toronto - in the middle of these skyscrapers here over my shoulder 🌇 - and you should, too!
This is not just “another” conference. This one stands out
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Women have been leading our families, communities, Nations for centuries.
And they continue to run our largest, most impactful organizations today.
Can’t wait to see which of the many smart + accomplished women take a run at this big role 👀
#ItsTimeFirstNations
#ItsTimeAFN
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Sometimes there are no words.
This is the only way to describe how I felt as I walked through the Supernova Festival Site where 394 young people were murdered on Oct 7.
I recorded this video in the hopes of conveying to you what I saw and felt as I walked through the site.
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Here’s why I’m headed to
#IPSS2023
on June 1-2 👇🏽
…and why you should, too!
Hear
@karenrestoule
of
@crestview_strat
tell the history of Indigenous-led trade, right from the shores of Lake Nipissing, and how we're working to get back to a way of doing business that puts respect at the centre 🎯
Join us at
#ipss2023
this June:
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ICYMI: I’ve joined Crestview Strategy.
I very much enjoy developing and driving solutions to meet a whole host of challenges – big and small!
And what a great opportunity to be able to do that with the incredible team at
@crestview_strat
!
Looking forward to connecting!
@karenrestoule
has joined our agency as a Vice President bringing with her a wealth of expertise to service our clients globally.
Read our statement on Karen's addition to
@crestview_strat
:
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Here’s my article Poilievre’s address to the AFN:
“Instead of making sweeping symbolic promises about piecemeal social policy issues (what he described as “performative reconciliation”), the Conservative leader instead addressed the core issue: the longstanding paternalistic
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People in Canada taking to the streets with antisemitic and pro-Hamas chants ought to have a serious reconsideration of what it is that you are promoting and supporting.
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@MelissaMbarki
This is unfair assessment of Canadians living in rural/remote areas.
Wonder how she would describe the anti-semitism that we continue to see in cities across the country…
@chrisjsankey
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There is nobody better suited for this role. Kim Murray has been a tireless advocate for Indigenous peoples for 30+ yrs. She is most principled and acts wt highest integrity, exercising the Teachings in everything she takes on.
Hands up to you
@kahnasatake
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
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Check out my piece
@TheHubCanada
in recognition of
#NIPD
💛❤️🖤🤍
“At a time when the regulatory framework seems to frustrate rather than encourage Canadian ambition, it should be unsurprising that First Nations are pushing through these and other challenges to advance key
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Have a read.
Estella Petersen telling her story and debunking stereotypes and misinformation. Here’s one para, read the whole thing.
As an Indigenous woman, working in the oil sands didn’t expose me to violence – it helped me escape it
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