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Qwuy’um‘aat Creations + Consulting 👩💻 — Housing, Human Resources, Indigenous Planning located and from Quw’utsun 🪶. lintr.ee/qwuyumaat Victoria, British Columbia Joined June 2014-
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Culturally differences and communication styles influence planning outcomes. How do be more expansive in our approaches? #planning
“Local laws and regulations are framed for the majority of the community. If the minority can’t fit in, then bad luck” - Sandercock and Kliger
My favourite time of #spring #getoutside
I had a moment of imposter syndrome, wondering if I actually do “community planning” and have FOMO when I can’t deep dive into “regular” planning literature. So grateful for mentors and colleagues who help me build bridges and apply a different lens to the work
"I loved having the community that was created in our classroom. I felt a lot of support and love, a very safe space for me." These results show that making time and space for belonging has had a direct impact on these Indigenous students. thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/…
I can’t wait to see a more lively street! cowichanvalleycitizen.com/local-news/cit…
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We need to do better!
This is extremely disheartening.
NCCIH webinar: Pathways to Indigenous health - Why some trees keep their leaves: Considerations for Indigenous community safety and well-being with Dr. Stark, April 24 - unbc.zoom.us/webinar/regist… - learn more conta.cc/3VLVXei - #TheNCCIH #NCCIHWebinar #CulturalSafety
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Parking ticket and now locked out of the office 😅. I think I’m pushing my luck lately. I’m taking this as a sign to slow down and tread lightly.
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“Theorizing might seem self-indulgent, especially given the immediate practical problems facing Indigenous communities”
“Some may resist the project of the theorizing of Indigenous issues. Scholars have posited the following reasons for this hesitancy: theory has been used to posited Indigenous peoples” - Drake & Airhart, Who should teach The Indigenous Law
“…that is a world ire shaped by being part of Indigenous culture and having experienced the reality of what being an Indigenous person in Canada means” - Felix Hoehn, The place of non-Indigenous academics #LivedExperience
Oh my goodness! This is how I found out that we’ve debuted on the bestseller list! #newbooks #ecology #nativesinstem #climatechange
Oh my goodness! This is how I found out that we’ve debuted on the bestseller list! #newbooks #ecology #nativesinstem #climatechange
“But it is also a model that excludes urban Indigenous people, those many communities that do not enjoy title or treaty rights, and Indigenous communities whose territory occupies resource-poor areas” - Reconciliation: 6 Reasons to Worry
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48K Followers 5K Following Premier of British Columbia. Leader of the @bcndp. MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey. Husband and father of two.Torrance Coste @TorranceCoste
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686 Followers 419 Following • Creating and sharing resources to support Indigenous led Conservation • A legacy Outcome of the Conservation through Reconciliation PartnershipTim Fontaine @anishinaboy
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486 Followers 2K Following Amplifying, mapping & connecting the cool sh*t going on in #Nanaimo! The people, places & events from Yellow Point - Deep Bay. #AssetBasedCommunityDevelopmentcurrent state of DEI in higher ed: Diversity- diverse admin upholding colonial order Equity- everyone has an equal chance of experiencing police violence Inclusion- if you want to be included on our campus, just support genocide
Happy Friday! M'akola is a proud partner in the Our Womxn Are Sacred walk that occurs on May 5th of each year. We invite you to join us for the 3rd Annual Our Womxn Are Sacred Walk. EVERYONE Welcome.
I love working on the block ( Pandora) all of our friends are down there & it's where I feel the most comfortable. We ran into so many people today that support our work and we support them back.🧵
So very exciting! I can’t thank everyone enough for their support! @ubcforestry
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Grenz on making CBC Books' Canadian Nonfiction Bestsellers list at #4 with MEDICINE WHEEL FOR THE PLANET!
Ahhh!! Becoming a matriarch has been shortlisted for another award. Made my entire little ndn day out here 🥰
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (@DMPublishers), Rueben George (@PenguinCanada), John Vaillant (@KnopfCA), Naomi Klein (@KnopfCA), Helen Knott (@KnopfCA) and Wayne McCrory (@Harbour_Publish) are shortlisted for the 2024 George Ryga award! Learn more: bcbooklook.com/ryga-award-sho…
Check out our latest pub, “Ethnoecological perspectives on environmental stewardship: Tenets and basis of reciprocity in Gitxsan and Nlaka’pamux territories.” besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa… What a joy to write about stewardship in my own territory. #nativeinstem #ecology #stewardship…
What this person is describing has nothing to do with remote work and everything to do with management that doesn't lead, inspire, or reward.
A quintessential Victoria snapshot to share with my GRATITUDE to Planet Earth Poetry for bringing me here! The reading at James Bay New Horizons to a room of elders was so lovely this afternoon and Russell Books tonight was a beautiful, generous crowd! 🙏🏼
Weather Alert 🚨 Cherry Blossom 🌸 storm in #VicWest
Catch me on @CBCQuirks here “Why we need to stop and listen to save the planet” cbc.ca/radio/quirks/i… or on @cbcradio coast to coast tomorrow at noon! #EarthDay2024 #EarthDay #ecology #nativesinstem
Black & Indigenous thinkers & writers long ago clocked how colonial slave-owning economies have evolved into the economies of today. Its always about the land.
So, are we ever going to have a serious conversation about the financialization of housing and its effect of driving up real estate prices or....?
I'm the outreach Coordinator / program manager @ our organization. I work with vulnerable Indigenous folx who are precariously housed. I teach cultural safety & harm reduction best practices. I assist w/ filing paper work for housing, detox, stabilization.🧵
Congratulations @MPfoh for 30 years of your unwavering commitment, tireless advocacy, & transformative impact. Your leadership shines brightly, inspiring many to strive for a better, more inclusive future. Here's to many more years of making a difference! #Indigenous #Leadership
Hands up to Haida Nation. Tears of happiness for all of you 🙌🏽 cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
So excited to announce Unbroken is up for another award! Thank you @greystonebooks for your unwavering support! 💛🤎💛
FRIENDS, find yourself a copy of ‘a fate worse than death’ by nisha patel (Arsenal Pulp Press). Stunning. — “a map reinforces itself / so go forward with no map / go forward toward your body without knowing what a body has to be.”
Just saw a guy I knew at the gym & told him how nice it is to speak my mind freely now. He was like uh did you ever not? 😂 I said true, just not getting hauled in the office for saying racism, colonialism or covid denialism is wrong now. Now I'm lauded for speaking the truth 🦅
Grateful and delighted to be longlisted for these awards and in such brilliant company. ❤️🌿 Congratulations to everyone on the lists!
Grateful to be shortlisted for TWO awards - alongside some fantastic literary company. Thank you @bcyukonprizes !
Congratulations to Helen Knott on the supreme news that her memoir, BECOMING A MATRIARCH, made the shortlist for two BC and Yukon Prizes: the 2024 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize and the 2024 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes.