There has been a lot in the local news lately about BC Housing.
We’d like to take you back to our Season 4, Episode 7 when we got an insider’s perspective on housing the homeless on BC.
Check it out. Find Small Conversations for a Better World wherever you get your favourite podcasts.
#britishcolumbia #BCHousing #homeless #homelessness #smallconversations #smallconversationspodcast
Funny the things that pop up on your phone. This somehow seemed fitting after our 5th season! A wee retrospective of our podcast life over the last few years. 🤗
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💣 Trigger Warning: There are elements of this conversation that may be difficult or triggering. If you need assistance please contact the Residential School Survivors Society 24 hr Crisis Line at 1 (800) 721-0066.
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Our Season 5 Finale drops today!! Join us for a powerful conversation with Jenny Sawanohk, Red Stone Snake Woman. In this conclusion to our “Conversations About Decolonization” series, Jenny holds compassionate space for us to ask her ALL the questions.
We talk about her work, about racism, residential schools and genocide. And we talk coming together to heal, reconcile and do what we need to do for the future of our children.
If you have followed our journey through the Indigenous Canada course, we hope you’ll join us for this inspiring conversation!
We’d like to thank the University of Alberta, Faculty of Native Studies for creating the Indigenous Canada Course and for making it so easily accessible to all Canadians (its FREE).
The Small Conversations for a Better World podcast is created on the ancestral, traditional, asserted, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish nations, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh). We acknowledge the traditional caretakers of these lands, and pay our respects to their elders; past, present and emerging. Thank you.
#smallconversations #smallconversationspodcast #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation #truthandreconciliation #decolonization #reconciliation #allmyrelations #kinshipties #indigenousworldview #residentialschools #systemicracism #racism #forourchildren #indigenoushealing #whatishealth
Season Finale Drops Today!
💣 Trigger Warning: There are elements of this conversation that may be difficult or triggering. If you need assistance please contact the Residential School Survivors Society 24 hr Crisis Line at 1 (800) 721-0066.
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Our Season 5 Finale drops today!! Join us for a powerful conversation with Jenny Sawanohk, Red Stone Snake Woman. In this conclusion to our “Conversations About Decolonization” series, Jenny holds compassionate space for us to ask her ALL the questions.
We talk about her work, about racism, residential schools and genocide. And we talk coming together to heal, reconcile and do what we need to do for the future of our children.
If you have followed our journey through the Indigenous Canada course, we hope you’ll join us for this inspiring conversation!
We’d like to thank the University of Alberta, Faculty of Native Studies for creating the Indigenous Canada Course and for making it so easily accessible to all Canadians (its FREE).
The Small Conversations for a Better World podcast is created on the ancestral, traditional, asserted, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish nations, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh). We acknowledge the traditional caretakers of these lands, and pay our respects to their elders; past, present and emerging. Thank you.
#smallconversations #smallconversationspodcast #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation #truthandreconciliation #decolonization #reconciliation #allmyrelations #kinshipties #indigenousworldview #residentialschools #systemicracism #racism #forourchildren #indigenoushealing #whatishealth
What is reconciliation? Our guest this week, Jenny Sawanohk, Red Stone Snake Woman, brings us her perspective on what reconciliation means and how we go about getting there.
The Indigenous Canada course taught us a lot. Join us for our Season 5 finale as we talk to Jenny about the tough stuff, and how we can work to heal and move forward together, in the best interests of our children.
Season finale drops this Friday, May 13th. Search Small Conversations for a Better World wherever you get your favourite podcasts!
#smallconversations #smallconversationspodcast #IndigenousCanada #decolonization #reconciliation #truthandreconciliation #systemicracism #indigenoushealing #settlerslearning #forourchildren #allmyrelations
Dropping on Friday, May 13th: we’re wrapping up our Season 5 Conversations About Decolonization with an in-depth interview w Jenny Sawanohk, Red Stone Snake Woman.
As a recognized Knowledge Keeper on Indigenous Worldview and Spirituality, and as a social worker with extensive experience working with Indigenous youth in care, Jenny tells it like it is, and gives us a chance to ask ALL the questions.
We talk about Indigenous worldview and ceremonies, about residential schools and systemic racism, and about emerging possibilities for greater connection, compassion and understanding.
You are NOT going to want to miss this one!! Search Small Conversations for a Better World wherever you get your favourite podcasts, subscribe and listen in to Friday’s show.
#smallconversations #smallconversationspodcast #IndigenousCanada #redstonesnakewoman #residentialschools #decolonization #truthandreconciliation #resientialschools #sweatlodge
#indigenousceremony #indigenousworldview #indigenoushealing #landback #settlerslearning #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation
On today’s episode of the podcast, we’re rounding up the last three modules of the Indigenous Canada course!
Join us for reflections on what we’ve learned about Indigenous art, social movements and I dove with in the city.
“Indian Act” - a stunning piece created by artist @nadia.myre is not to be missed!
#smallconversations #smallconversationspodcast #indigenouscanada #indianact #decolonization #reconciliation #art #socialmovement #landback #indigenousactivism #settlerslearning #racism
Coming up this Friday on the pod - our reflections on what we’ve learned in the last 3 modules of the Indigenous Canada course.
It’s a packed episode - including discussions about Indigenous in the City, Social Movements and The Arts.
Come join us! Search Small Conversations for a Better World, wherever you get your favourite podcasts.
#IndigenousCanada #smallconversations #smallconversationspodcast #decolonization #reconciliation #urbanindigenous #indigenousart
#artinCanada #arthistory #colonization
Coming up this Friday on the podcast, we learn about the lives of Indigenous Girls, Women and Genderful People - whose community status, societal roles and responsibilities have been irrevocably changed due to the heteronormative, patriarchal, misogynist influence of settler culture.
#IndigenousCanada #gender #genderfluid #nonbinary #genderful #matriarchy #patriarchy #misogyny
#mmiwg2s #mmiwg #decolonization #feminism #IndigenousFeminism #truthandreconciliation #smallconversations #smallconversationspodcast #indiepodcast
Pope Francis apologizes for Canada Residential School Harms and promises to visit indigenous people on their traditional land.
This is a beginning…
If you need support: Indian Residential School Survivors 24 hr crisis line: 1-800-721-0066
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Pope Francis has apologized for the conduct of some members of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada's residential school system.
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“For the deplorable conduct of these members of the Catholic Church, I ask for God’s forgiveness and I want to say to you, with all my heart, I am very sorry,” the Pope said in Italian.
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“And I join my brothers, the Canadian bishops, in asking for your pardon.”
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This marked the first time the Pope has formally apologized to survivors.
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It followed a week of historic meetings with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates who called on him to intervene in the case of a fugitive Oblate priest wanted in Canada for sex crimes and to rescind two papal decrees used to justify colonialism in the Americas.
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"We didn't come just to complain. We offered solutions," said Chief Wilton Littlechild, who attended three different residential schools over 14 years.
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"It's been not just a one-way street. We talk about walking together."
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The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation estimates about 4,100 children died at residential schools, based on death records, but has said the true total is likely much higher.
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission called for a papal apology as part of its 94 calls to action.
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The Pope also said he will visit Canada, but no date has been announced.
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Support is available for anyone affected by their experience at residential schools or by these reports.
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A national Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former students and those affected. People can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-hour national crisis line: 1-866-9
Indigenous people have centuries of experience living on the land, giving them a sophisticated knowledge of its rhythms and needs. More and more that traditional knowledge is being called on to inform environmental assessments for resource development projects across Canada.
But when science is still held at the top of a hierarchy of understanding by most western governments, where does Tradtitional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) fit in? Do calls for TEK consultation really contribute to equitable negotiations?
Join us tomorrow on the podcast as we learn more about Indigenous relationship to the land.
Coming up this Friday, April 1st on the pod - we’re taking a close look at what Indigenous relationship to the land really means. It’s a whole lot more than finding a dot on a map!
From Indigenous worldview to traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), to impacts of settlements on Indigenous people, and to key legal decisions around Aboriginal Land Title - we seek to understand the importance of the land in matters of economy, culture, health and spirituality.
There are some sticky pieces for the Canadian government here. We take a look at current threats to Indigenous lands, and what’s being done to address ongoing harms.
There are things here that every Canadian should learn about. Join us.
(You can find the Indigenous Canada course, developed by the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, at www.coursera.org.)
Did you know that back in 1974 there was a convoy of a different kind that made its way across the country to Ottawa? It was called the “Native People’s Caravan,” and unlike this year’s Truckers’ Convoy, it was received with barricades, police violence, and a refusal by government officials to acknowledge the protestors and their message.
Join us tomorrow on the pod for a new episode to to learn more about Indigenous political structures, and the birth of modern, indigenous-led direct action known as “Red Power.”
#IndigenousCanada #redpower #indigenousactivism #decolonization #truthandreconciliation
#nativepeoplescaravan #checkyourpriviledge
In the 1970’s, a new era of Indigenous activism arose in Canada. Indigenous-led direct action in this country was influenced by the American Indian Movement (AIM), which grew up as a response to the Civil Rights Movement and the struggles Indigenous people faced in asserting their rights.
On the pod this Friday, March 18th, we learn about pre-existing Indigenous political structures, and the role of Indigenous leaders in patriating the Canadian constitution. We see the birth of new Indigenous activism, known as Red Power, and explore the ways that activism is evolving today.
Protests about saving our natural environment- be it an old-growth forest, water, land, fish…these always seem to be between the Indigenous and whatever shareholders are involved in the project at hand. Why do settlers not seem as active in halting these invasive projects? Settlers care for the natural world, too. Could it be that settler/colonial mindset is that of the dollar over everything? Indigenous Worldview is always connected to the land. The land is their shared responsibility to steward.
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Resource Extraction is one of the influences that impact Indigenous way-of-life over the last 150 years- from the fur trade to pipelines to fishing and hunting rights. Come listen in to the latest episode (dropped into your feed yesterday) to hear about how these influences lead to some of the Modern Land Claim Agreements and the growth of protest culture.
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Susannah and Gillian are learning a lot from this Faculty of First Nations course. Since we are non-Indigenous we are appreciative that the material is an Indigenous perspective. We are taking our learnings to the airways and sometimes it’s awkward and uncomfortable, the way all learning is. But we are here to help pave the way for the difficult and necessary conversations ahead that all Canadians must reconcile.
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