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What’s in a name?
People change their names for so many reasons. I first became aware of this with women I knew who changed their names as a part of their working through experience of abuse. Then there are those who have felt oppressed … Continue reading
Posted in beliefs, choices, heritage, identity, Insight, names, psychology, reflections
Tagged beliefs, identity, insight, names
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Neighbourhood fascists?
I’m sitting across from someone who should know better, but he says “Well I don’t want tall buildings either!” We’ve been talking about the need for densification to reduce urban sprawl, slow down gentrification and increase affordability – my favourite … Continue reading
The sins of our “fathers”…
There we sat, in the café, a lot of Canadian history between us. Her ancestors indigenous Canadian and holocaust survivors, mine ‘Scottish Presbyterian’ and English settlers who imposed themselves on land that may never have belonged to them. If my … Continue reading
Posted in causes, community, consciousness, consequences, education, heritage, history, ignorance, Inclusion, indigenous, Reflection, values
Tagged aboriginal, community, fathers, heritage, history, honesty, indigenous, political philosophy, reflections, social commentary, values
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Thinking and Dreaming 
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
I sit here in my large, comfortable, well-heated home, almost trembling with reverberation from seeing Alanis Obomsawin’s film, “The People of the Kattawapiskak River” at the ImagineNative film festival in Toronto. Every Canadian needs to see it. It’s late, and … Continue reading →