“You can never make an analysis of the oppressed in any aspect of their lives and leave out the oppressor. If you do so, you'll blame the oppressed for their condition.”
- Kwame Ture
I am so proud of my sister Saraya Elwin for receiving a national award of excellence from the Business & Professional Women of Dominica “for her dedicated commitment and professionalism in her field” of Education. What an example for our young women! Congrats @ChezDominique! 🏆
Please support the family of one of my former students who passed away while on vacation in Jamaica. .. Rest in Peace T. Gone too soon. Fundraiser by Christopher Barham : Treveno Andrade-Sutherland, gone too soon gofund.me/3ef3c39d
📚🚆🎉 @ItahSadu, the genius at the helm of the Underground Freedom Train and the Blackhurst Cultural Centre, welcoming everyone and announcing our purpose today: To honor the true freedom fighters, our ancestors who resisted enslavement and planted the seeds for our freedom.✊🏿📚
It's not too late to register for #SeeUsLearnUs@DDSBSchools! The first session explored the early Black presence in Canada including learning about Black Loyalists and Jamaican Maroons. Join us on the 21st to learn about Black Canadian communities. Contact your admin for details
Doing the work and seeing it bear fruit. I immortalized #ChloeCooley in an exhibit, led in the designation of her on a provincial plaque, contributed to the Heritage minute of her story and wrote and taught about her. Now today is she hononured with a Canada post stamp!
Building relationships is the first step. It’s the nurturing, re-connecting, and tending to that helps our relationships deepen and evolve. Kids need that. We do too. In 2023 let’s not just build, let’s be IN relationship.
🟣 Looking for lesson plans, maps, children’s books, academic books to teach about treaties? 🟣
Check out this comprehensive list of resources curated by Indigenous partners that will help support learning about treaties in your classroom. 📚
Ontario.ca/page/teaching-and…#TreatyON⤵️
ALT Curated resources on treaties by Indigenous partners.
Illustration of variety of books by indigenous partners.
Was just @Starbucks by the 401 and Thickson Rd and had to ask the question, why is the Land Acknowledgment on top of the garbage?Was told that there was no other place to put it.