Why tensions are escalating on Wet’suwet’en territory over the Coastal GasLink pipeline
Another great piece in The Narwhal here.
Community Initiatives
The Beyond Bullying Project
A wonderful resource about LGBTQ+ and school. Thanks to my departmental colleague (Dr. Katelin Albert) for putting me on to this.
First Peoples’ Cultural Council
A site with tons of resources on Indigenous languages including their First Voices initiative.
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 [...]
Lots of great resources for LGBTQ+ on Vancouver Island
The Chair in Transgender Studies at UVic is proud to host this resource and information site for Trans, Nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and other gender-diverse people and their allies on Vancouver Island.
Dented cans, ugly fruit – it’s all tasty (and free) if you’re willing to get your hands dirty
Good look at dumpster diving in Brooklyn available on Aeon.
IndigiNews
An Indigenous News organization with reporters in the Okanagan and Vancouver Island. Their tagline is: “Where your stories are heard, understood and respected.” Check them out here.
Working for Dignity
Came across their website (here) that describes a community-engaged learning course that involved a number of faculty, community organizations and over 100 undergraduate students. I found the [...]
Wear Your Voice
Just found this site. In the Our Story, they state: “Wear Your Voice is a digital magazine for and by LGBTQIA+ Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) based in the United States. We [...]
Research 101 – Required Reading for anyone working with community partners
From the Report’s Background: “Research 101 was a series of six weekly workshops (February to April 2018) to discuss research and ethics in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). These workshops emerged [...]