White Right: Meeting the Enemy
A new documentary from Deeyah Khan about Neo-Nazis and White Nationalists in the USA. Not easy to watch, but that is when you know you have to. Available here. For my students, there is so much [...]
Critical Care: American vs. the World
Here is a good PBS documentary on the US medical system (Canadian experience with COVID-19 around the 45 minute mark), as well as a 2020 report from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Crimes related to the sex trade: Before and after legislative changes in Canada
New Statistics released from Statistics Canada. Note the sharp decline in prosecutions after the legislation was changed and the steep increase in charging those who procure and materially [...]
First Peoples’ Cultural Council
A site with tons of resources on Indigenous languages including their First Voices initiative.
Sherry Turkle: Technology and Empathy After COVID-19
Turkle reviews her experience with the pandemic, her family and her teaching. Well worth it.
How Equality Slipped Away
An excellent article by Kim Sterelny in Aeon that outlines the factors that moved human society to become increasingly stratified and inequality to flourish.
Telling Our Twisted Histories
CBC’s new podcast – “Words connect us. Words hurt us. Indigenous histories have been twisted by centuries of colonization. Host Kaniehti:io Horn brings us together to decolonize [...]
When Faith Crumbles
The Seeker, a wonderful short film about a man who begins to question his faith. From Aeon.
Beyond 94 – Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
An excellent resource from the CBC.
Christian Allaire – Indigenous Stylist
Christian Allaire is an Anishinaabe fashion stylist working in New York. Just had the pleasure of hearing his interview on the CBC. I enjoyed hearing his views about how Indigenous fashion is a [...]